slavery web quest

The institution of slavery existed in the United States from 1619 when the first slaves were brought to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. An estimated 10 million Africans had been forcibly transported to the Americas over the course of 200 years. An 1860 U.S. census report estimated that close to 4 million people were enslaved in the southern states and that prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, there were approximately 3,953,760 slaves in the southern states. In 1865 slavery was abolished with the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Throughout this period, Americans debated the social, economic and political ramifications of slavery. Newspaper opinion pages, political speeches and private journals revealed the prevailing sentiments and conflicts of the era.

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Chapter 17: The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860 in The American Pageant.

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Using the information you have gathered from your readings, write a journal entry that explains your position on slavery and the reasons behind your position. Your journal entry must include the following:

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Description	Criteria	Points
Journal Entries: A journal entry explains your selected individual’s position on slavery and include at least one social, one political and one economic reason to support your decision.	Strong, thoughtful, and insightful entry, position is clear.............................. Adequate entry, position is clear....................................................................... Brief entry, position unclear................................................................................ Entry is inadequate and position is unclear..................................................... Student fails to clearly make journal entry on topic.......................................	15__ 12__ 10__ 7__ 5__
Information: A variety of accurate facts, details and examples used to describe the position of your selected perspective including: name, occupation, family status. Journal must also demonstrate research through cited documents.	Variety of accurate facts, details and examples............................................... Sufficient amount of material used to support entry...................................... Small amount of supporting information is included.................................... Little and/or inaccurate information included............................................... No supporting information is included...........................................................	15__ 12__ 10__ 7__ 5__
Organization: Journal entry follows some clear pattern of organization that is followed throughout the assignment.	Entry follows a clear pattern of organization................................................... Journal generally organized................................................................................ There is no attempt to organize the journal..................................................... No organization, lacking consistent structure.................................................	10__ 7__ 5__ 2__
Writing style: Journal is readable with varied sentence structure.	Clear and readable writing style........................................................................ Readable but some parts of journal are not clear............................................ Writing style makes journal difficult to understand.......................................	10__ 7__ 5__
Works Cited: Detailed record of sources consulted throughout research process.	Three sources of information and use of the correct format........................... Works cited includes source and is mostly correct in format........................ No works cited is included..................................................................................	10__ 7__ 5__
Grammar, Mechanics, Spelling: Correct use of English language. Pay attention to punctuation, sentence structure, spelling, verb tense, etc.	Consistently correct............................................................................................... Some weaknesses and errors............................................................................... Many errors make reading difficult...................................................................	10__ 7__ 5__
Proofreading: Thorough reading of journal before submitted to the teacher.	Journal proofread and neatly written or typed................................................ Journal neat but not necessarily carefully proofread...................................... Neither proofread nor neatly presented...........................................................	10__ 7__ 5__

Introduction	Slavery Web Quest Sites	The Task & The Process
Web Quest Workform	Slavery Journal Entry	Criteria For Assessment