Historical accounts of various events have proven to differ depending on the point of view of the person documenting the event. Learners read and analyze two first person accounts of acts of slave resistance seen at a southern plantation. They view the film Doing As They Can, read a text composed by Frederick Douglass, and then compare his version of the uprising to that of two different slaves. They compose a journal entry from the perspective of the slaves involved, being sure to include how they would see the event and why.

Common Core

RI.9-10.6 RI.11-12.6 W.9-10.3.a W.11-12.3.a