November 10, 2009

Is it important to respect
people you do not agree
with? Should the people
who respected George
Bush also respect Barack
Obama? Should the people
who respect Barack
Obama also have
respected George Bush?
 Homework:
This week I want you to
write an essay for
homework. We will go
over all aspects of this,
so you know exactly
how to do it. The
question you need to
answer in your essay
follows…
 Essay Question:
► Many of our early
Presidents were slave
holders. Should we
deny them honor as
“Founding Fathers”?
► In other words…
► Should Thomas
Jefferson come off the
Nickel?
► Argue Yes or No
D-Tag
► Define the question
► Turn the question
into a statement
► Answer the question
► Give examples to
support your point of
view
 Turn the question into a
statement:
► “We need to judge
people like Jefferson
by the standards of
their time”
►V
► “We can never have
racial justice in the
USA while we still
revere
slaveholders.”
 Homework:
► Turn your question into a
statement
► Use complete sentences
► Use standard grammar
► More than one sentence will
be needed to turn this
question into a statement
► Failure to meet these goals
will result in a lower grade
New York Slave Revolt of
1712
► April 6, 1712
► 23 enslaved
Africans revolted
► 9 whites killed, 6
injured
► Caused in part
by the ability of
slaves to easily
communicate
with each other
 New York Slave Revolt of
1712
► Many Africans were
executed
► 20 of the 21 were
burned at the stake
► The revolt scared
the whites
► The laws governing
slaves and free
Blacks became
stricter
After the New York Slave
Revolt of 1712
► African Americans were not
permitted to gather in groups
of more than three
► they were not permitted to
carry firearms.
► Free blacks were no longer
allowed to own land
► Slave owners who decided to
free their slaves were
required to pay a tax of
£200, a price much higher
than the price of a slave.
 Class Work:
► How do we make
people aware of the
rebellion that
happened near this
intersection in New
York City?
► Is it important that the
first major slave
rebellion was in New
York City? Why?