Learning Activity Key Stage 3

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Resistance and Rebellion

• Learning ActivityKey Stage 3

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Background information

• Resisting oppression can take many forms.
• There are times when it is sensible to protest,
  while at other times it is more effective to be
  subtle.
• Some historians argue that one of the most
  important influences in ending the Transatlantic
  Slave Trade was the resistance by Africans,
  during the middle passage and in the plantations.

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Task 1

• Different forms of resistance

• Place the acts of resistance as big scale
  resistance and small scale resistance

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Task 2

• Design a memorial

• Each group investigates and researches the life
  of Nanny Maroon and creates a memorial of her
  great life and courage.
• Themes for memorial display
• History of Maroon culture
• Significance of Maroon women
• Different Acts of Resistance by the Maroon
  culture
• Impact of this resistance and rebellion on the
  Slave Trade

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Task 3

• Read the statements on the next slide, taken from
  Frederick Douglasss extract
• Explain in your own words what Frederick Douglass
  is saying
• What impact has it had on you?

• Listen to the Frederick Douglass audio file. He
  was born slave in Maryland, USA. In 1838 he
  escaped to the north and became involved in the
  anti-slavery movement.
• Complete the activity, right

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Task 3

• I determined to be free, and from the age of 10
  years was continually planning
• The time may come when I may disclose this
  (escape), but never will it be said that I have
  held up the lamp to the tyrant, in order to show
  the way, by which he may overtake those who make
  their escape from him.
• I would rather show him that even when surrounded
  by those who he thinks, he has subdued and
  humbled, he is yet in the midst of death.
• After my escape, I arrived in New Bedford, where
  I was engaged rolling oil casks on the quay, and
  doing anything that presented itself.
• I must say I worked harder then than when in
  Slavery.