Explain this quote from page 59 and connect it to the previous chapter or the following chapter. Please sign and post your comments for credit!
"After the alarm caused by Nat Turner's insurrection had subsided, the slaveholders came to the conclusion that it would be well to give the slaves enough of religious instruction to keep them from murdering their masters."
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Poem
Please follow the format of this poem and use the book by Harriet Jacobs to write an original poem.
The Dead
Susan Mitchell
At night the dead come down to the river to drink.
They unburden themselves of their fears,their worries for us.
They take out the old photographs.
They pat the lines in our hands and tell our futures,which are cracked and yellow.
Some dead find their way to our houses.
They go up to the attics.
They read the letters they sent us, insatiablefor signs of their love.
They tell each other stories.
They make so much noisethey wake usas they did when we were children and they stayed up drinking all night in the kitchen.
Or follow this link and read and respond to abolitionist but and the other articles, photographs.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections
The Dead
Susan Mitchell
At night the dead come down to the river to drink.
They unburden themselves of their fears,their worries for us.
They take out the old photographs.
They pat the lines in our hands and tell our futures,which are cracked and yellow.
Some dead find their way to our houses.
They go up to the attics.
They read the letters they sent us, insatiablefor signs of their love.
They tell each other stories.
They make so much noisethey wake usas they did when we were children and they stayed up drinking all night in the kitchen.
Or follow this link and read and respond to abolitionist but and the other articles, photographs.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections
Pictures to analyze
Using these images to inspire you, write a story about Phyllis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Dorothea Dix, Lucretia Mott, mental hospitals and abolition. Be creative but use the facts that you have learned from history. I encourage you to use http://wikipedia.com
Due Dates/Reminders
- Literature Circle Notes packets are due March 24th. Please complete all 6 pages before submitting this.
- Typed and edited writing assignment #1 due March 25th.
- A number of writing assignments due April 11th, minimum 5, maximum 10. Extra points for early submissions.
- The Underdogs and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich are to be finished March 28th. The Kitchen God's Wife is to be finished April 11th. Open book tests will be taken Friday, March 28th.
All Juniors, please register for the college fair at http://www.techboston.org/batec
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