Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Details of the founding of the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin.
- The role played by later critics of slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Angelina and Sarah Grimke', Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Sumner.
- The role of religious movements in opposition to slavery, including objections of the Quakers.
- The impact of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that banned slavery in new states north of the Ohio River.
- How the Underground Railroad developed, its impact on American society in the North and in the South, and its leaders, including Harriet Tubman.
- The impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin on the abolitionist movement.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Compare the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin to the development of later abolitionist societies.
- Describe the rise of religious of movements in opposition to slavery.
- Explain the importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
- Describe the rise of the Underground Railroad and it's leaders.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There was an important abolitionist movement in the United States from the earliest leaders and groups through the later groups, leaders, and legislation.
Vocabulary
- impact
