Nettie’s Trip South

Section 7; p.1- 27

(2^nd- 3^rd grade plan)

Summary

This is the story of a little girl named Nettie who took a trip with her family to the south. She was very excited when she found out that she had the chance to make the trip. She had never seen any slaves before. And her family thought that they should make the trip before the war began. Nettie had been told that slaves or black people were only three fifths of a person. Therefore, when she was in the south, she constantly found herself searching for the missing pieces of the slaves. However, she never found anything. She also goes to a slave auction with her brother who is writing an article about it. She witnesses families being separated and becomes very ill. Nettie and her family returned home almost immediately. She began to realize that it was only the color of their skin that made people treat them in such a manner. She thinks about how people would treat her differently if she were only in black skin. The entire book is told through a letter that Nettie is writing to her friend Addie.