# Lesson 5: Day 4 - 1838 Civil Response

## **Google Doc for This Lesson**

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RGwYTCNG0-H5UJtH%5FCzAsLwLExZxAZyylsVBLXDHelo/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RGwYTCNG0-H5UJtH%5FCzAsLwLExZxAZyylsVBLXDHelo/edit?usp=sharing)


## **Objective (SWBAT):** 

Synthesize primary and secondary evidence to design a persuasive outreach (op-ed, flyer, or short speech) that helps answer the question:*“Pick two specific ways that the democratic practices of Black Philadelphians in 1838 (church ballots, convention procedures, rules of order, and beneficial-society governance, civil rights organizing) function as both practical self-government and a claim to equal citizenship”*

  
 **Time:** 50–60 minutes  
 **Format:** Small groups create campaign + presentations & reflective essay


## Read Together

**As a class, read** [**__Thrown out of Democracy  __**](https://www.1838blackmetropolis.com/post/thrown-out-of-democracy-the-untold-story-of-black-resistance-at-the-1838-constitutional-convention)and watch the [__Transit Rights video__](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/doc/l54-extras-transit-rights-video-TdDeoUQIof)

## Choose Activities

**Brief (5 min):** Teacher explains product options — 1 of:


1. 
   1. (A) [__1-page convincing flyer__](https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1bIvgFIS1fm6Rqkt7KFo9CC9dVf8DWHhKSPiaQ6ubz_w/edit); 
   2. (B) [__2-minute persuasive speech;__](https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/197-2_eyUKvQVydHHw5qjfi9hCIvY3EMOJPYnPy2Ac5Q/edit) 
   3. (C) [__300-word op-ed for a 19th-century PA newspaper.__](https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1xp1kBeWJue9q3ODO1Ko7NVykBbeFr9cDcFLfNJhjC7k/edit) 


## **Design (30 min):** 


1. Groups draft product. 


1. Encourage clear audience targeting and rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos). Circulate and coach on evidence use.  

## **Present (10–15 min):** 

Rapid presentations (each group 2–3 minutes).

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**Documents**

- [L5:4 Thrown out of Democracy](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l54-thrown-out-of-democracy-OUPaSfsPGi)
- [L5:4 Transit Rights Video](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l54-transit-rights-video-TdDeoUQIof)
- [L4:5 Activity - Speech](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l45-activity-speech-3XbjxJ46Jl)
- [L4:5 Activity - Op Ed](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l45-activity-op-ed-VRLVRHnA67)
- [L4:5 Activity - Flyer](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l45-activity-flyer-h21db0E5nQ)
- [L5:4 Extras - Westward Keeling](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l54-extras-westward-keeling-2QIheKeVk9)
- [L5:4 Extras - Fighting for Transit Rights](https://1838blackmetropolis.getoutline.com/s/aa099d92-e5c1-4fa9-ad54-9fd69ac27a28/doc/l54-extras-fighting-for-transit-rights-I7Ll9Cnehv)