How justified was Nat Turner's revolt?

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This lesson is titled “How justified was Nat Turner’s Revolt?”

The lesson begins with a Starter Activity in which students are invited to spot which of four statements about Turner’s Revolt is untrue. This then leads into the lesson title which is introduced along with aims and graduated objectives (all will/most will/some will). There are then slides of background information to enable teacher exposition. Following this, students are placed in a group of three and given character cards about (one who sees it as justified and one who sees it as unjustified. One is the host). They then need to create a TV chat show segment arguing the Key Question (an example is given for them to act out for inspiration.) The lesson then concludes with a plenary activity in which the students stand up and vote with their feet to explain how justified they feel Turner’s Revolt was.

This lesson was written for high achieving high school students and is written in UK English.

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