Harlem Renaissance
November 13, 2009 |
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1. Show The Great Debaters.
Let students know that Sterling Brown is considered a Harlem Renaissance writer, |
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Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: November 12, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will finish working on the Souls of Black Folk comprehension questions. The typed answers will be collected Monday, November 16th. |
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Beginning Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: November 11, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will work on Chapter II of Souls of Black Folk comprehension questions. |
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End of Post Slavery/Beginning Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: November 9, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will read Chapter II of Souls of Black Folk and complete the comprehension questions. The typed answers will be collected on Monday, November 16th. |
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Post Slavery Period (homework)
Due Date: November 6, 2009 |
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1. Recap.:Students will discuss the social and political influences on the literature of the Post Slavery Period.
2. Students are to read and take notes on "Harlem Renaissance 1919-1940 |
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Post Slavery Period (homework)
Due Date: November 5, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will read and discuss "Lynch Law In America" and "The Red Record" by Ida B. Wells. |
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Post Slavery Period
November 4, 2009 |
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| 1. The students will finish reading, taking notes and discussing the final chapter of Souls of Black Folk. |
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Post Slavery Period
November 2, 2009 |
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1.Students will recap the MAAFA experience and arrange a follow up discussion with the play's director.
2.Students will finish watching Having Our Say. |
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The Reconstruction Period (homework)
Due Date: October 30, 2009 |
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1. Students will compare and contrast Booker T. Washington's and W.E.B. Dubois's strategies for African American inclusion in American society.
2. Segue to lynching and its relationship to racism in American history--use "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday. |
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Souls of Black Folk (homework)
Due Date: October 29, 2009 |
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1. Students will finish reading aloud, taking notes and discussing Chapter III- Of Mr. Booker T.Washinton and Others.
2. If this assignment is not completed in class, the students will finish reading and taking notes for homework. |
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Souls of Black Folk
October 28, 2009 |
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| Students will read aloud, take notes and discuss Chapter III--Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others. |
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Souls Of Black Folk
October 27, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will finish reading aloud, taking notes and discussing Chapter II--Of the Dawn of Freedom. |
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Souls of Black Folk
October 26, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will continue to read aloud, take notes and discuss Chapt. II--Of the Dawn of Freedom. |
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Post Slavery Period (homework)
Due Date: October 23, 2009 |
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1.Students will finish reading and taking notes on II and III."Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others."
2. For homework, students are to review their notes on Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois and their notes on Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington. |
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Post Slavery Period
October 22, 2009 |
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| Students will read and take notes on II."Of the Dawn of Freedom." |
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Post Slavery Period
October 21, 2009 |
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Students will read and take notes on The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois.
"The Forethought"and "Of Our Spiritual Strivings." |
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The Post Slavery Period
October 20, 2009 |
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| Students will , discuss and take notes on"O Black and Unknown Bards" by James Weldon Johnson. |
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Post Slavery Period
October 19, 2009 |
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1. Students are to submit the analysis of The Lynching of Jube Benson."
2. Students will read and discuss "An Ante-Bellum Sermon" by Paul Laurence Dunbar and "The Creation" by James Weldon Johnson. |
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Post Slavery Period (homework)
Due Date: October 16, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit the analysis of "The Lynching of Jube Benson."
2. Students will begin reading aloud in class The Souls of Black Folk (The Forethought, Chapter 1-Of OUr Spiritual Strivings, Chapter II-Of the Dawn of Freedom, and Chapter III-Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others). |
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Post Slavery Period (homework)
Due Date: October 15, 2009 |
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1. Students will discuss and take notes on "The Lynching of Jube Benson."
2. Students will read "The Song of Smoke" by W.E.B. Dubois and complete the comprehension questions; the assignment will be collected on Tuesday, October 20th.
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Post Slavery Period (homework)
Due Date: October 14, 2009 |
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1.Students will take notes on the elements of a short story and literary terms.
2.Students will read and analyze: "The Lynching of Jube Benson" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The analysis will be collected on Friday, October 16th. |
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Post Slavery Period
October 13, 2009 |
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| 1.Students will finish watching Glory. |
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Post Slavery Period
October 2, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will watch "A Great And Mighty Walk," a visual depiction of the period. |
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Post Slavery Period
October 1, 2009 |
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1.Students will work in the computer room to type their answers to the Up From Slavery comprehension questions.
2. Students will submit the answers to the comprehension questions. |
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Post Slavery Period (homework)
Due Date: September 30, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will finish reading Up From Slavery and begin working on the comprehension questions. |
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Post Slavery Period
September 29, 2009 |
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1. Students will finish reading and taking notes on the Post Slavery Period introduction.
