Session Date
Lesson Topic
African American History, Sociology
Lesson Outline
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Describe events leading up to the Civil War, including the Wilmot Proviso, the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Laws, the Kansas Nebraska Act, the attack on Charles Sumner, and the election of Abraham Lincoln.
• Comment on the sentiment towards blacks in the North. What was the role of racism, nativism, literature, and fugitive slaves on white sentiments?
• Discuss the importance and ideas behind the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court and the John Brown raid on Harper’s Ferry.
• Describe the sentiment of racism and antislavery in the Lincoln-Douglas debates? What were Lincoln’s specific views about blacks?
• Describe the reaction by the South and blacks to Lincoln’s 1860 presidency election.
TOPICS FOR LECTURES/LONG ESSAYS OR PAPERS/CLASS DISCUSSIONS
• Discuss Abraham Lincoln’s views of slavery and blacks. How has he gained a reputation as the “Great Emancipator”?
• Discuss the sentiment of how many in the South continue to believe that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery. How did the Civil War happen? Discuss some of these events and the war’s primary causes. How was slavery at the heart of the origins of the war?
• Discuss the differences between the North and the South in the decades leading up to the Civil War, in ideology, culture, economy, and resources.
• Explore how nativism and the conditions of early nineteenth-century immigrants could be seen as the North’s version of slavery.
Major Questions you should be able to answer
What kind of alternative household structure might I consider good for me?
What kind of single am I or could I be?
What is my understanding of homosexuality, and how does it relate to the research?
Would I ever consider communal living, group marriage, or open marriage?
• Describe events leading up to the Civil War, including the Wilmot Proviso, the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Laws, the Kansas Nebraska Act, the attack on Charles Sumner, and the election of Abraham Lincoln.
• Comment on the sentiment towards blacks in the North. What was the role of racism, nativism, literature, and fugitive slaves on white sentiments?
• Discuss the importance and ideas behind the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court and the John Brown raid on Harper’s Ferry.
• Describe the sentiment of racism and antislavery in the Lincoln-Douglas debates? What were Lincoln’s specific views about blacks?
• Describe the reaction by the South and blacks to Lincoln’s 1860 presidency election.
TOPICS FOR LECTURES/LONG ESSAYS OR PAPERS/CLASS DISCUSSIONS
• Discuss Abraham Lincoln’s views of slavery and blacks. How has he gained a reputation as the “Great Emancipator”?
• Discuss the sentiment of how many in the South continue to believe that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery. How did the Civil War happen? Discuss some of these events and the war’s primary causes. How was slavery at the heart of the origins of the war?
• Discuss the differences between the North and the South in the decades leading up to the Civil War, in ideology, culture, economy, and resources.
• Explore how nativism and the conditions of early nineteenth-century immigrants could be seen as the North’s version of slavery.
Major Questions you should be able to answer
What kind of alternative household structure might I consider good for me?
What kind of single am I or could I be?
What is my understanding of homosexuality, and how does it relate to the research?
Would I ever consider communal living, group marriage, or open marriage?
Assignment
Lecture, QUiz
Session Minutes
180
Minutes Student Attended
180
Lesson Comments
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Describe events leading up to the Civil War, including the Wilmot Proviso, the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Laws, the Kansas Nebraska Act, the attack on Charles Sumner, and the election of Abraham Lincoln.
• Comment on the sentiment towards blacks in the North. What was the role of racism, nativism, literature, and fugitive slaves on white sentiments?
• Discuss the importance and ideas behind the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court and the John Brown raid on Harper’s Ferry.
• Describe the sentiment of racism and antislavery in the Lincoln-Douglas debates? What were Lincoln’s specific views about blacks?
• Describe the reaction by the South and blacks to Lincoln’s 1860 presidency election.
TOPICS FOR LECTURES/LONG ESSAYS OR PAPERS/CLASS DISCUSSIONS
• Discuss Abraham Lincoln’s views of slavery and blacks. How has he gained a reputation as the “Great Emancipator”?
• Discuss the sentiment of how many in the South continue to believe that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery. How did the Civil War happen? Discuss some of these events and the war’s primary causes. How was slavery at the heart of the origins of the war?
• Discuss the differences between the North and the South in the decades leading up to the Civil War, in ideology, culture, economy, and resources.
• Explore how nativism and the conditions of early nineteenth-century immigrants could be seen as the North’s version of slavery.
Major Questions you should be able to answer
What kind of alternative household structure might I consider good for me?
What kind of single am I or could I be?
What is my understanding of homosexuality, and how does it relate to the research?
Would I ever consider communal living, group marriage, or open marriage?
• Describe events leading up to the Civil War, including the Wilmot Proviso, the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Laws, the Kansas Nebraska Act, the attack on Charles Sumner, and the election of Abraham Lincoln.
• Comment on the sentiment towards blacks in the North. What was the role of racism, nativism, literature, and fugitive slaves on white sentiments?
• Discuss the importance and ideas behind the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court and the John Brown raid on Harper’s Ferry.
• Describe the sentiment of racism and antislavery in the Lincoln-Douglas debates? What were Lincoln’s specific views about blacks?
• Describe the reaction by the South and blacks to Lincoln’s 1860 presidency election.
TOPICS FOR LECTURES/LONG ESSAYS OR PAPERS/CLASS DISCUSSIONS
• Discuss Abraham Lincoln’s views of slavery and blacks. How has he gained a reputation as the “Great Emancipator”?
• Discuss the sentiment of how many in the South continue to believe that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery. How did the Civil War happen? Discuss some of these events and the war’s primary causes. How was slavery at the heart of the origins of the war?
• Discuss the differences between the North and the South in the decades leading up to the Civil War, in ideology, culture, economy, and resources.
• Explore how nativism and the conditions of early nineteenth-century immigrants could be seen as the North’s version of slavery.
Major Questions you should be able to answer
What kind of alternative household structure might I consider good for me?
What kind of single am I or could I be?
What is my understanding of homosexuality, and how does it relate to the research?
Would I ever consider communal living, group marriage, or open marriage?
Session Hours
3.00
Hours Attended
3.00
Entry Status
Review Status
Student Name(s)
Subject
School