Character spotlight

Character Spotlight

In pairs, read about your character. Write down supportive words. Be able to tell your friends about your character. 

Who was he or she?
Where did he/she live?
What happened to him/her?

Emmanuel Driggus

Mum Bett

Harriet Jacobs

Jupiter

Maria Stewart

Nat Turner 

John Punch

Robert Smalls 

2. Read the text together.
To the right, you can see a box with questions.
Click on the headline: Assessment and answer the questions. Take notes and help each other.
Above the box, you see different symbols. If if you would like to listen to the text just click the play button. If you need to translate a word click the symbol that looks like a book.
Gather words you don't understand and make a wordlist.

THE NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS: EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 1

Homework for Tuesday week 47: 

Watch the film:




1. You are a journalist that secretly meets one of the slaves that we have read about. You are now able to write a newspaper article and report to the world what has happened to the person you have met.
You make an "interview" with the person and when you write your article you include quotations from the interview. You want your article to be a clickbait so think carefully about your headline!

You need to plan your text before you start writing. Follow the instructions in the video. You don't need to write the whole text at home. Only plan it.
You will write when we see each other on Tuesday.

/ Sara

Slavery - Crash Course US History

Here is a  crash course:



1. We will watch the video above together since he speaks pretty fast. I will help you

2. Read the text together in your groups.
To the right, you can see a box with questions.
Click on the headline: Assessment and answer the questions. Take notes and help each other.
Above the box you see different symbols. If if you would like to listen to the text just click the play button. If you need to translate a word click the symbol that looks like a book.
Gather words you don't understand and make a wordlist.


THE NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS: EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 1

For Tuesday:
Watch the video and write a short summary (10 sentences). What is the video about?

Slavery and the Making of America

Slavery and the Making of America

1. For today, your homework was to find out where the slavery took place.
We will take a look at a map of the US and talk about it.

2. Go to the web page above.  Take notes and make sure you understand. Look up words if you need to.

- Group 1: take a look at the information about what happened during the 17th century.
- Group 2: take a look at the 18th century
- Group 3: take a look at the 19th century.

3. Form new groups with members from the different centuries.
Start with the 17th century and tell your friends what happened during that time.
Another group member continues with the 18th century and you finish with the 19th century.
4. Together in your groups decide which occurrences you think were the most important on the way towards freedom. Tell the whole class about them.

5.   Go to The Underground Railroad and play the game. Work in pairs and help each other. Look up words you don't know.

6. Character Spotlight 

Individually, read about your character. Write down supportive words. Be able to tell your friends about your character.

Emmanuel Driggus

Mum Bett

Harriet Jacobs

Jupiter

Maria Stewart

Nat Turner

John Punch

Robert Smalls

/ Sara

It is just a label #atouchofmidnight

You have now finished reading En droppe midnatt and we will start working with different themes from the book.

The first theme will be about identity and who you are:




Record your discussions. Use Screencastify and add your link in Google Classroom when you are finished. One in the group records and make sure that you sit close to the microphone. Start the discussion by saying your name so I recognize your voice!

"I am not black, You are NOT white. I was taught to be black."

- What does he mean?

"It is just a label"

- What does that mean?
- Do you label people? How do you know? Give examples:

"How we truly are- is found inside"
- Do you agree - disagree?

"Who would you be if the world never gave you a label"
- What do you think about this quote? Who would YOU be?

"It is the labels, you must rip them off"
- How can this be done? Is it possible? Give examples.

"Only until we stop thinking so small, we will be free"
- What does "thinking so small" mean?
- What does it mean to be free?
- Can we be free? What do we need to do?

In the book, Jason doesn't really know who he is. He is looking for his roots.

Do you think that your roots are important?
Have you ever thought about your roots and who you are?

Homework for Thursday:

Find out:
When we talk about the slavery in the US, when and where do we mean?
Where in the US were the slave states and which states were free?

Take notes since we will talk about this in class on Thursday.

Sara