January 16, 2013

CW 6.2: Haitian Revolution Document Analysis

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Do First (3 minutes) and Share Out (2 minutes) Describe the Haitian Revolution. Make sure to touch on the following points: Cause Outcome Importance

__________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Objective (1 minute): SWBAT analyze primary and secondary sources in order to group information from documents. Note: At the end of this lesson, you will need to write a body paragraph for a DBQ prompt using the information from these sources Agenda (1 minute) Do First and Share Out (5 minutes) Lesson Overview (3 minutes) Document Analysis (16 minutes) Body Paragraph (5 minutes)

Document Analysis Questions (1 minute): Who is the author? What is his/her purpose in writing this document? What is the major topic of this document? What are two-three important ideas from this document? Does the topic have two or more sides? If so, what are they and which people on are on which side? What side is the author on?

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Document Analysis (8 minutes)

Document 1 Source: French Code Noir (Black Code) King Louis XIV in 1685 remained in force until 1848. French legal code for the regulation of slavery in the West Indies, including sugar plantations in Saint Domingue 2. All slaves in our islands shall be baptized and instructed in the Catholic religion. 22. Masters shall be obliged to provide each week to their slaves of eighteen years or older for food 2 1/ 2 measures of cassava flour, or three cassavas weighing 2 pounds each at least, or some equivalent provisions, with 2 pounds of saltbeef or three pounds of fish 23. It is prohibited to give slaves brandy or fermented cane juice to take the place of rations mentioned in the previous article. 59. We grant to those who have been emancipated the same rights, privileges, and immunities enjoyed by people born free; wishing that the benefits of acquired liberty may produce in them, as much for their persons as for their goods, the same effects that the good fortune of natural liberty offers to our other subjects.
1. Who is the author? King Louis XIV 2. What is his/her purpose in writing this document? To create laws about slavery in the Haiti.

3. What is the major topic of this document? The rights of slaves.

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What are 2-3 important ideas of this document? Slaves are to be taught Catholicism Slaves get food Slaves cant have alcohol Once a slave is freed, they have the same rights as a person who is born free

5. What are the sides of the issue? 1. Some people believe that you can be born a slave with limited rights, but you can earn freedom and get all the rights of free people 2. All people are born with equal rights

6. What side is the author on? The author believes some people are born with limited rights (slaves).

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Document Analysis (8 minutes)

Document 2 Source: Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen , 1789 Marquis de Lafayette (and Thomas Jefferson) Men are born and remain free and equal in rights; social distinctions may be based only upon general usefulness. The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and inalienable rights of man; these rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. The source of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation; no group, no individual may exercise authority not emanating expressly therefrom. Since property is a sacred and inviolate right, no one may be deprived thereof unless a legally established public necessity obviously requires it, and upon condition of a just and previous indemnity.
2. What is his/her purpose in writing this document? The purpose of this document is to tell people what their rights are.

1. Who is the author? Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson

3. What is the major topic of this document? Natural rights.

4. What are 2-3 important ideas of this document? 1. Everyone is born with equal rights 2. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. 3.

5. What are the sides of the issue? 1. All people are born with equal rights 2. Some people are born with limited rights.

6. What side is the author on? The authors believe that all people are born with equal rights.

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Body Paragraph (5 minutes) Group together ideas from the above documents in order to write a body paragraph for a DBQ on the following prompt:

What Enlightenment ideas affected the Haitian Revolution?

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0 Grouping Addresses the Prompt Grouping includes information from x documents

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