Transcript The Life and Impact of Benjamin Lundy

The Life and Impact of
Benjamin Lundy
Timeline
Early Life /
Childhood
Education
& Training
Accomplishments /
Contributions to Society
CLICK
HERE
FIRST!
Struggles /
Challenges
/ Hardships
Adult Life
Author’s
Reactions
Credits/Bibliography
Group Project General Instructions
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS:
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Home Card or Slide
Picture(s)
Timeline
Early Life/Childhood
Education & Training
Challenges/Hardships
Accomplishments
Reactions
Credits/Bibliography
PRELIMINARY WORK:
• Decide on your subject.
• Research your subject.
• Collect information.
• Print only the info you
need. (Use “Print
Preview” prior to
printing.
• Divide the work,
including agreeing upon
SECTIONS.
The project instructions are also posted at:
http://www.mrwarren.pbwiki.com. The password is “pumas”.
What Else?
You may have different categories,
depending upon what is important .
Do your best to make each section
flow smoothly.
Ben Lundy Timeline
• 1789: Born
• 1808: Saddle's School
- First exposure to slavery
• 1815: Marries Esther Lewis
: Opens own saddle shop
: Founded The Union Human Society
• 1817: Writer for The Philanthropist
: Writing for various other papers
• 1819: Founded The Genious of Universal
Emancipation
• 1823: Editor publications for Human Protecting
Society
Ben Lundy Timeline, cont’d.
• 1824: Founded Maryland Anti-Slavery Society
• 1828: Lecturing tour against slavery in North
• 1835: Founded The National Enquirer and
Constitutional Advocate of Universal Liberty
• 1836: Publishes his phamplet The War in Texas
• 1839: Dies in Lowell, Ill.
- America loses one of its strongest supporters
against a non-violent end to slavery. His works
influenced others such that slavery was
morally and politically evil.
Adult Life
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Events
Marriage
List / describe important events
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Here’s What I Think!
This is where you list your opinion about this
person’s historical and societal impact.
• You may need more than one slide to be able to
include the reactions of ALL team members.
• Tell how the world would be different if your
person had never existed
Benjamin’s Burdens
Struggles / Challenges / Hardships
• 1st slide in this category
Benjamin’s Burdens
Struggles / Challenges / Hardships
• second card in this category
Benjamin’s Burdens
Struggles / Challenges / Hardships
• last card in this category
• Include a button to link HOME on last card
in each category
Accomplishments / Contributions to Society
• This section should be fairly in-depth.
• With Ben Lundy, I would be telling quite a
bit about his political writings on the issues
of slavery.
Education & Training
• Tell about schooling, both
– formal &
– self-taught
• Any specialized training?
• Again, last slide in category links HOME.
Early Life / Childhood
• On the slides in this category, include
information such as
• When & where born
• Parents & their influence
• Siblings
• Schooling
Early Life / Childhood
• This is second slide in this category.
• Notice it has same title at top.
• On the LAST slide/card in EACH category,
link back to your central slide, or “HOME."
Credits * Bibliography * Acknowledgements
• CREDIT
• ACKNOWLEDGE work team members’
input, support, and cooperation & others
who have provided assistance.
• BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF RESOUIRCES
• http://www.msu.edu/~dykhous2/BenLundy.
html
END SHOW
Suggestion for Staying Organized
• You may wish to use extra cards or slides to:
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keep track of notes,
store pictures,
log who is responsible for various tasks,
etc.
• These cards would be temporary, used until
project is complete, and the different sections
have been meshed into one PowerPoint
slideshow.