Center for Technology and Teacher Education - Social Studies Module: runaway servants

Runaway Indentured Servants

Assessment for K-12:

Students should compare and contrast how owners valued slaves, compared to indentured servants, by first using a graphic organizer, with an area for similarities, and differences, in how these two groups were perceived.
Students should then hypothesize reasons for any differences in perception they found. Students should support their conclusions by using examples from the ads, as much as possible. Students should share their comparison/contrast chart, and their suggested reasons for differences in treatment, with the class in one of the following ways:

Persuasive essay or oral presentation, arguing their points of view- argue what differences and similarities in treatment they observed, and argue why these similarities/differences occurred.
Role play or debate, in which students argue why the ads portray the slaves and servants differently. Students could agree beforehand on what major arguments they will use. Students should support their arguments by giving examples of similarities and differences in treatment, as evidenced by the ads.

Center for Technology and Teacher Education, University of Virginia. This module was created by Anthony P. Dralle of the University of Virginia.