PROJECT 1: A UNIT ON SLAVERY
By Dorothy V. Matheson
VOCABULARY TERMS FOR SLAVERY in the 1880s
Directions: For each category, work as a team and draw a line to match each vocabulary word with its correct definition. Make your best guess!
Vocabulary for Escaping Slavery |
Drinking gourd | large ship powered by steam |
Quail | thick group of bushes |
Riverbank | door hidden in the floor |
Thicket | used by slaves as code for Big Dipper |
Trapdoor | piece of land leading into a river |
Underground railroad | path of houses leading to freedom |
Steamship | small, chicken-like bird |
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Vocabulary for Descriptive Words |
Peg leg | ignoring onešs rights; unfair treatment |
Weary | torn clothing |
Ragged | one-legged |
Just | tired |
Unjust | fair treatment |
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Vocabulary for Slavery |
Civil War | watches and directs slaves |
Master | the public sale of a slave |
Mistress | large farm/house where slaves work |
Auction | fight between the North and the South |
Plantation | owns and controls slaves |
Mammy | watches roads for slaves at night |
Overseer | slave who watched master's children |
Pattieroller | master's wife |
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For additional information or comments about these Learning Activities, contact:
Dr. Joy N. Stapleton, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Elementary and Middle Grades Education, School of Education, East Carolina University.
