Lesson 2: The Peculiar Institution Primary Source Lesson
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will interpret primary source documents using past AP US History tests
How does Taper's letter revers the rhetorica, common among white Americans, which saw the United states as a land of freedom and the British empire as lacking in liberty?
Why does the author of "Slavery and the Bible" feel that it is important to show that the Bible sanctions slavery?
How do the two authors differ in their understanding of the relationship of slavery and Christianity?
HS.SS.2C - 2C. Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems by engaging in self-reflection, strategy identification, and reasoning.
Students will read an excerpt from Letter by Joseph Taper to Joseph Long" and "Slavery and the Bible" to analyze the conflict between slavery and Christianity.
Teacher will guide discussion on the documents.
Class discussion
Two readings in Foner.