Background Information: Learn about the Underground Railway:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/index.htm
Begin the Journey and follow the route. You can press Listen if you want to hear the information at each stop.
Action Magazine: Escape from Slavery play
If you can't get in - Password is MTHSESL
Wednesday: Escape from Slavery video
Another video to learn more! Escape from Slavery:
Video:
Time Machine: What was life like in the 1840's?
https://action.scholastic.com/issues/2016-17/090116/escape-from-slavery.html
Thursday: Learning new Vocabulary.
1. On the sheet provided in class, write down the words, their meaning in your language and a sentence.
2. Review vocabulary Read over this vocabulary to prepare for the quiz! Download the pdf, write the answers and then save in your file. CLICK HERE
3. Read the play together in class
Homework: Finish the vocabulary and Video Discussion sheet
Friday: How to write a summary
-video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWO1ldEhtQ
-sample
Homework: polished summary in your ESL file - due Monday
-Kahoot game to review vocabulary
Monday: Quiz on Vocabulary
-Inferring Activity- Character Traits
https://action.scholastic.com/content/dam/classroom-magazines/action/issues/2016-2017/090116/escape-from-slavery/21-ACTION-090116-Play-CharacterTraits-HL.pdf
Character Traits - Download this sheet - type in the answers and then put it in your file!
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Extra videos/fun activities to do if you are done:
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/underground_railroad.php
Then take this quiz:
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/underground_railroad_questions.php
Learn more about Harriet Tubman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGRYf2ComY
Watch this Heritage Minute about the Underground Railroad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RLEE0ENHoI
Learn more about William Hall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bDMiZiyTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaLgZV9VnKM
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/index.htm
Begin the Journey and follow the route. You can press Listen if you want to hear the information at each stop.
Action Magazine: Escape from Slavery play
If you can't get in - Password is MTHSESL
Wednesday: Escape from Slavery video
Another video to learn more! Escape from Slavery:
Video:
Time Machine: What was life like in the 1840's?
https://action.scholastic.com/issues/2016-17/090116/escape-from-slavery.html
Thursday: Learning new Vocabulary.
1. On the sheet provided in class, write down the words, their meaning in your language and a sentence.
2. Review vocabulary Read over this vocabulary to prepare for the quiz! Download the pdf, write the answers and then save in your file. CLICK HERE
3. Read the play together in class
Homework: Finish the vocabulary and Video Discussion sheet
Friday: How to write a summary
-video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWO1ldEhtQ
-sample
Homework: polished summary in your ESL file - due Monday
-Kahoot game to review vocabulary
Monday: Quiz on Vocabulary
-Inferring Activity- Character Traits
https://action.scholastic.com/content/dam/classroom-magazines/action/issues/2016-2017/090116/escape-from-slavery/21-ACTION-090116-Play-CharacterTraits-HL.pdf
Character Traits - Download this sheet - type in the answers and then put it in your file!
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Extra videos/fun activities to do if you are done:
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/underground_railroad.php
Then take this quiz:
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/underground_railroad_questions.php
Learn more about Harriet Tubman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGRYf2ComY
Watch this Heritage Minute about the Underground Railroad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RLEE0ENHoI
Learn more about William Hall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bDMiZiyTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaLgZV9VnKM
The very first Woman on Canadian Money! To be featured on the 2018 $10 bill- Learn more about Viola Desmond:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GZn1QdhafM
Heritage Moment about Viola: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie0xWYRSX7Y
Another great video about Viola:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bb_nkZNh8M
Summary Writing: Read the news article about Viola Desmond
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/viola-desmond-money-bill-dollar-civil-rights-community-reaction-new-glasgow-family-1.3867262
Learn about the origins of Black History Month in the United States:
Discussion Questions for the Week: Reply below. Feel free to comment on other people's comments as well. Try to show that you have done some research or use evidence to support your answers. Answer 1 or more of the following:
1. Why is it important to learn about our history?
2. Why is it important to learn about slavery? What examples of slavery are you aware of in the past or present? What questions do you have about slavery in the United States?
3. How do people fight oppression? Give examples from the past or present.
or 4. Why do people take great risks to be free? Give past or present examples
It is important to learned history because it allows us to understand our past, which in turn allows to understand our present. Studying history can provide us with insight into our cultures of origin as well as cultures with which we might be less familiar, thereby increasing cross-cultural awareness and understanding.
ReplyDeleteExcellent answer Kelly! I agree!
DeleteIt’s important to learn about our history because this represents our origins,Where we come from, we can learn more about our race and the way our ancestors used to live.
