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Grade Range: 2 - 6
Learn about Sojourner Truth and her fight against slavery along with her support for women and equal rights using primary sources in this lesson provided by PBS Learning Media. The lesson includes a video and two primary source documents - a photo of Sojourner Truth and excerpts from her most famous speech. Information is correlated to National Standards for History, Civics and Government, Common Core State Standards, and College and Career Readiness Standards.
In the Classroom
Take advantage of this free lesson to introduce students to Sojourner Truth, Civil Rights, or Women’s Rights. Share the lesson into your Google Classroom account using the provided link. Extend this lesson using technology to motivate and engage students as they learn more about each topic. Create an entire unit that includes this lesson within Actively Learn, <a href="/single.cfm?id=14705">reviewed here</a>. Include links to additional online resources, have students take notes, and include assessments all within the Actively Learn framework. Use the many resources found at ReadWriteThink, <a href="/single.cfm?id=4969">reviewed here</a>, to help students organize and share information. For example, use the Bio Cube with students to organize biographical information on Sojourner Truth or have students use the Comic Creator to tell the story of Sojourner Truth. For a complete multimedia presentation, ask students to use Book Creator, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17988">reviewed here</a>, to share their information about Women’s Rights. Book Creator offers a variety of options to include in the digital books such as video, images, audio, and more.
At Home
Share this lesson with your student to use as a resource for learning about Sojourner Truth through primary source documents.
Tags
black history, civil war, civil rights, women,