2. Students will begin reading Up From Savery. |
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The Post Slavery Period 1865-1915
September 25, 2009 |
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1. Students will read "A Negro Love Song" and "When Malindy Sings."
2. Students will take Unit Quiz on The Beginning. |
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Review of the Beginning-1700-1865
September 24, 2009 |
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1. Students will review the political, social and religious influences of the period.
2. The students will read the biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar. |
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The Slave Narrative (homework)
Due Date: September 23, 2009 |
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1. The class will discuss The Narrative of Harriet Jacobs and compare and contrast with Equiano's experience.
2. Students will read and complete the exercise on "Bars' Fight." The answers will be collected tomorrow, Thursday, September 24, 2009. |
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The Slave Narrative (homework)
Due Date: September 22, 2009 |
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1. Students will have the opportunity to improve the grade for The Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.
2. Students will read and take notes on the Narrative of Harriet Jacobs. |
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Summer Reading Part #2
September 21, 2009 |
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| Students will complete the Summer Reading writing exercise. |
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Summer Reading
September 18, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will complete the Summer Reading writing exercise. |
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The Slave Narrative (homework)
Due Date: September 17, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will finish reading and taking notes on Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. |
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The Slave Narrative (homework)
Due Date: September 16, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit the typed answers to the Equiano comprehension questions.
2. Students will read and take notes on Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. |
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The Slave Narrative (homework)
Due Date: September 15, 2009 |
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| 1. The students will continue to read, take notes and complete the comprehension exercise on The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. |
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The Slave Narrative (homework)
Due Date: September 14, 2009 |
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| 1.Students will read The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano, take notes and complete the comprehension questions which will be collected on Wednesday, September 16th. |
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The Slave Narrative (homework)
Due Date: September 11, 2009 |
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1. Students will read silently and take notes on The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.
2. The answers to the comprehension questions will be collected on Tuesday, September 15th. |
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The Oral Tradition (homework)
Due Date: September 10, 2009 |
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1. Students will finish reading the assigned John and Massa or animal folktale aloud.
2. The class will the discuss the meaning of each tale.
3. The class will listen to recordings of spirituals.
4. Students are to read The Interesting Narrative of the Life Of Olaudah Equiano and complete the comprehension questions. The typed answers will be collected on Tuesday, September 15th. |
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The Oral Tradition (homework)
Due Date: September 9, 2009 |
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1. Students will read aloud the assigned John and Massa or folktale.
2. The class will discuss the meaning of the tales. |
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The Oral Tradition (homework)
Due Date: September 8, 2009 |
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1.Students will read the assigned John and Massa or animal folktale aloud in class.
2. The class will discuss the meaning of each tale.
3. Students are reminded that the comprehension questions and short essay on "On Being Brought From Africa to America" will be collected tomorrow. |
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The Beginning
September 4, 2009 |
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| 1. Silent reading. Students will work on reading, taking notes or comprehension questions. |
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The Beginning (homework)
Due Date: September 3, 2009 |
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1. Students will read and take notes on "The literature of Slavery and Freedom" 1746-1865--pgs. 127-133.
2. Students will read the poem, "On Being Brought From Africa to America" by Phyllis Wheatley and answer the comprehension questions. The typed answers and short essay will be collected on Wednesday, September 9th. |
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The Beginning
September 2, 2009 |
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1.Students will sign up to read a folktale or sing a spiritual to the class. Students must be prepared for Tuesday, September 8th.
2. Students will read "Bars' Fight" and answer the comprehension questions.
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The Beginning (homework)
Due Date: September 1, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit the introductory essay on self-image.
2. Students will finish viewing Ship of Slaves.
3. The class will discuss: 1.The reasons for slavery, 2. The reasons for American slavery, and 3. The Middle Passage.
4. Students will sign for their class text. As a class, we will read aloud-The Vernacular (pgs. 1-7) and Folktales (p.102). |
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The Beginning--The Introduction (homework)
Due Date: August 28, 2009 |
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1. Review "The Introduction."
2. Have students read and take notes on "The Vernacular"; to be discussed on Monday. |
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Langston Hughes (homework)
Due Date: May 29, 2009 |
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| Students will read and take notes on "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain." |
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Langston Hughes
May 28, 2009 |
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| Students will read and discuss: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Dream Variations," and "I,Too." |
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Guest Speaker
May 27, 2009 |
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| Reverend of Dixwell Congregational Church: Importance of heritage and responsibility. |
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Langston Hughes (homework)
Due Date: May 26, 2009 |
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Students will read "Mother to Son" and answer the following comprehension questions in well developed paragraphs.
