ToliveanywhereintheworldtodayandbeagainstequalitybecauseofraceorcolorislikelivinginAlaskaandbeingagainstsnow.
— WilliamFaulkner
UnitGoals
Afterlearningtheunit, studentsareexpected
·tolearnaboutAfrican-Americanlifeandstrugglein19th-20thcentury,
·toknowKateChopinasanAmericansouthernwriter,
·tounderstandthethemeofraceandprejudiceandexploreminorthemesinagivenselection,
·tobeacquaintedwithotherAfrican-Americanwritersorcelebrities,
·tolearnsomeusefulwordsandexpressionsfromtheunit, and
·toimproveEnglishlanguageskills, communicationskillsandcriticalthinking.
BeforeYouRead
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1) _____ AnAmericansouthernwomanwriterandaforerunneroffeministauthorsofthe20thcentury, famousforAwakening
2) _____ African-Americantelevisionhost, actressandproducer, whoseprogramTalkShowisinternationallypopular
3) _____ ANobelPrizeandPulitzerPrize-winningfemaleAmericannovelistwhoconcernsalotaboutracialissues
4) _____ AnAfrican-Americannovelist, essayist, playwright, poet, andcivilrightsactivist
5) _____ The44thPresidentoftheUnitedStatesandthefirstAfricanAmericantoholdtheoffice
6) _____ AnAfrican-Americanpoet, andoneoftheearliestinnovatorsofthenewliteraryartformcalledjazzpoetry
7) _____ AnAfrican-Americanwomanauthor, whoseliteraryconcerniswhatshecalls “womanism”
8) _____ OneofthemostimportantwritersoftheSouthernliteratureoftheUS, famousforTheSoundandtheFury
9) _____ AnAmericanclergyman, activist, andprominentleaderintheAfrican-AmericanCivilRightsMovement
10) _____ AnAfrican-Americannovelistandwriter, bestknownforhisnovelInvisibleMan
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1) CanyouCiteanexampleofracialdiscrimination? What’syouropiniononracialprejudice?
2) Doyouthinkthat “loveiscolorblind”? Doyousupportinterracialorcross-culturalmarriage? Whyorwhynot?
3) Thereisasaying “Laundryistheonlythingthatshouldbeseparatedbycolor”.Doyouagree? Whyorwhynot?
, ontheInternetorinthelibrary, informationaboutAfrican-Americans’ , .
StarttoRead
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