Subject: US History I Name: Ann Pember

Lesson Planner: Subject: US History I Name: Ann Pember Topic: Abolitionist Speech Assignment

Standards: USI.32 Describe the formation of the abolitionist movement, the roles of various abolitionists, and the response of southerners and northerners to abolitionism. (H)

Objectives: Students will be able to:  - Explain the goals of the abolitionist movement - Analyze several primary documents from leading abolitionists - Compare and contrast these speeches on their level of persuasion, effectiveness, and interest/attention grabbing - Create a speech as a leading abolitionist speech - Describe tactics effective public speakers use - Describe why public speaking is necessary in influencing decision makers - Demonstrate effective public speaking techniques Activities:

Preview/Opener/”Do Now:” What makes a speech effective? What makes someone a good speaker?

Mini-Lesson/Class Notes: Activity 1 -After students have discussed this, they will watch two clips of famous speeches.

Clip 1 – Miss South Carolina messing up a questions Clip 2 – President Obama giving a speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUXEiwJiKj4&feature=player_embedded

What should an effective public speaker do? Not do? List in the table on “Do” and “Don’t”s

Activity 2 – Mark up a text Students will then mark up a text on a list from Generation Citizen on the most effective ways to give a public speech. Students will then discuss these steps and confirm which ones the speakers in each video clip did

Activity 3 – I Hear/It Means Students will listen to a reenactment of a speech given by John Wesley in 1788. He founded the Methodist religion and was one of the first abolitionists in England. The British Empire formally ended the slave trade in 1807. As they listen they must record what they hear in a “I Hear/It means” chart http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery_images/0712/0000/0051/sam_new_wes.mp3

Processing/Conferring: Independent/Small Group Work: Jigsaw – Students will analyze one of four primary sources of a famous abolitionist speech. In their group, they will discuss an assigned speech by either William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Angelina Grimke or Sojourner Truth. They will complete an APPARTS chart for their assigned speech. Then they will return to their home group and share the important part of their speech in a graphic organizer with the other speeches Write an Abolitionist Speech – After sharing information fro each of the four abolitionist speeches, students will write their own speech, imagining they are an abolitionist trying to persuade others to join their cause. Students will share their speeches out loud in their groups, and then vote for the best speech from each group. The finalists will share their speeches in front of the class, and the best two speeches will record their speeches for the class wikispace page.

Assessments: - I Hear/It Means chart