By February 10th, you should finish the book, annotating as you go, posing questions and keeping in mind the prompt. Below are the past assignments.
- Read and annotate Douglass, chapters IV - IX (ch. 4 - 9)
- Read over the "categories of credibility" (PDF below)
- Fill out one example per category and place it in your HW folder
Consider these categories below in light of our future essay prompt (TBA): "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).
BTW, this is what your HW folder should look like for the new semester:
