What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Lesson Plan

Review: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to explore the extent of their knowledge about the text's background, and to create a starting point for expectations about it.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.9 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ;

Structure:

The teacher should open the activity by allowing students to come up to the board for a brainstorming activity. He/she should direct students to write everything they know about the life and work of Frederick Douglass, including any books...