This document contains questions about slave marriages, citizenship for African Americans, wedding invitations for Anna Madgigine Jai, the term "jumping the broom", Benjamin Bannecker's almanac, misconceptions around slavery, interracial marriages between whites and slaves, different types of questions, Benjamin Banneker's importance, and what was unique about Anna Madgigine Jai.

1. Were slaves ever
allowed to marry for
love? How do you
think slave marriages
were arranged?

2.  How did African
Americans begin to
claim citizenship in
the new United
States? * Students
will analyze text
and charts in order
to be able to
answer this
question

3.  Create a wedding
invitation for
Anna Madgigine
Jai’s wedding.
 “I don’t know
who that is!”
 You will, after
today

4.  I am going to
jump the
broom in a
few weeks
 What does
this term
mean?

5.  Benjamin
Bannecker and
Ben Franklin
both created
almanacs, wher
e people could
look up
information

6.  Something we
all know to be
so that just
isn’t so
 How many of
you were
surprised that
the
slaves, other
than
Kunta, were
not in chains?

7.  What
misconceptions
might be
shattered if we
learned that at
least twice, a
white married
and freed a slave?

8.  Read the
questions first
 What kind of
questions are
they? Are they
testing your
comprehension or
are they testing
something else?

9.  Why was
Benjamin
Bannecker
important? What
was unique
about the
marriages
discussed today?

10.  Read the short
biography of
Benjamin Bannecker
and the story of the
recently discovered
Florida Slave
graveyard. Answer
comprehension
questions. Write short
essay “What
surprised me about
what I learned today
was…”

11.  What was
unusual or
unique
about Anna
Madgigine
Jai?