Lesson Overviews:
Lesson 1: Unfreedoms Overview
Sarah and Angelina Grimke grew up on plantation in South Carolina. 
Their family owned slaves. 
The girls, however, did not believe slavery was good.

We learned about the unfreedoms of the 1800s.                                                                                     
We learned how the enslaved people were captured and put on ships.  They were brought to America via the Middle Passage.  The trip was very long and many people died.

We discussed all the unfreedoms we saw in the lives of the enslaved people.

We discussed the views of the Grimke sisters and whay they did to help the enslaved people


Life Styles: In our second lesson, we talked about how the people who were enslaved and the people who owned plantations lived very different lives.  We made a collages comparing and contrasting the two.  The people who were enslaved lived in small, run down houses, and wore raggity clothes, and the plantation owners lived in big houses and wore fancy clothes.  Both groups of people enjoyed listening, making and playing music for entertainment, but those who were enslaved sang about working and had simplier songs.
            The people who were enslaved:                                            The Plantation Owners:



Lesson 3: Quakers
The Quakers, or the Society of Friends are a religous organization.
They live a simple live and believe that all are created equal.
We learned about the growing concern over slavery that the Grimke sisters felt.
We learned about the Quaker religion and how they helped to fight against slavery.
We talked about the Underground Railroad and how Quakers and non-Quakers assited those
who were enslaved.
We role played as enslaved people who were trying to get to freedom.  We mailed ourselves,
crossed a cold river, and found safe houses in the darkness of night.

Lesson 4: Speaking out

Sarah and Angelina Grimke spoke out about how they thought slavery was wrong.  Angelina wrote a letter about how they felt to Thomas Garret, who then published the paper in a news paper.  People were outraged!  Angelina was banned from her home town.  Sarah and Angelina didn't care, they kept on speaking out, they began giving speaches about how they felt, and continued to work for freedom.  The 3rd Graders wrote their own letters about problems they would like to help change. 

Lesson 5: Civil War
The North and South of the United States were in conflict with one another over money and lifestyle differences.
The South decided to leave the United States of America and form their own country.
This started a war, the Civil War, between the two countries.

We learned about why the conflict began by discussing the lifestyles of the people of both the North and South
We learned about how both sides felt
We learned about the sides of the Civil War, the timeline, their generals, and famous battles. 
We discussed who ":won" the war and the long Reconstruction period that followed.

Lesson 6: Slavery Today
Slavery still exists today.  People become enslaved because they need money, food, or shelter.  Other peole lie and say they will help these people in need but they end up becoming enslaved. We did a role play about a guy named Ravi who became enslaved because he didn't have enough money to buy his daughter medicine.  His landlord promised to give him a loan if he would work for him. Ravi accepts, but 10 years later Ravi is still working for the landlord and has no idea how much money he owes him.  The landlord threatens Ravi and makes him work longer hours and harder labor.  Ravi has became enslaved.  In less developed countries, the people who usually end up enslaved are young girls.  In class, we looked at pictures of young girls who had become enslaved, some of them the same age as our 3rd graders.  Ravi and the young girls are connected because they both are in need of something.