The Grimke Sisters

This webquest will allow you to spend some time (approx. 30 min) learning about the Grimke sisters and the legacy left by their work as activists, organizers, writers, educators, and community leaders.

You will be asked a series of questions and given links for seven websites.  Use the information from the sites to answer each of the questions.  Create a Word document to record your answers.

1. Spend some time on the Grimke sisters' Wikipedia website.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimk%C3%A9_sisters#Selections_from_writin…

Question: In what issues of their day were the sisters involved?

2. Watch this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Swj2usumY

Question:Why did Angelina Grimke initially attack slavery?

3. Read this article on PBS.org.

http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/angelina-grimke.html

Question: Speaking against slavery led the sisters to advocate on behalf of another cause.  What was that cause?

4. Read Angelina's "Address to the Massachusetts Legislature"

http://www.blackpast.org/1838-angelina-grimke-address-massachusetts-leg…

Question: Angelina became the first woman to do what?

Task: Tweet about her speech (140 characters or less)

5. Watch this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml5tMmpJk3c

Questions: Why was it so unusual that Angelina and Sarah became involved in the abolition movement?

What action against the sisters led them to begin to speak about women's rights?

6. Scroll through this site.

http://archive.org/stream/lettersonequalit00grimrich/lettersonequalit00…

Question: How many letters did Sarah write and what was the theme of eac one?

7. Watch this video.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?300463-1/Grimk

What are some of the Grimke documents housed at the College of Charleston? Name at least five.