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Do Now 12/16

Do Now 12/16. Explain how geography affects their community’s economy, transportation, and society.

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Do Now 12/16

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  1. Do Now 12/16 Explain how geography affects their community’s economy, transportation, and society.

  2. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland around 1818. When Douglass was about 12 years old, his owner’s sister-in-law Sophia Auld began to teach him to read, in violation of the law. Sophia’s husband, Hugh Auld, forced her to stop teaching Douglass. But once he started learning, Douglass continued to secretly teach himself to read. When Frederick Douglass was about 20, he escaped from slavery disguised in a sailor’s uniform. He made his way to the home of an abolitionist in New York. As Douglass related, “It was a time of joyous excitement which words can but tamely describe.”

  3. In Douglas’s 1845 autobiography, he wrote: He also wrote, Why do you think Hugh Auld did not permit Sophia Auld to teach Frederick Douglass to read? How old would you suppose Frederick Douglass was when he found out he was enslaved? Why do you think so? What do you think would be the worst part of being an enslaved person? Why? Based on what you have read here, how do you think Frederick Douglass might have answered this question?

  4. Why do you think Hugh Auld did not permit Sophia Auld to teach Frederick Douglass to read? How old would you suppose Frederick Douglass was when he found out he was enslaved? Why do you think so? What do you think would be the worst part of being an enslaved person? Why? Based on what you have read here, how do you think Frederick Douglass might have answered this question?

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  8. Learning About Slave Life Activity • Working Conditions • Living Conditions • How they were treated by slave owners • How slaves resisted slavery • Slave families • Slave communities • Leisure time • Churches

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