ReplyDeleteOppression is fought through freedom of expression, happiness, love, helping people who need our help, with respect and most importantly, to live without racism.
So true! I like your ideas about the ways to fight oppression! You are right about living without racism. Can you think of any examples? Mrs. B
DeleteHistory is very important. It help us to know our identity. It provides evidence on how family, groups, institutions, and countries were formed. History also gave us the opportunity to see how daily life has changed over the decades. And studying history will make you a better person. You will be able to have a better understanding of the world.
ReplyDeleteEvery human being wants to have their own freedom. They know to their selves that they are suffering and they don’t like what they are doing. That is why they can risks their own lives just to be free.
Personally, I believe study about history not only informs you about the past events, but also reminds you to rethink before making a decision. We make impact on the current society using the same method we learn from success in the past, and avoid making same mistakes as our ancestors did in the failure events. As far as I know, all of the chairman of my country knows a lot about world history. They interact with other people very often and their decisions matters the whole country. They have huge responsibilities so they learn from history and make sure that they always make the right choice.
ReplyDeleteLearning History important because it helps us to understand our culture as our past . And it helps us to going along with understanding society, studying history allows us a look into what causes change to the world . As We can learn the types of cultures and traditions people followed as well as their way of living. All cultures that we know of today have their roots in the cultures of the past. And history is like a story of the past happenings, events and transformations. It is a depiction of what happened in the years since the inception of human race.
ReplyDeleteHistory is important for students because it helps to know the past and to know the facts of our country . History allowed to us to know the present and the feather,
ReplyDeleteIf you learn history you will be able to understand everythings, you will be have a lot of information, and good understanding.
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ReplyDeleteEvery time I Look at the Canada symbol on my mittens , I feel proud and thankful that I have the opportunity to live and stay in this beautiful country , I think about peace and freedom, So thanks hudson's bay for my wonderful mittens that will keep me warm this winter
ReplyDeleteLearning history is an important part of learning culture for us. It can help us review past, learned the action happened in old centuries. After we learned about the culture or actions for local history, we can evaluate whether the action was right or wrong, and then it can reminde us to copy or avoid to do the same thing. It is very helpful for planning our future or solve problems of relationship, friendship, or even the direction of development way of country. So it is very important to learn history.
ReplyDelete1. History is important because it allows us to understand what happened in the past and by understanding the past we can be aware of how to handle our present and the future better, we can also prevent doing the same mistakes that our ancestors did in the past. so that we will have a better world to live in.
ReplyDelete4. People take great risks to be free because they want to have a better life for them and the next generations and if they stay in a country wherein they don't have freedom they might never exprerience the beauty of the world and all they could see is cruelty, in happiness and darkness
1. Studying history because it allows one to make more sense of the current world. One can look at past economic and cultural trends and be able to offer reasonable predictions what will happen next in today's world. One can also understand why some rule exist in the modern world. One can also understand why some rule exist in the modern world. And important thing is it's allows us to understand our past, which in turn allows to understand our present. For example, one can understand the important of social welfare programs if one looks at the great depression and new deal.
ReplyDelete1.We can't deny that history is happening every single day. It is important to every single person and to any country in the world. Without our history, we will not know who fight for our country to be free and what happened in our country in the past.
ReplyDelete2. We have to learn slavery because it its happening everyday in the world. We have to learn what to do to save others from slavery. Do things that can save the slaves from slavery
Well I honestly believe history is important especially in this generation. Because history happened along time ago. The reason that I enjoy learning history is because I’ve always liked to know how ancient people lived like and it’s actually very enjoyable and when you sit down and listen to old good realistic story’s
ReplyDeleteI think it ‘s very important to learn about slavery because we have to correct the wrong thing in society. Slavery insulted black people’s right and honor. For example is the story of harriet tubman. She was one of slaveries and she wanted to be free from the bondage of slavery. Finally she decided to evade Maryland to North and she rescued a lot of people who suffered from slavery. Underground Railroad was the way to save people. I wonder about slavery in the United States that once slaves were freed, was their life immediately better. The answer is yes and no. They are free now but they still have problem about finding job.
ReplyDeleteI believe the reasons behind why the people take risks to be free is because of the human's common sense gives them the power to feel they born to be free ,to express themselves ( ideas, beliefs ) ,to live comfortably without any peruse and to be equal no matter the ( colour's skin , origin .. etc )
ReplyDeleteAlso it belongs to the self love that they strongly opposed anyone to has control over them in badly way or anyone decides their fate because they might make wrongs , Unresponsible and dangerous decisions .
