Read “The Forethought,” “Of Our Spiritual Strivings,” and “Of the Dawn of Freedom.”
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1
Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
“The Forethought”
In this preface, DuBois explains his topic: the external and internal lives of Black people. He offers that race and racism are the most important topics of the 20th century. He refers to it as the “problem...
