Finishing with the Adams Family

Essential Question: What is Freedom?

Goal: to understand that freedom did not come to all groups immediately


Agenda:
1. Read
2. Small Group work

Letter to John Adams (page 104) TEXT AUDIO (8m1s)

Dear Abigail TEXT AUDIO (12m49s)

Highlight anything in these two texts that relate to the fight for freedom. Focus especially on the groups that still weren't free at the time of the Declaration of Independence.

English Journal # 6 So What?

Finally, complete a So What? paragraph based on what you learned about Abigail Adams. Describe her views on women and the government. Then write a so what? part of the paragraph. Why do her views on women matter for the fight for freedom? Here is an incomplete paragraph you can use to help:

Hook, Relevance, Thesis

It might surprise you to know that Abigail Adams thought...All people want freedom for their group. Mrs. Adams believed that women should...

Her views on woman matter because...