The North and South on Slavery:
Investigating
Primary Sources from both the North
and the South
As
we have already read in our textbooks, the north and the south begin to collide
on the issue of slavery in the mid-1800’s. The issue never is resolved, resulting in the Civil War,
which completely devastated the country.
In order to find out how passionately each side felt
about the issue, we
will take a look at newspaper articles from two communities in the south. The Northern Community
is Franklin County
Pennsylvania; the Southern Community is Augusta County, Virginia.
The
website that we will be using is called the Valley of the Shadow.
The
site is extremely comprehensive, with all kinds of primary sources at the start
of the Civil War, during the war, and after the war. The site is divided into three categories, as you can see:
The eve of war
the
war years aftermath
For our purposes in this
project, we will be using The Eve of War section.
Searching
the site is not easy because there are so many documents. Narrowing down your
search is your best
bet. Ms. Wallen and Mr. Wright may
be able to give you some hints on how to narrow down your search to only what
you want to research. Mr. Wright
has a couple of good articles on hand in case you get stuck. These are not to be
used by students
who are not motivated to search properly.
Check out our search
together to see how it is done!
Once
you start searching on your own, you need to keep track of your articles for
each region. PRINT YOUR ARTICLE! You need to include
your articles on
your poster on either side of the Venn Diagram. This is something Ms. Wallen insists upon so that you may
properly cite online sources.
NORTHERN
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
Newspaper
Name: ______________________ Date: __________________
Title of
Article: _____________________
Topic: ____________________
SOUTHERN
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
Newspaper
Name: ______________________ Date: __________________
Title of
Article: _____________________
Topic: ____________________
Timeline for the week:
Monday: Intro. In library
Tuesday: Computer
use day 2
Wednesday: Computer Use / poster
creation
Thursday: Put poster together –
computers will be
available
Friday: Project is due
*Extra Credit: (up to 10 points)
- Draw
a political cartoon for each of the
communities used in the Valley of the Shadow based on how their community
feels about slavery
RUBRIC FOR
FINAL PRODUCT POSTER:
1.
Your final Project is mounted neatly on
posterboard – (10 points)
_____________
2. You include a printout of both
newspaper articles – (10 points)
_____________
3. Poster shows effort and time in its
appearance – (10 points)
_____________
4. Questions
1-6 will be answered
completely for Northern Source (35 points)
_____________
5. Questions 1-6 will be answered
completely for Southern Source (35 points)
_____________
See Mr. Wright’s example at any
time to see if you are on the right track!
Here are the questions that
you want to answer in your Venn Diagram: (2 copies are here so you may
cut and paste these on your Venn Diagram if you like)
1. How are slaves
depicted? Give exact quotes.
2. What are slaves'
feelings toward masters and masters' families, according to article?
3. What evidence does
the author present to prove that slaves feel this way?
4. How are
abolitionists depicted?
5. On what grounds is
slavery defended? Give exact quotes.
6. How is freedom
depicted. . ?
a. For free blacks in the
North:
b. For slaveholders:
1. How are slaves
depicted? Give exact quotes.
2. What are slaves'
feelings toward masters and masters' families, according to article?
3. What evidence does
the author present to prove that slaves feel this way?
4. How are
abolitionists depicted?
5. On what grounds is
slavery defended? Give exact quotes.
6. How is freedom
depicted. . ?
a. For free blacks in the
North:
b. For slaveholders:
