Common Resources for All

Slavery and the Making of America

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/

History Matters

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/ (search for your topics to pull up resources)

Slavery in America

http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/overview.htm

Digital History: African American Voices

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/black_voices.cfm

Africans in America

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/narrative.html

Museum of the African Diaspora

http://moadsf.org/salon/exhibits/slave_narratives/

Index of Slave Narratives

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/index.html

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/treatise/bwashington/booker_01.htm

My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass; 1855

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/treatise/douglas/douglas01.htm

Testimony of the Canadian Fugitives

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1826-1850/slavery/fugitxx.htm

Slavery in New York

http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/tour_galleries.htm

Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery

http://digital.nypl.org/lwf/english/site/flash.html

“I Will Be Heard!”

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/abolitionism/

Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection

http://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/m/mayantislavery/index.html

The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html

Homework: Due 2/23

1. Poetry Journal #4: select ONLY ONE John Donne poem and respond. Turn in a hard copy in class and post on your blog.

2. O.R. Log #2 (due Monday, 2/26)

Homework: Due 2/21

1. Complete steps 1-4 of the poetry drill on the two poems were assigned today in class.

2. Comment on another student's blog with at least one significant paragraph (e.g. "I liked your interpretation/analysis...", "I wrote on this poem as well...", "I had an alternate interpretation of this poem...").

3. Read your O.R. book.

4. Turn in any and all late work.

Homework Due: Monday 2/12/07

1. O.R. Log #1 (see handout for more info.)

2. SOAPStone the two poems about Helen of Troy in your unit overview packet (the one with the title "Poetic Language, Voice, & Power").

3. Make at least one significant comment on a classmate's blog in at least one paragraph. This should be the person you signed up to comment on in class.

Homework Due: 2/9/07

1. Poetry Journal #2 (Remember, each response should be at least one page long of full text in paragraph form. Still write the SOAPSTone out, but the list does not count toward the page limit. Bring a hardcopy to class and post on your blog.)
DUE: Friday, 2/9/07


2. O.R. Log #1 (Check the purple handout for info. on this assignment.)
DUE: Monday, 2/12/07

3. Comment on a classmate's blog (Remember, you signed up for an individual's blog. I will be checking for a significant comment--at leasts one full paragraph-- on that person's blog on Monday.)
DUE: Monday, 2/12/07

Homework Due: 2/7/07

1. Work as a group to finish the Enhanced Poetry Glossary for Wednesday. You will receive 20 minutes on Wednesday to finish and turn in your final product.

2. Work on Outside Reading Log #1

3. Wor on Poetry Journal #2 (read all the poems, determine which ones you like so you can write on those)

4. Turn in any and all late work to avoid placement on Friday Night Homework (check with Devin or Heather for specific assignments)

"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks

We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks

THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.