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 * = Literature E-Circles: Letters from a Slave Girl by Mary E. Lyons =
 * === 8th Grade Social Studies, Language Arts, Technology Information Skills===
 * **Curriculum Framing Quesitons:**
 * **Essential Question:**
 * Let freedom ring?
 * **Unit Questions:**
 * What was slavery like for the slaves?
 * What was slavery like for the slave owners? What would life have been like for the abolitionists?
 * What did freedom mean to the slaves?
 * **Content Questions:**
 * What was a typical day in the life of a slave like?
 * What did slave owners believe about slavery and slaves?
 * What are some ways that slavery impacted North Carolina?


 * Visual Ranking
 * **To determine if the students have read the novel and understand what they have read, they will use the visual ranking tool to put the events from the novel into sequential order.**

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