The document contains information about the TV show Roots and slavery. It discusses Kunta's desire to run away after the last episode, asks students to analyze interactions between slaves on a plantation to understand their relationships, provides homework reminders to stay safe and out of trouble, defines terms like "jubilee" and "slave catcher", and assigns students to watch a Roots clip and respond to questions for class work.

1. January 6, 2012
After what happened to
Kunta, the last time we saw
Roots, do you think he has
given up on the idea of ever
running away? State your
reasons.

2. Objective:
By analyzing a clip of
the interactions
between residents of
the Reynolds
plantation, students
will evaluate what
kinds of
relationships were
found among the
slaves,and how they
were maintained

3. Homework:
Stay safe
Stay sane
Stay out of
trouble

4. Vocabulary - Jubilee
Celebration
Celebration of
freedom
Slaves were
sometimes allowed
to have some kind
of celebration

5. Slave catcher
Like a bounty
hunter
Caught
runaways for a
fee

6. Roots: Class work
Watch the clip
Complete the
questions and
the written
responses
Post on Kunta’s
wall

7. Exit ticket:
What is
a slave
catcher
used
for?