https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05 12 Years a Slave en-us 2019-11-18 16:48:15 UTC 2024-10-13 01:07:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f506.png kaitlyn_turley https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831711 Find a scholarly historical source- something that a historian would use (journal, college website, professional).

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Link it here. Write a paragraph explaining how this source contributed to your understanding of the movie.]]> 2019-11-18 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831711 kaitlyn_turley https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831713 Find another first-hand account, map, newspaper article, document connected to the movie.

Write a paragraph explaining how it contributes to your understanding of the movie.]]> 2019-11-18 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831713 kaitlyn_turley https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831715 Discuss in what ways was the film least satisfying. What parts did you not like as well? How could it be better? What might you change?

Write a paragraph as a film critic.]]> 2019-11-18 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831715 kaitlyn_turley https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831717 What does this movie teach you about the Civil War?  Describe how the film contributed to you learning about the subject.  

Write a paragraph as a student of Civil War history.]]> 2019-11-18 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831717 kaitlyn_turley https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831719
The movie "12 Years a Slave" is mainly about the injustice of man on another man. 

In "12 Years a Slave", Solomon is born a free man. He works hard like everyone else. Two white men offer him a job to play an instrument in the circus. They drug him, and sell him to slave traders. This act was cruel, and Solomon was separated from his family for 12 years. When he is sold to the traders, he tries to explain to the man in charge that he is a free man. The man doesn't listen, and whips him instead. On one of the plantations that he ends up on, he has a bad relationship with the carpenter. The carpenter gets mad, and starts to beat him. When Solomon defends himself, the carpenter tries to hang him. Solomon does not deserve this type of punishment, and everyone knows this.  

Solomon Northup is a free black man. He lives in New York with his family. He plays the violin to make a living. Brown and Hamilton, white men who work with a circus, offer Solomon a job as a musician. He takes the job and travels with them to Washington D.C., where they drug and sell him to a slave trader named Theophilus Freeman. Freeman gives Solomon a new identity, that of Platt, a runaway slave from Georgia. In New Orleans, Platt is sold to plantation owner named William Ford. Ford likes Platt, and gives him a violin to play. Platt and the carpenter, John Tibeats, do not get along, and eventually get into a fight. Afterward, Tibeats tries to hang Platt, but gets caught and leaves him to hang with feet barely touching the ground for hours. Ford sells Platt to Edwin Epps in order to save his life. Platt meets a slave named Patsey at his new plantation. Epps rapes Patsey often, and his wife beats her out of jealousy. Cotton worms ruin the plants, so Epps leases his slaves in order to make money. Platt makes money playing violin at a wedding, and tries to use the money to send a letter to his friends in New York. The man who was supposed to send his letter betrayed him, and Epps becomes very angry. Patsey is caught going to another plantation to get soap, and Platt is forced to whip her. Platt and Samuel Bass, a Canadian abolitionist, begin working on a gazebo. Bass agrees to send Platt's letter, and shortly after, a sheriff arrives with Platt's friends. Solomon returns to his home, and sees his family fully grown. ]]> 2019-11-18 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831719 kaitlyn_turley https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831721 I would not recommend this movie for entertainment purposes. The beginning of the movie was confusing. The lighting throughout the movie was dark, making it difficult to see. There were long periods of time with no speaking and no action. During these times, people were basically just standing around doing nothing. ]]> 2019-11-18 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831721 kaitlyn_turley https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831723
"Letters from a Slave Girl" Mary E. Lyons

If you enjoyed the movie "12 Years a Slave", or if you just want to know more, the book "Letters from a Slave Girl is the one to read. The book is based off of actual letters written by Harriet Jacobs, a girl born into slavery. Harriet's master taught her to read and write. In the movie, Solomon knew how to read and write. Harriet had hope that her master would free her after her death, but instead she is passed on to her master's daughter. In the movie, Solomon hopes that someone will prove that he is a free man. Both the book and the movie are based off of actual experiences that real slaves went through. The book is helpful in understanding what it was like on the plantations for slaves. ]]> 2019-11-18 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831723 kaitlyn_turley https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831726 Write about fact vs, fiction comparison, some "dramatic license" to make the movie more entertaining, a song, etc.

Link any online source that you used to learn more.

Write a paragraph, showing your thinking as a Civil War historian.

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Write a paragraph comparing/contrasting this event to the similar event in the movie.]]> 2019-11-18 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/412831727 kaitlyn_turley https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/425546817 2019-12-18 16:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlyn_turley/ufc4c4mujc05/wish/425546817