# Lesson 5: Day 3 - 1838 Civil Rights Organizing

## Google Doc for This Lesson

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fp2HuUzvHLa5xtrOzJFjk3R5tYr4v%5F3jTCG30D-bfn8/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fp2HuUzvHLa5xtrOzJFjk3R5tYr4v%5F3jTCG30D-bfn8/edit?usp=sharing)

## **Objective (SWBAT):** 

Identify organizing strategies used by Black leaders  (memorials, reports, appeals) and explain how data and moral arguments were combined to influence voters.  
 **Time:** 50 minutes  
 **Format:** Partner fact-finding activity (25–30 min) + Individual journal (20 min)

As a Class, read the top paragraphs of  [__the 1838 Reports Page__](https://www.1838blackmetropolis.com/1838-pas-census-reports). 


## **Briefing (5 min):** 

Teacher orients students to the sources.

* Memorials
* 
  1. [__Pittsburgh Memorial__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/19C3aqV6Wd1v4kWtr_2NT7GEyH2hqOweN/view?usp=drive_link)
* Reports
* 
  1. [__Register of Trades__](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t9377n568?urlappend=%3Bseq=2)
  2. Page 1 of the [__Appeal of the 40,000__](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112037956767&seq=7)
  3. pages 26 and 27 of the [__Report on the Present State__](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnptj8?urlappend=%3Bseq=8%3Bownerid=27021597767335068-12) 


## **Activity 1:** [**__Fact-Finding__**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_zXA5NGn5y4_qz_G5FvOr4Rr1GQNefGOBIXsAwaAL7g/edit?tab=t.0) **(25–30 min, partners)**

* Partners answer 12–16 targeted questions, using the [fact finding worksheet](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_zXA5NGn5y4_qz_G5FvOr4Rr1GQNefGOBIXsAwaAL7g/edit?usp=sharing), quoting evidence for factual Qs and explaining for interpretive Qs
* Circulate and push partners to cite lines or sentences.  

## **Activity 2: Journal Writing (15–20 min, individual)**  
  


1. * Prompt: *If you had to write one page to persuade a 1838 white voter to vote “no” on adding “white” to the constitution, what 3 pieces of evidence from the census and memorial would you use and why?* (Students must cite at least two specific data points or quotes.)  
       

* Optional extension: students write a 90-second “street pitch” to read aloud.

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**Documents**

- [L5:3 1838 PAS Census Reports](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-1838-pas-census-reports-GhH0GkkBhb)
- [L5:3 Activity - Fact Finding](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-activity-fact-finding-dRzWZy2eZJ)
- [L5:3 Appeal of the 40,000](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-appeal-of-the-40000-XHDcJYilLj)
- [L5:3 Register of Trades](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-register-of-trades-TafZ7axyWo)
- [L5:3 Report on the Present State](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-report-on-the-present-state-clhFQ4US2S)
- [L5:3 Pittsburgh Memorial](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-pittsburgh-memorial-L5mS7a22z3)
- [L5:3 Extra - Organizing Meeting in Pittsburgh](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-extra-organizing-meeting-in-pittsburgh-qCh7iO3tfj)
- [L5:3 Extra - Organizing Meeting in Philadelphia](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-extra-organizing-meeting-in-philadelphia-hmWCHmZ3yt)
- [L5:3 Extra - Gardner Hinton Memorial](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-extra-gardner-hinton-memorial-ZzDGXCetkY)
- [L5:3 Extra - The End of Black Voting Rights in Pennsylvania](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l53-extra-the-end-of-black-voting-rights-in-pennsylvania-nYkzXDtmKV)