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Consider the Source: The Words We Mean: An Exercise and Study on Euphemisms, Language, and Dialogue about Chattel Slavery in Western North CSocial Studies · Geography · Grades 6–8Lesson plan

How does disease impact where people chose to live? How did chattel slavery impact the seasonal migration from Charleston to Western North Carolina? How do different factors play out in the cause and effect of human societal development? Objective I can consider other people’s experiences and sympathize with them. I can choose my words by considering the power that language has in conversation. I understand that choices in the past can have long lasting and powerful impacts, even indirectly, on the present. I can use clear and inclusive language when speaking about slavery in North Carolina an Duration: 60 Minutes.

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