October 6, 2011

What do you think the Crafts

will find in Philadelphia? Have they left

all their troubles behind them?

Objective:

Students will increase their literacy skills by reading the novel The Rains

Homework:

Reading exercise on the slave trade in preparation for next week

Vocabulary - Abolition

Comes from the word Abolish

For this class, Abolition means trying to end slavery

Cy Twombly – is it art?

Underground railroadNOT a real

railroad

A network of safe houses

Philadelphia was a major center

William and Ellen Craft

Peter Still

William’s older brother

Lived as a slave

Eventually escaped

William Still

Underground Railroad Conductor

The person the Crafts are to meet

8th and Market – where the Crafts were to go

Quakers

Large religion in Philadelphia

Pacifists

Often against slavery

Questions: P. 28 - 36How many slaves

were in the US in 1800? 1820?

What were the Witnesses? The helpers? The Conductors?

What were William Still’s parents? What happened to his brother Peter?

What was William Still’s salary?

What was the Vigilance Committee and where was their headquarters?

Who was Peter Friedman? How did meeting Peter change William Still’s life?

Where did William Still live?

What government job did Still get?

Name some of the people who worked with Still

Why was Still’s work dangerous?

What was quintessential?

Class work: create a business card for William Still

Hamburger fold

Need a logo / visual

His location

What he does

It is something he could use in his business

Exit ticket (with the questions)

Why was the meeting of Peter and William Still important?