Read “Tennessee,” “Caesar,” and “Indiana.”
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6
Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
“Tennessee”
In Tennessee, Cora travels with Ridgeway and his men (Homer and Boseman) and another runaway slave, Jasper. She is chained to the floor of a wagon as the group moves through the state. All of Tennessee has been burned to...
