January 14-25... These Past Two Weeks...

These past two weeks the students have been studying Slavery in America and the causes of the American Civil War. Specifically, through learning our language arts standard of cause and effect relationships the students have been able to identify the causes and sequencing of events prior to the Civil War. Additionally, the students read captivating historical novels to engage further in the content during literature circles. Every student read one of the following books:

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl

Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs

... If you Traveled on The Underground Railroad

Freedom Wings: Corey's Underground Railroad Diary

This week the students are working on a project; their group picked one of the following options:

Poster of Heros

Timeline of Events prior to the Civil War

Underground Railroad Map

Write a Children's Book

Comic Book/Strip of a Slaves Journey on The Underground Railroad

Diary of a Slave

Next week the students will start studying the American Civil War in Social Studies and review compare and contrast in Language Arts.