From Man to Slave: January 10, 2020

Focus: What does it take to disempower a human?

1. Warming up with a few photographs and the importance of multiple perspectives

2. Reading original excerpts from slaves, slave owners, 19th century documents, and historians (travelling groups of 3-4) with this reflection sheet

3. Following up with discussions of yesterday's images, today's quotations, and last night's Douglass reading:

• How were slaves physically disempowered?
• How were slaves socially disempowered?
• How were slaves mentally/emotionally disempowered?

• What do we gain by looking at slavery from multiple points of view?

4. Reading Chapter 10 together

• How did Douglass take his power back?
• Why is it so important that he writes his own narrative?

HW:

For Monday: 

• If we did not finish reading and annotating Chapter 10 in Douglass, please finish it tonight.

• Bring in your independent reading book and signed blue letter.