For example the journey of the Syrian refugees across the mediterranean sea , it was an unbelievable insecure setuation, and the point of this example is to show how much the human spirit can do to reach freedom and to live safe .
Nour Taltello
So true Nour! What an excellent example! People are still taking incredible risks to be free -even today.
DeleteI think learning about our history is very important.We need to know what happened in the past so that we will know how we should do now and in the future.If we study history,we will know a lot about societies and cultures about many countries.Almost every politicians and diplomats are good at history as well.This shows learning history is important if we want to do something well for our country.For example,we learn history and we know war is bad for people so that we try to avoid war in future.
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ReplyDelete2. I believe that learning about slavery is so important, because through it we know what was the history of the Americans people, and how did they treat the black people, because they were coloured , and how the Americans thought that they were better than them, the slavery was one of the darkest chapters of the American history, and the Africans will never forget what did they do to them by getting them to America in ships and make them work unpaid in fields of tobacco, cotton and working in houses. Harriet Tubman is a very brave and a smart woman, she decided to sacrifice her time and her life helping others and leading them on the Underground Railroadand. Eventually she led 13 missions of rescuing and helped about 70 to 80 slaves to enslave them which was a great thing. When I was reading the Harriet Tubman story, I got a few questions in my head, and it was “ Why did American do that? Why didn’t they paid them? Was that done for a reason? Are there any slavery or racism are going on nowadays? Eventually I really respectand what did that black people in their past, and try to avoid what the Americans were doing, because we are all equal, no one is better that anybody
History is an abstract idea that represents the past. History is a great thing, it defines who or what we are in the present. It is quite important to learn it, in fact it's essential for us to know it, so that we allow ourselves to re-evaluate what we have become or what has been changed from us over time. One of humans darkest history is slavery. For example, the black peoples were enslaved in the United States, they serve their masters without their own free will. Now, we learn about our dark history for it to serve as our prevention and our principles. We make sure that we keep from where it was, in our history. Several people struggled against slavery from past, those people took enough courage to try to fight oppression, like one of the most iconic black woman of 1840, Harriet Tubman. She fought slavery for power and freedom to make everybody equal or be treated as a living creature, a human, not somebody's tool. Every living body in this world is born with freedom, if we're being oppressed, we should take actions before history repeats itself. If we don't who will?.
ReplyDelete-Why is it important to learn about our history?
ReplyDeleteHistory is a real thing of the past. Immediately we are learning about a fact of our ancestor. We
have to keep from the repeating wrong things. History can prevent from it because the history experienced the situation first. It will give an example or solution. This is reason it is important to learn history.
-Why do people take great risks to be free?
People want to get equal opportunity without any discrimination for example skin colour, sex, disable, fortune and so on. So they take great risk to make a world without discrimination.
The biggest example is Martin Luther King and history of Woman Suffrage.
-Why it is important to learn our history?
ReplyDelete-I learned not to repeat histories mistakes and to treat everyone equal regardless of race. From history and some important heroic figures, we learn how to brave and how to help other people. History allowed us to learn from experience and a country’s culture.
Learning their history helps us understand their pain and turmoils, and humankind’s mistakes in inflicting pain on another race so that we do not repeat the same mistakes in the present and can create a more harmonious, peaceful future for all.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it important to learn our history
DeleteWhy it is important to learn our history ?
ReplyDeleteIt’s important because we can learn more stuff in the history and we will know more about history , we will know what happen in the past .
Learning history gives us a better understanding of the current world , since it helps us to understand more current cultures, and most culture differences are caused by different history they’ve experienced. For example, by learning Chinese agricultural history, we can understand why Chinese prefer to eat rice and noddles, and why they give less respect to farmers. With the knowledge of cultural differences, a better understanding of the world will be in your mind.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, learning about history is the most basic skill for everyone. everyone shouldn't forget your country's history. we need to understand where are we from and where are we going.
ReplyDeleteThe reason why I want to study history courses in this semester is because learning history brings me closer to my dream.
When we started the first and second class, we did not learn from the textbooks that seemingly boring history, the teacher is inspired by our historical thinking, teach us why we need to learn history.This method I think every student will love it, and in any case, I think the history of teaching is like this, they need to teach you what is history and why we need to learn it.
So this is why history is important. At least that's what I think.
Why it is important to learn about our history?
ReplyDeleteHistory is important to learn because it gives us the opportunity to see how daily life has changed over the years, and what goes into the fostering that change. Our past can have a huge impact on our future we need that inspiration to teach us that. You will have a better understanding of the world and what shaped it into the world it is today. You will understand the suffering, joy, and chaos that were necessary for the present day to happen.