Day 2

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

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    You Are What You Speak: Enactment of Frederick Douglass's Speech

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Discussion

    Objective:

    To create a space for students to practice their skills in public speaking and visual production, all while experiencing the text in a new way.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

    Structure:

    The teacher should begin the activity by having students watch the first 4 minutes and 40 seconds of the video at this link: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/03/884832594/video-frederick-douglass-descendants-read-his-fourth-of-july-speech

    He/she can then ask for...

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