1. How do you feel about the speaker's observations about life? Describe your feelings.
2.What do you think the speaker means by saying that her life has not been a "crystal stair"? Explain.
3.What can you learn about the speaker from the way she refers to the stairway? Explain.
4.What kind of role model do you think the speaker is for her son? Explain.
5. Choose one of your parents or another adult in your life whom you consider a role model. Think about how much you resemble that person--for example, in physical appearance and sense of humor. Then consider ways in which you would like to resemble that person more. Share in a short essay.
Quests. 1-4 will be submitted on Wednesday; Quest.#5 will be submitted on Thursday. |
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Book Report (homework)
Due Date: May 26, 2009 |
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| If students neglected to submit their book reports on Friday, May 22, they must submit it today with a 10pt. loss. |
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Essay Revision (homework)
Due Date: May 22, 2009 |
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| Students will work on revising corrected essays or on Essay #4. |
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Book Report (homework)
Due Date: May 8, 2009 |
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1.Levels 7 and 9 students will submit Essay #3: Argument.
2. Students will read silently. |
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Book Report (homework)
Due Date: May 7, 2009 |
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| Students will read silently. The book report is due in two weeks. |
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The Book Report (homework)
Due Date: May 6, 2009 |
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1.Students will read silently.
2. Levels 7 and 9 students will work on Essay #3:
Argument. Baldwin says, "Hatred...never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law." Using specific illustrations from your own experience, write an essay agreeing or disagreeing with this statement. Due Friday, May 8, 2009.
3. Students will submit "The New Negro" revised assignment. |
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"The New Negro" (homework)
Due Date: May 5, 2009 |
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| Students will work on revising the writing assignment on"The New Negro." Students will resubmit the assignment on Thursday, May 7, 2009. |
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"Heritage" (homework)
Due Date: May 4, 2009 |
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| Students will work on revising their "Heritage" essay; they retype and resubmit on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. |
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The Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: May 1, 2009 |
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| 1. The students will present and take notes on African American organizations. |
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The Harlem Renaissance
April 30, 2009 |
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| Students will present and take notes on African American organizations. |
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The Harlem Renaissance
April 29, 2009 |
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1. Students will read the short biography of Zora Neale Hurston.
2. Students will read "From Mules and Men." |
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The Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: April 28, 2009 |
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| Students will work in the computer room on their African American organizations presentations. |
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Book Report (homework)
Due Date: April 27, 2009 |
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| Download the attached document for booklist, outline and deadline--Friday, May 23, 2009. |
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African American Organizations (homework)
Due Date: April 27, 2009 |
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| Students will work on researching one of the chosen present day African American organizations. |
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The Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: April 27, 2009 |
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1.Students will work in the library to access information for Thursday's assignment on African American organizations.
2. Students will submit "The New Negro" comprehension questions. |
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The Harlem Renaissance
April 24, 2009 |
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1.Students will share "Heritage" essays with the class.
2.Students will read the short biography of Arna Bontemps.
3. Students will read and discuss "A Black Man Talks of Reaping." |
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The Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: April 23, 2009 |
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1.Students will work on "Heritage" writing exercise.
2. Remind students of next Thursday"s African American organizations presentations. |
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The Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: April 22, 2009 |
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1.Students will read the short biographical information on Countee Cullen.
2. Students will read and discuss the poem "Heritage."
3.Students will complete the following short writing exercise: In a short essay of 1 1/2--2 1/2 pages, explain the significance of heritage in your life. Note your impressions and understanding of your connection to Africa. Due Friday, April 24, 2009.
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The Harlem Renaissance
April 21, 2009 |
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1. Students will review poetic terms: metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, assonance and allusion.
2. Students will read and discuss: "If We Must Die," "America," and "The White House" by Claude McKay. |
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The Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: April 20, 2009 |
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1.Students will discuss the significance of the UNIA and its relevance (if any) with today's society.
2.Students will brainstorm a list of present day African American organizations. From that list, students will choose one to research the organization's history, leadership, mission,
and status. Students will present the information to the class via powerpoint, ditto, board and/or oral presentation. Due: Thursday, April 30, 2009.
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The Harlem Renaissance
April 9, 2009 |
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| Students will discuss and take notes on the impact of the UNIA on the 20th and 21st African American Community. |
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The Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: April 8, 2009 |
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1.Students will read and take notes on "Africa for the Africans" by Marcus Garvey.
