Lessons Monday, February 19 What did black pastors say about education in 1855? Tuesday, February 20 How many different counties were blacks found in? Wednesday, February 21 What were the major occupations for blacks in California in the 1850s? Thursday, February 22 Why was the right to sit freely in street cars an important issue in the 1860s? Friday, February 23 What were the major contributions of William Alexander Leidesdorff? Monday, February 26 Where did black Californians serve during the Civil War? Tuesday, February 27 What was the relationship between the Emancipation Proclamation and the repeal of the right of testimony law? Wednesday, February 28 What are the lessons for current citizens from the strategies employed by California abolitionists in the 1850s and 1860s?
 
Thursday, Feb. 15 Content standard: 8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy. 2. Analyze the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on government as a means of securing individual rights (e.g., key phrases such as "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"). Key Fact: Although the protections of the U.S. Constitution were not available to African-Americans at its inception and the Dred Scott decision reiterated that fact, blacks still sought to bring life to the words of the founding documents by pursuing civic responses to slavery thorugh petitions, law suits and advocacy. What did California’s status as a “free” state mean to African-American slaves who entered its borders? How did they seek their freedom? What was the role of the Crocker family in securing writs of habeas corpus? What is the origin of the the legal doctrine of habeas corpus? How is the right of habeas corpus in the news today? How did President Lincoln abridge the right of habeas corpus?
Lessons Thursday, February 1 Why California mattered to the abolition issue? Friday, February 2 How could black Californians affect the course of slavery? Monday, February 5 What organizations did black Californians use to affect policy? Tuesday, February 6 What individuals led the anti-slavery movement? Wednesday, February 7 What impact did John Brown have on U.S. history? Thursday, February 8 Why did Mary Ellen Pleasant contact John Brown? Friday, February 9 How did Mexico and the United States deal with the slavery issue differently? Monday, February 12 How different was the role of Spanish-speaking blacks under Mexican rule from the role of English-speaking blacks under U.S. rule? Tuesday, February 13 Why was the right of testimony law important to California blacks? Wednesday, February 14 What happened to Peter Lester in his boot shop in downtown San Francisco? Thursday, February 15 Why did the right of habeas corpus help blacks who moved to California? Friday, February 16 What was the reaction to the first colored convention? http://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson1.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson1.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson1.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson2.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson2.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson3.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson3.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson4.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson4.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson5.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson5.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson6.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson6.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson6.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson7.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson7.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson8.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson8.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson9.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson9.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson10.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson10.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson11.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson11.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson12.htmlhttp://www.blackpressonline.com/grushlesson12.htmlshapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1shapeimage_6_link_2shapeimage_6_link_3shapeimage_6_link_4shapeimage_6_link_5shapeimage_6_link_6shapeimage_6_link_7shapeimage_6_link_8shapeimage_6_link_9shapeimage_6_link_10shapeimage_6_link_11shapeimage_6_link_12shapeimage_6_link_13shapeimage_6_link_14shapeimage_6_link_15shapeimage_6_link_16shapeimage_6_link_17shapeimage_6_link_18shapeimage_6_link_19shapeimage_6_link_20shapeimage_6_link_21shapeimage_6_link_22shapeimage_6_link_23shapeimage_6_link_24shapeimage_6_link_25