To gain a deeper understanding of the slaves and servants, you will be able to step into their lives and personally walk through the journey. Remember to keep in mind the ideas for creating your journal and write down your personal thoughts.
- Quest through the Internet and discover the primary and secondary
resources available on the issues of slavery and indentured servitude.
Analyze and evaluate the information found on the web sources.
- Support your entries by the information you have.
- Make sure that all information used is clear, accurate, and relevant to the topics of the journal.
- Make sure you have gathered sufficient information.
- Pair up with a classmate and discuss/ share your respective thoughts about the resources available, and your knowledge of a slave and indentured servant.
- As a slave or servant, you will discover who you are by recording
your feelings, thoughts, opinions, hopes, and fears. As you collaborate
in your research, you will create two separate journal entries. Be sure
to include the following questions/descriptions:
- What does it mean to be a slave/ indentured servant?
- In which time period did you arrive?
- A description of your homeland, culture, language, and family.
- Reasons for leaving homeland.
- Description of your journey on the ship.
- What happened when you arrived?
- Who do you trust?
- Description of labor you have to perform
- What do you get in return for your work?
- Do you have an opportunity for an education?
- How does your race determine how others view you?
Each journal entry should be approximately one page in length. - Record the date, time, location, and/or weather for each entry. As you write, remember that you will be leaving your journal behind so that you will be remembered by your family and friends.
- Once you have completed these journals, construct an essay in which
you compare and contrast the lives of an indentured servant and slave.
Answer the following question:
- " In the New World, the slaves and indentured servants have
been
exploited to
work for their masters. Compare the roles of the of the two and
discuss the different reasons they were first employed,
attitudes toward their masters, and how their lives changed as
a result from coming to America. In your opinion,
who had more freedom, and to what extent was that freedom
allowed?"
Be sure to have a...
- clear introductory statement,
- clear analysis with support from your readings, and
- a strong concluding paragraph.
- Have your partner proofread your essay.
- Check for spelling and grammatical errors.
- Does the first topic sentence of each paragraph clearly state its purpose for that paragraph?
- Is there a smooth transition from one paragraph to the next?
- Are your sentences clear and descriptive?
- As a class, discuss the reasons why an individual may have wanted
to
become an indentured servant or how they felt when forced to obey orders
from another individual.
What were some of the injustices against the slave and servant? If you
were a free individual living at this time period, would you take any
action to prevent such events from occurring?
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