Speeches/Douglass, cont.

While listening to speeches, students have two jobs.

1. Fill out Peer Feedback form for one speech (assigned).
2. Investor Role:

1. You will get $20,000 in Johnson Dollars, dispersible in $1,000 increments. You may choose to give it all to one company, or to distribute it in smaller amounts. 

2. As you are watching the presentations (speeches), take notes. You will disperse your money after ALL the presentations have been made, so keep track of what speeches moved you and why.

3. Distribute your money. You will take your physical bills and drop them in each person’s corresponding manila envelope. 

Realism: Frederick Douglass

• Review "The Battle with Mr. Covey"
• Answer the following questions with a partner:
• Based on the information in this selection, how would you characterize young Frederick Douglass?
• Explain the metaphor implied in this line: "[The battle with Covey] rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom." How is the metaphor related to the idea of rebirth?
• At the end of the selection, Douglass distinguishes between being "a slave in form" and "a slave in fact." How does this distinction support the theme of this selection?
• Think about Douglass's purpose in writing this narrative. Consider Douglass's style, including his objectivity and restraint in describing painful incidents. How does Douglass win over an audience that might be uneasy at the idea of a black man's fighting a white man?
• Read "My Bondage and My Freedom" on p. 479. Compare the forms of resistance to slavery that each of these readings describes. Which form of resistance do you think was the most effective? Explain your opinion.