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    The document provides a lesson plan that discusses John Brown and Mary Ellen Pleasant. The key elements are: 1) Students will discuss whether violent resistance is justified based on accounts of John Brown and Mary Ellen Pleasant, returning to this question later in a Civil War unit. 2) Lesson steps include introducing the individuals, watching videos on John Brown, discussing his tactics, and reading about Mary Ellen Pleasant's life. 3) Students will write a 1-2 paragraph biography summarizing what they learn about Mary Ellen Pleasant from a provided New York Times article.

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    At-A-Glance

    Wednesday

    (A) Lesson Topic/Title John Brown + Mary Ellen Pleasant

    (B) EQs/ CHQs/ EUs EU: Though it can be uncomfortable, it’s important to consider that armed or violent
    resistance tactics have been a part of many successful movements for social change.
    CHQ: Were John Brown’s actions justified?

    (C) Lesson Objective Students will be able to discuss and formulate their own early answer to the question “is
    violent resistance justified” based on the accounts of the lives of John Brown and Mary Ellen
    Pleasant. They will return to grapple with this question during our Civil War unit.

    (D) PA Standards CC.8.6.11-12.B.* Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical
    events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.

    (E) Lesson Steps (make ● Do Now: Do you believe slavery would have ended at some point without violence? Why
    sure this meets CM’s/ or Why not? (We will revisit this question frequently)
    school’s expectations) ● Watch a video on John Brown. Before viewing, ask students what they know about him
    already. After viewing, ask them to identify what he’s known for (Harpers Ferry) and ask
    if they agree with his tactics.
    ● Introduce Mary Ellen Pleasant, the Black abolitionist who funded John Brown.
    ● Have students read NYT article about her and summarize her life in a 1-2 paragraph
    autobiography for homework.

    Lesson Plan
    LEARNING PLAN

    Time Teacher Actions Student Actions Resources

    12:10 Introduce Black History Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watc


    Month Person of the Day, a h?v=RLmn7MsDhHU
    series where we show
    students a daily 3 min video
    highlighting a Black person in
    history. Today’s is Wilma
    Rudolph.

    12:13 Introduce Do Now: “Do you Write their answer to the Do


    believe slavery would have Now on their weekly sheet and
    ended at some point without share answers aloud for extra
    violence? Why or Why not? credit
    (We will revisit this question
    frequently)”
    12:20 Ask before watching John Answer aloud or in the chat https://youtu.be/FZu0Oxcp1hM
    Brown video: what do you what they know about John
    know about him? Brown

    12:23 Watch video explaining John Watch video


    Brown’s life and the Harper’s
    Ferry raid

    12:26 Introduce discussion Discuss


    questions: do you agree with
    his tactics? Why or why not?
    How would you guess
    wealthy Black abolitionist
    Mary Ellen Pleasant might
    have played a role?

    12:36 Have students read NYT Read the article, write a 1-2 Article:
    article about Mary Ellen paragraph biography https://www.nytimes.com/intera
    Pleasant and introduce short summarizing her life/what they ctive/2019/obituaries/mary-elle
    Writing to Learn Activity learned from the article. Finish n-pleasant-overlooked.html
    for homework if not completed
    in class

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