2. Students will research the UNIA and its impact on the 20th and 21st African American Community. |
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The Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: April 7, 2009 |
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1.Students will finish reading, taking notes and discussing "The New Negro" by Alain Locke.
2. Students will complete the comprehension questions which will be collected on Thursday, April 9, 2009 |
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The Harlem Renaissance
April 6, 2009 |
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| Students will read, take notes and discuss "The New Negro" by Alain Locke |
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The Harlem Renaissance
April 3, 2009 |
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| Students will read and discuss the short biography of Claude McKay and his works: "If We Must Die, "Africa," and "America." |
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The Harlem Renaissance (homework)
Due Date: April 2, 2009 |
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1.Students will read, take notes and discuss Marcus Garvey and "Africa for the Africans."
2. Students will research the UNIA and its impact on the 20th and 21st African American community.
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The Harlem Renaissance
April 1, 2009 |
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| Students will read and take notes on and discuss "The New Negro" by Alain Locke. |
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Souls of Black Folk (homework)
Due Date: March 31, 2009 |
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1.Students will finish sharing their collages on "The Veil" and "The Double Consciousness of the African American."
2.Students will work on their spoken word, poem or rap which will be shared on Friday, April 3, 2009 and Monday, April 6, 2009. |
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Souls of Black Folk (homework)
Due Date: March 30, 2009 |
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| Students will submit the comprehension questions, share their collages on "The Veil" and "The Double Consciousness of the African American." |
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Original Poetry
March 27, 2009 |
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| Students will share and discuss original poems. |
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Original Poetry (homework)
Due Date: March 26, 2009 |
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| Students will continue working on their original poem with a biblical theme. The poems will be shared on Friday, March 27, 2009. |
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Students' Poetry (homework)
Due Date: March 25, 2009 |
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| Students will work in class on their original poems with a biblical theme. If they need to revisit "The Creation," they should. These poems will be shared on Friday, March 27, 2009. |
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Souls of Black Folk (homework)
Due Date: March 24, 2009 |
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1.Students will complete the reading of and taking notes on Chapters I-IV.
2. Students will submit the comprehension exercise on Monday, March 30, 2009. |
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Souls Of Black Folk (homework)
Due Date: March 23, 2009 |
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| Students will read, discuss and take notes on Souls of Black Folk Chapters I-IV. |
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Post Slavery (homework)
Due Date: March 20, 2009 |
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| Students will continue reading, taking notes and discussing The Souls of Black Folk. |
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Post Slavery (homework)
Due Date: March 19, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit the analyis and biography.
2. Students will begin reading, taking notes and discussing The Souls of Black Folk Chapters I-IV by W.E.B. DuBois.
The comprehension questions will be given to students on Monday, March 23rd; the answers will be collected on Thursday, March 26th. |
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Post Slavery
March 18, 2009 |
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| Computer Room to work on analysis and biography of the author. |
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Post Slavery
March 17, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will finish watching The Delaney Sisters. |
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Post Slavery (homework)
Due Date: March 16, 2009 |
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1.Students will watch The Delaney Sisters.
2. Students will work on an analysis and biography of the author. This will be collected Thursday, March 19, 2009.
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W.E.B.DuBois (homework)
Due Date: March 13, 2009 |
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1.Students will continue reading Chapters I, II, and II of Souls of Black Folk.
2. Students will work on comprehension questions which will be collected on Wednesday, March 18, 2009. |
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W.E.B. DuBois (homework)
Due Date: March 12, 2009 |
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| Students will read and take note on Souls of Black Folk--I. Of Our Spiritual Strivings, II. Of the Dawn of Freedom and III. Of M. Booker T. Washington and Others. |
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Paul Laurence Dunbar (homework)
Due Date: March 11, 2009 |
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1. Students will read and discuss: "A Negro Love Song," "When Malindy sings," and "We Wear The Mask."
2. Students will complete the comprehension exercise on "We Wear The Mask" and submit it tomorrow. |
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
March 10, 2009 |
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| Students will read and discuss: "Sympathy," "An Antebellum Sermon," and "Douglass." |
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Up From Slavery (homework)
Due Date: March 9, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit the Up From Slavery comprehension questions.
2. Students will read and discuss The Atlanta Compromise and answer comprehension questions. |
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Booker T. Washington (homework)
Due Date: March 6, 2009 |
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1.Students will read Chapters I, II, and III of Up From Slavery.
