Reading Assignment for 4/14/25

On some plantations, ________ nights were a time for social events. They often combined necessary work. Examples include corn-husking or pea-shelling parties.

• Friday

• Saturday

• Sunday

• Full Moon

Enslaved women had little free time to get together and talk. ________ bees gave these women the rare chance to freely express themselves

• Bible

• Quilting

• Spelling

• Corn Husking

Enslaved people created music out of almost anything that was available.

Select the different types of musical instruments they created out of common materials (check 3)

• Drum

• Tambourine

• Piano

• Violin/ Fiddle

Enslavers and White ministers preached the same message: “If you disobey your earthly master, you offend your heavenly Master.”

• True

• False

Enslaved people created their own “invisible church.” It brought together African ______ and American ______.

• traditions

  culture

• resistance

  dominance

• roots

  needs

• traditions

  needs

Black preachers told the story of ________. They told how he led his people out of slavery in Egypt.

• Moses

• Jesus

• Abraham

• Martian

What is a hush arbor?

• 1. a Bible that combined scripture with African stories

• a Bible story told by enslavers to reinforce that slavery was supported by God

• 1. an energetic sermon delivered by a pastor who was enslaved

• 1. a secret spot where enslaved people would hold church services

Enslaved people didn't combine their old traditions and new lives together. They could not create a special kind of African American culture.

• 100% True

• 100% False

• 50% True and 50% False

Dances were created by enslaved people. They were based on _______ traditions.

• America

• Haitian

• African

• British

According to our textbook, African _______ and _______ were passed down in the stories told by enslaved people. (pick 2)

• fables

• legends

• folk tales

• fairy tales