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The Peculiar Institution

Please take detailed notes and ask questions in class, as this process will be critical in aiding you on your next summative assessment:

How to do the annotation assessment on Google Slides. Consider the following requirements:

  1. Choose 2-3 contiguous slides, more or less. Claim them before others do.
  2. Leave thoughtful and thorough annotations as comments which will be awarded with the following feedback (ST, OK, NW) based on your choices below:
    • → Short textbook quotes which are explained in relation to the slide content (up to ST)
    • → An original analysis of images or documents covered (or not covered) in class* (up to ST)
    • → Comments as pure narration (up to OK) which is the min. req't for ALL students
Ask yourself: "How can I corroborate, or contradict, or analyze what is in the frame, and also provide empathetic narration on these chosen slides?"
    Feel free to use the tools in Google Slides to draw or highlight specific areas of the slide (highly recommended).

    • Click here for bUSH2 or click there for bUSH5



    *this depends on the slides chosen

    The Abolitionists

    Note: this video series (DVD) is available in the NTHS Library or may be available to stream if you have Amazon Prime. Otherwise, please click here to view the film. Due on paper at the END of class. Need an electronic copy? Try this.

    After viewing the PBS film, The Abolitionists (click to view), ask yourself how monolithic were the opponents of slavery (Stowe, Brown, Garrison, Grimke, etc.)? Which of their methods did you think was most effective?

    Transcript is available below:

    Our next chapter: Douglass' Narrative

    Here is a preview of our next unit:

    1. Buy a copy of the book pictured below as soon as possible. The Book Store should have a few copies for our class, and it must be the exact edition currently in stock. Do not substitute another edition or an electronic version. If you are using this book for your English class, all the better. WARNING: keep in mind that students who rely on what they wrote (or HOW they wrote) in English class tend to do worse on the summative assessment than those reading the book for the very first time. Many do not read the book with the appropriate lens. Be careful, Trevs.
    2. Read Chapters I, II, and III for our next class (feel free to skip the two prefaces). Please write 5 questions on paper that are generative in nature.
    3. Consider the following prompt: “Because Frederick Douglass was an atypical slave, and later became an abolitionist, he is not a credible source of information regarding the ‘peculiar institution’.” Agree or disagree, using specific evidence (quotes and page numbers). This essay has not been assigned yet.

      Frederick Douglass: Categories of Credibility

      Read Chapters I, II, and III for next class. Write a list of FIVE generative questions for HW.

      Consider the following prompt: “Because Frederick Douglass was an atypical slave, and later became an abolitionist, he is not a credible source of information regarding the ‘peculiar institution’.” Agree or disagree, using specific evidence (quotes and page numbers). This essay has not been assigned yet.