2. Students will receive the comprehension questions which will be collected on Monday, March 9, 2009. See Document#1. |
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Paul Laurence Dunbar Poetry
March 5, 2009 |
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Students will read and discuss:"Sympathy,"
"An Antebellum Sermon,"and
"Douglass." |
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Post-Slavery 1865-1915
March 4, 2009 |
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1. Students will read and take notes on the biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
2. Students will read:
a. "A Negro Love Song,"
b. "When Malindy Sings,"
and c. "We Wear the Mask." |
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Slave Narrative/Comprehension Ex. (homework)
Due Date: March 3, 2009 |
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1.Students will work on the comprehension questions for Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl and turn in their typed answers tomorrow.
2. Students will receive a list of literary terms they must know. |
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Silent Reading (homework)
Due Date: March 2, 2009 |
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| Students will finish reading Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl Written By Harriet Jacobs. |
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Slave Narratives
February 27, 2009 |
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| Students will complete comprehension questions on The Incidents In The LIfe of a Slave Girl. The answers will be collected at the end of class. |
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Reonstruction (homework)
Due Date: February 27, 2009 |
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| For homework, students are to read the introduction-- Literature of the Reconstruction to the New Negro Renaissance: 1865-1919, take notes and be prepared to discuss on Monday, March 2, 2009. |
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Slave Narratives (homework)
Due Date: February 26, 2009 |
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SILENT READING
1. Level 9 students must read The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself--in text--and be prepared to answer the comprehension questions-due Monday, March 2, 2009.
2. All other students will finish reading The Incidents In The Life of a Slave Girl. |
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Slave Narratives
February 25, 2009 |
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1.The class will read the short introduction of The Incidents In The Life of a Slave Girl aloud.
2. Silent reading-The Incidents In The Life of a Slave Girl--students will take notes. |
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Folktales/Slave Narratives (homework)
Due Date: February 24, 2009 |
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1. We will continue will oral reading of folktales.
2. Homework: Students will read Incidents In The Life of a Slave Girl--Harriet Jacobs by Friday. |
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Folktales/Slave Narratives
February 23, 2009 |
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I will collect the comprehension questions on The Narrative of Equiano.
1.Students will read aloud and discuss assigned folktales. |
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Black History Month Activity
February 13, 2009 |
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| Multicultural activity in C107 w/ several other English classes--presented by Frank Brady (HHS alumnus and SCSU senior) |
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Black History Month Activity
February 12, 2009 |
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| Field trip to the Aldermanic Chambers of New Haven's City Hall. The theme is :The Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas." The speaker is Dr. Jonathan Holloway, Professor of African American Studies, History and American Studies, Yale University. |
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The Beginning/1.Folktales 2. Narrative (homework)
Due Date: February 11, 2009 |
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1.Students will continue reading and discussing folktales.
2. Students will read The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself and complete the comprehension questions. The anwers must be typed and submitted on Monday, February 23, 2009. |
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The Beginning/Folktales
February 10, 2009 |
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| Students will read folktales aloud and discuss the meaning of each. |
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The Beginning
February 9, 2009 |
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1. Quiz on The Beginning
(30 minutes)
2. Finish Sankofa or distribute "Long Night of Bondage." Students will select folktales to read aloud in class. |
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The Beginning 1700-1860
February 6, 2009 |
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The Narrative--Equiano...
The comprehension questions will be collected at the end of class. |
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The Beginning 1700-1860 (homework)
Due Date: February 6, 2009 |
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"On Being Brought From Africa to America" by Phyllis Wheatley
Students will read the poem, answer the comprehension questions and complete the short essay. All work must be typed.
Due Monday, February 9, 2009 |
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The Beginning 1700-1860
February 5, 2009 |
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The Narrative--The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself
Comprehension questions will be distributed, and the assignment will be collected tomorrow. |
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The Beginning 1700-1860
February 4, 2009 |
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| "Bars' Fight by Lucy Terry |
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The Beginning 1700-1860
February 3, 2009 |
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1.Distribution of literary terms.
2.Introduction of folklore via folktales, preacher tales, "lies"--why tales. |
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The Beginning-1700-1860
February 2, 2009 |
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| 1. Introduction--with emphasis on spirituals--we will use the provided the cd. |
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The Harlem Renaissance
December 15, 2008 |
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1. Claude McKay and sonnets: Pgs.981-986/Comp.Quests.
2. Marcus Garvey-Pan-Africanism Pgs.972-980
3.The Piano Lesson-August Wilson |
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