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The document provides an overview of classroom activities and lessons for students reading the novel The Rains. It includes the objective to increase students' skills in making inferences from text, homework assigning students to write questions for the book's author, vocabulary lessons on the words "prevailed" and "disillusionment", class work of reading specific pages and answering comprehension questions, and an exit ticket question about a character named Reverend Catto.
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The document contains a series of questions about events in the story involving characters Kunta and Fiddler. It asks what the characters were doing at the start, whether Kunta looked surprised by something related to chains, why Fiddler was angry with Kunta, why Fiddler didn't go with Kunta, where Kunta slept, who found Kunta and how, what Ames said he would make Kunta do and why, what Fiddler did when Kunta returned, and what Fiddler said to Kunta at the end. It concludes by asking if the character Kunta, who is now called Toby, should still be referred to as Kunta when teaching about the story.
December 2, 2011
This document contains information from a lesson on the film Roots, including the objectives, homework assignments, vocabulary terms, and discussion questions. The lesson will have students watch a clip from Roots about slave owners removing African culture from slaves, then answer comprehension questions. Students are asked to create a poster to advertise showing Roots after school for extra credit.
December 1, 2011
The document discusses updating a Facebook status upon arriving at school, with possible status updates including general greetings and reminders to stay safe. It also addresses using social media to discuss plantation culture, the privacy of online posts, and how future employers may view postings. Students are asked to watch a video clip and write a 140-character tweet about what they observed.
November 29, 2011
The document discusses how African Americans began claiming citizenship in the new United States. It mentions that both the British and Colonial armies offered freedom to slaves who would fight for them during the Revolutionary War. Students are assigned to read pages 119 to 132 answering questions about how African Americans began pursuing citizenship rights through military service.
Bannecker
Banneker's grandmother Molly Welsh was an English indentured servant who married one of her freed slaves in violation of Maryland law. At age 22, Banneker constructed an almost entirely wooden clock based on his own designs and calculations, which was unusual given he had only seen two timepieces before. In 1788 he nearly accurately predicted a solar eclipse and in 1791 assisted in surveying Washington D.C., proving Jefferson's views on racial inferiority wrong according to newspapers. In 1792 he published an almanac including his own calculated ephemeris and challenging Jefferson. On the day of his death in 1806, his house and all its contents, including his clock, burned down.
November 28, 2011
This document contains questions about slave marriages, citizenship for African Americans, wedding invitations for Anna Madgigine Jai, the term "jumping the broom", Benjamin Bannecker's almanac, misconceptions around slavery, interracial marriages between whites and slaves, different types of questions, Benjamin Banneker's importance, and what was unique about Anna Madgigine Jai.
Florida graveyard
Six graves containing the remains of slaves were discovered at the Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonville, Florida. The graves contained the bodies of a man around age 40, a woman over age 60, and three children. Square nails, buttons, and skeletal measurements indicated the remains were of Africans from the 19th century. Descendents cannot be identified due to lack of documentation. Johnetta Cole, director of the National Museum of African Art, is a descendant of the Kingsley family and was emotional upon the discovery. Anna Madgigine Jai, Zephaniah Kingsley's wife, helped manage the plantation after being freed as a slave purchased in Senegal.
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Banneker's grandmother Molly Welsh was an English indentured servant who married one of her freed slaves in violation of Maryland law. At age 22, Banneker constructed an almost entirely wooden clock based on his own designs and calculations, which was unusual given he had only seen two timepieces before. In 1788 he nearly accurately predicted a solar eclipse and in 1791 assisted in surveying Washington D.C., proving Jefferson's views on racial inferiority wrong according to newspapers. In 1792 he published an almanac including his own calculated ephemeris and challenging Jefferson's ideas, and died in 1806 when his house burned down on the day of his burial.
November 21, 2011
Uncle Blue was concerned that the name Octavius chosen by the Cattos for their newborn son would cause him trouble in the future. The document asks if parents should be careful about giving a child a "strange name" and considers Uncle Blue's view that the name Octavius may present difficulties for the child. It also provides context about the story being discussed from the novel "The Rains" and includes vocabulary and reading assignments.
Class work 11.21
This document contains a series of questions about events that occurred in chapters 107 to 119 of the novel "The Rains". The questions cover topics such as Ellen Craft getting a job and facing suspicion from white coworkers, an interfaith picnic where Ellen is noticed, William Still and Reverend Catto leaving the picnic, Ellen experiencing discrimination from a customer named Mr. Sloan, and events of a riot in Philadelphia where buildings were burned down and Reverend Catto thought of something while picking it up. The final question asks what the Philadelphia Gazette blamed for causing the riot.
November 21, 2011
Uncle Blue was concerned that the name Octavius chosen by the Cattos for their newborn son would cause him trouble in the future. The document asks if parents should be careful about giving a child a "strange name" and considers Uncle Blue's opinion on the potentially problematic name Octavius. Homework involves creating a birth announcement for Octavius Catto and the document provides context on the characters and events from the previous week's reading of the novel "The Rains."
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