Tuesday, 9/8/15

Missing Assignments
If you are missing any assignments, please turn them in ASAP.  If an assignment is not turned in by Friday, 9/11/15, it will receive a grade of ZERO.

Agenda
"The Interesting Narrative of Equiano" (pg. 45)
We defined the vocab words on page 43 and talked about their context in "The Interesting Narrative of Equiano."

Slave Narratives - Meaning & Purpose
Class Discussion: Why do we study slave narratives?  How/why do they matter?

Slave Narrative Group Project Instructions
Create a multimedia poster of FOUR slave narratives.  Use this website for your research/information gathering:
Slave Narratives

Include the following information for EACH narrative:
1. slave name
2. birth/family facts
3. summary/list of TEN events from their narrative
4. most interesting/powerful aspect of their narrative
5. if and how they made it out of slavery
6. life after slavery
7. TWO quotes
8. TWO illustrations/images/photos

Use today’s class time to find a partner, divide the workload, and start planning your poster.

Students can present their posters on Friday for extra credit.

Homework
Work on gathering the information you need for the group project. We will spend the entire class period on Thursday, 9/10/15, working on the posters.