For extra credit, watch the film 12 Years a Slave or Harriet, and write a paragraph about what you learned. Up to 10 points of extra credit may be earned. This must be completed before spring break begins. You can only do one of the films. 

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Tuesday, 2/17: Watch two brief videos on Frederick Douglass: This one Frederick Douglass.  and this one. List 10 things total you learned from watching the two films; assignment on schoology.

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​Wednesday: Assigned first 7  Frederick Douglass  excerpts by tomorrow. 

Thursday: Completed second 7 excerpts plus one question after each.

Friday: Completed next few excerpts plus one question before class on Monday, 2/23: Completed ALL 21 excerpts by tomorrow. 

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Tuesday: Group quiz on Frederick Douglas. The makeup is a formal paragraph answering the question, which word best describes him? The makeup is due tomorrow before the start of class.

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Wednesday: Virtual meeting w/ "billionaire," former EHS Student Anthony Douglas.

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Thursday: Informal discussion of Anthony Douglas. Then, begin taking 15 Cornell Notes on 4 Films. Click here for a Cornell Notes template.

 

Video #1: Cite as CBS: Harriet Tubman's road to freedom​

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 Video #2: Cite as Hughes: The Underground Railroad Explained: US History Review

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Video #3: Cite as "Smithsonian." What You Never Knew About Harriet Tubman 

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Video #4: Cite as Crash Course: The Underground Railroad: Crash Course Black American History #15

​Friday:  Without the "Negro Spirituals," there is no jazz or blues. Without jazz and blues, there is no Rhythm and Blues or Rock and Roll. Without R and B, Pop, and Rock, there is no J. Cole, Foo Fighters, or Taylor Swift. 

 

Listen to 3 spirituals:  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, and Go Down, Moses.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljup8cIRzIk

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       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0mZgvLVwbI

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           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf6jBP4YXwo

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Monday, 2/2: Choose the best Poem #2. 

Nothing below this line is official

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​ Then, Listen to 3 spirituals:  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Go Down, Moses.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljup8cIRzIk

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       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0mZgvLVwbI

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           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf6jBP4YXwo

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​Tuesday: Read Abraham Lincoln's and Robert E. Lee's words  Click here.  Then,  click here for Chief Joseph's surrender speech. Then, write 500 words answering the following question, what do you want to say about the people we studied in this unit?

Wednesday: Brief discussion of FW, then switch unit.

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