Language and Runaway Slave Ads

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K-12 Objectives:

• Become familiar with 18^th century runaway slave ads
• Develop strategies for confronting and decoding unfamiliar words
• Identify unfamiliar words and use strategies to decode

Materials:

• Access to the Runaway Slave Advertisement Digital Archive or printed copies of the ads used
• A dictionary (on-line ones are also available)

Standards:

National History Standards:

Standards in Historical Thinking

2: Historical Comprehension
3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4: Historical Research Capabilities

U.S. History Standards

Era 2 Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
Standard 3: How the values and institutions of European economic life took root in the colonies, and how slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas

Virginia Standards of Learning

11.2
11.17

National Council for the Social Studies

Individual Development and Identity
Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
Power, Authority, and Governance