Classwork for Thursday 1/22/2009

DO WHATCHA KNOW!
What do you know about American slavery and the time before the Civil War (pre-1860)? How do you feel about it ("bad" is not an option)? What do you wish you knew?

INTRO TO NEW MATERIAL
Copy the SOAPS outline into your notes, and take notes on the information found at the links Differences between North and South before 1860 and Sectionalism.

SOAPS
S Speaker: Who is writing/speaking?
O Occasion: When/where is she or he writing/speaking?
A Audience: To whom is she or he writing/speaking?
P Purpose: Why is she or he writing/speaking? (This is what s/he says about the subject)
S Subject: About what is she or he writing/speaking?

GUIDED PRACTICE
As a class, we read paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 13 of Frederick Douglass' speech "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro." As a class, we also completed a SOAPS about the speech. The example is below:

S Speaker: Frederick Douglass, an African American abolitionist and former slave
O Occasion: Independence Day, July 4, 1852 in Rochester, NY
A Audience: A crowd of African American and white onlookers, likely abolitionists
P Purpose: Douglass believes that it's hypocritical for Americans to celebrate Independence Day when African American slaves don't have their freedom. He says that for slaves, the fourth of July is a slap in the face.
S Subject: American slavery

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
1. Read John Brown's address to the court with your table, and complete a SOAPS together.
2. On your own, read excerpts of the Lincoln-Douglas debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas as they ran for one of Illinois' seats in the U.S. Senate. Complete a SOAPS on each speech.

LEARNING LOG
What were the differences between the North and South before the Civil War?
How did Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas feel about those differences?