2.  Learning Goal: 1.Explain how the abolitionist movement led to the fight for women’s rights and inspired key individuals in the women’s rights movement. 2.Analyze a key factor leading to the Civil War: the role of abolitionists and the Underground Railroad.

3. Explanation of Question: In 1848, the first woman’s convention was held at Seneca Falls’ New York. Members of the group composed a Declaration of Sentiments. This declaration was similar in phrasing and style to the Declaration of Independence. Journal Question: Imagine that you are treated unfairly by your parents. Create a declaration that you would present to your parents that lists three to five rights you feel you deserve.

5.  1. Abolition was the movement to end slavery. A petition presented by children to end slavery. An abolition rally in Washington D.C.

6. Think-Pair- Share persuade- Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody’s arm. The abolitionists tried to persuade people that slavery was wrong. How are people persuaded? Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.

7.  2. Public lectures by former slaves helped the abolitionist movement by turning public opinion against slavery. Statue of freed slaves Abolitionist Wendell Phillips speaking against the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Abolitionist Wendell Phillips speaking against the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

8.  3. Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass were effective abolitionist speakers because they had once been enslaved. A lawyer must have public speaking skills.

9. Think-Pair- Share What makes a speech great? Think of the greatest speech you have ever heard. What are two things in a speech that make it great. Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.

10. 4. The Underground Railroad was a series of escape routes used by slaves escaping the South. Runaway slaves escaped, usually journeyed by night led by “conductors”, and hid by day in places called “stations.” Fairfield Inn, Penn. RR Station

12.  5. Harriet Tubman was the most famous “conductor” of the Underground Railroad.

13. Think-Pair- Share What is an individual’s responsibility to the local and global community and how can that responsibility be put into action? People risked their lives to help others on the Underground Railroad. Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.

14. One of the most famous slave escapes was when Henry Brown had a white carpenter pack him in a box and ship it to Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia

15. 6. Women in the 1800s had few legal or political rights. Few could vote, sit on juries, hold public office, manage their own property and work without giving pay to their husbands 6. Women in the 1800s had few legal or political rights. Few could vote, sit on juries, hold public office, manage their own property and work without giving pay to their husbands.

16.  7. Stanton and Mott organized the Seneca Falls Convention to win for women the same rights as men. Stanton and Mott being protected from an angry male mob.

17. Think-Pair- Share How can a smaller (minority) group of the population gain rights for themselves from the larger (majority) group? What would you do to win rights if you were in the minority group? Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.

18. 8. "Could we have foreseen, when we called that convention, the ridicule, persecution, and misrepresentation that the demand for woman's political, religious, and social equality would involve: the long, weary years of waiting and hoping without success; I fear we should not have had the courage and conscience to begin such a protracted struggle, nor the faith and hope to continue the work.“ –Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in an 1876 letter to Lucretia Mott on the 28 th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention One can guess from the quotation that the fight for women's suffrage was more difficult than expected.

19. CLOSURE ACTIVITY We will use the small white boards for this activity. The teacher will choose 4 things from the notes and read an answer to a question. Think of what could be the question and write it on your white board.