I would love to have a nice, active lesson, maybe reenacting parliamentary debates. Does anyone have any ideas for activities?
2007-03-27 22:07:34 · 10 answers · asked by sallybowles 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
drama, role play, hot seating, music etc. Draw an outline of a slave or one of the people who tried to abolish slavery on a huge sheet of paper and stick it on the wall. The pupils then write information about the character on it. Thoughts in the head area, actions on the limbs, feelings and emotions in the stomach, heart area. This makes a great visual aid and helps the students really think about the subject and its effects on people. It is also really useful information if you want the students to do some writing.
2007-03-28 07:52:54 · answer #1 · answered by julie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first time we were taught about slavery was when we were 11 years old. We started with the Roman Empire and where they got their slaves from, how they lived, what they did etc. So then you can compare it to slavery in the UK and highlight that for so many hundreds of years there was no slavery in the UK, until the time they brought slaves into the country because those people were uneducated and have never seen 'different' people in their lives. They thought they conquered a new land therefore they can enslave the inhabitants. I think there's no other way to dress things up, they are 13 years old, for goodness sake! They will understand, and I don't know where you get the idea about a 'nice' lesson on slavery.... Just make it a very informative, interesting lesson with pictures or DVD's or whatever. There are so many films with slaves in it.
2007-03-27 22:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by Luvfactory 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a music teacher I used to work with the history dept on this one. Between us we used to do quite a lot. Music - well that's the Spirituals etc and also the early beginnings of Jazz around New Orleans; I know that this is predominantly US but it is still relevant. There is also a book published maybe 20odd years ago by, I think, CUP which was one of a set of three about the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and Political Revolutions of the 19thC in the UK. These have documentary sources and music from broadsheets etc of the time. I'm sorry I can't remember the exact details but I have now retired and I didn't keep my copies of those books.
2007-03-27 22:48:46 · answer #3 · answered by O J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without wishing to pedantic, I assume you allude to when Wilberforce and others 'abolished' it? If so as some one said role plays, debates are a good idea, but I question whether slavery has actually been abolished or not. Perhaps you could bring it more up to date and look at the issue of child slavery and how we can abolish that.
2007-03-28 08:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by purplerain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Role play.
Treat them like slaves (as close as you can anyway) for about half the lesson to create empathy. Or maybe have have the class being slave owners and the other half being slaves. Have a discussion afterwards where pupils can talk about how theyfelt. Something along those lines.
2007-03-28 01:10:20 · answer #5 · answered by jofrancisc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the Slavery Museum in Liverpool, well worth a visit if possible. If you want info for the class see if they have a web site or try to contact them the old way, phone etc.
2007-03-27 22:24:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wh.glencoe.com go United States abolition of slavery
2007-03-28 02:20:39 · answer #7 · answered by pelancha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good to know that you are so enthusiastic about your job and how you deliver it to the pupils. So refreshing go to the top of the class.
2007-03-27 22:20:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My god I'm glad I'm not in school any more! No offence, but that sounds like a really boring lesson!
2007-03-27 22:11:17 · answer #9 · answered by Cori 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
reseaqrch projects and presentations afterwards
2007-03-27 22:15:47 · answer #10 · answered by ~*tigger*~ ** 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