Objective:
· Expand student’s knowledge about slavery
· Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature.
· Analyze a multiple interpretation of a story, drama, or poem, evaluating how each interprets the source text.
Materials: Writing Utensils, paper, laptop, Projector, Worksheets, Audio Speakers and student portfolios
Aim: How was plantation life for slaves?
Do Now: Has there ever been a time when you have been obligated to do something you did not want to do? Explain in 3-5 sentences.
Procedure:
· Students will walk into class and take a seat.
· Once the class is settled down the aim will be read to the class. Students will be copying the aim and do now with their utensil and pen/ pencil
· Teacher will ask students to answer the Do Now
· Do now will be shared out which should last about five minutes with three to five responses
· Teachers will then proceed to the Mini Lesson which will consist of PowerPoint slides on Plantation life and Harriet Jacobs as well as interact with students
· Students will be given their class activity and direction of how to complete a worksheet which will be assigned in groups which will be about twenty five minutes
· Students will share to the class approximately seven minutes before the termination of class and then Homework will be assigned to them which will be due the next day
Mini Lesson: Plantation Life and Harriet Jacobs
Plantation Life
a) What were the jobs slaves were assigned
b) How were the slaves treated
Harriet Jacobs (a.k.a Linda Brent)
i. Early life
ii. Escaping slavery
Class Activity: The teacher will create group of 4, by doing a head count. Students will be given a packet and lyric. There will be 2 lyrics and each group will have a different one, then students will complete the back and share out.
Share out: Students please share out the do now question and the class activity.
Homework: Pretend you are a slave working on a plantation describing your day and how you feel about doing the work. (a well developed paragraph)
For Natalie: one of the teacher will be around her and explain thing as many times as she needs its, Homework explain to her , give her examples of plantation life , slaves life , explain in details . Read to her the assignments and how to do them.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Slavery and it's setting in North America
- Purpose of this trade was to expand southern economy
- Expand plantations as well
- First stop was from Africa to Britain
- Then to Americas
- The slaves were packed very tightly that many would get disease and die
Plantation Life- Slaves worked for their masters all day for the rest of their life
- They had no right to own property
- The next generation of Africans became slaves
- People were not of the same tribes
- This was so no one could communicate with each other
- Provided safety to the owners that no rebellion would occur
- Many families feared and were separated the day after new years day
- The next generation of Africans became slaves
- People were not of the same tribes
- This was so no one could communicate with each other
- Provided safety to the owners that no rebellion would occur
- Many families feared and were separated the day after new years day
Abolition Movement- Creation of the underground railroad
- This passage way enabled slaves to run away from the south to the north
- Major contributions to the civil war
- North made antislavery literature, agents, and petitions demanding that Congress end all federal support for slavery
- North made antislavery literature, agents, and petitions demanding that Congress end all federal support for slavery
-Protesters who used non violence such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
Fugitive Slave Act/ Law- This law prevented slaves from being completely free in the north
- If found they were to be sent back to the south to their owners
- This was a harsh law because if caught and returned you would get whipped or killed
- Part of the compromise of 1850
- where southern states had some northern states in control
Harriet Jacobs
- escaped from slavery
- became an abolitionist
- writer of the incidents in the life of a slave girl
- was born in Edenton, North Carolina 1813
- never knew she was a slave until her mother died
- When she moved with her grandmother her mistress taught her to read and sew
- If found they were to be sent back to the south to their owners
- This was a harsh law because if caught and returned you would get whipped or killed
- Part of the compromise of 1850
- where southern states had some northern states in control
Harriet Jacobs- escaped from slavery
- became an abolitionist
- writer of the incidents in the life of a slave girl
- was born in Edenton, North Carolina 1813
- never knew she was a slave until her mother died
- When she moved with her grandmother her mistress taught her to read and sew
- she was a privileged slave who practically never had kids
-she had two kids to a white person in order for her owner not to rape her
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Your Questions, My Questions….
1. Why don't we know anything about Bartleby other than what we see of him in the story? Is that a weakness of the story?
We don't see much of Bartleby in this story because the story is being told by the lawyers point of view, this does not enable us to know more of Bartleby because he is so boxed in and does not give any information. With this we cant really tell if he is happy with how he is or what his objective is. However this is not a weakness to this story, on the contrary it strengthens it allowing readers to have their own interpretations of the story and makes the readers to continue reading.
2. Why doesn't the Boss just fire Bartleby?
One reason why I believe the boss does not fire Bartleby is because he has not yet found the reason of this behavior of Bartleby so he keeps him because he states he is good with people etc. However after failing that is when he decides to fire him and forget about him and his existence.
3. What does the Boss do for a living? What kind of company is he running?
The boss is a lawyer that earns his living by running a Scriveners office in wall street.
Symbol
What do the "dead walls" and Bartleby's "dead wall reveries" represent?
What's the significance of the setting? Why is it a story of "Wall Street"?
Why do Turkey and Nipper have nicknames, but the Boss is never named, and we never learn Bartleby's first name? What's in a name?
The "dead walls" represent being trapped somewhere like an office. While the "dead wall reveries" may represent the effects the office cause to someone such as Bartleby in the dead letter place converted him into a monotonic individual. The significance of the setting is to show how work environment can affect who you are completely and either help you or make you so ambitious that you have no control of the limit anymore such as the boss who thinks of using Bartleby for only his interests. Turkey and Nippers have nicknames because they were only people who were assigned to work. Their names had no importance to the boss therefore nicknames were perfect just like in the time of the slave era slaves were not called by their name because they were not important and considered below the human race. I think the bosses name is not revealed because like in the time of slavery era the owners were called mistress, this is how the lawyers job worked he was the owner while his "servants" were Nippers and Turkey so in order to show respect his name was never revealed. I think the name of Bartleby was never mentioned because there was never a good amount of sufficient information to know his name. A name is semi description of who you are for example cuate in the Spanish language means friend, partner. It gives a short evaluation for you to be able to decided whether the person is worth being with or not.
Ambiguity
Exactly why does Bartleby always "prefer not to"? Why can't he make friends, or communicate? What's at the heart of his rebellion? Why doesn't he quit and get a different job?
Why does the Boss have sympathy for Bartleby?
What else in the story seems open to individual readers' interpretation?
Bartleby always prefers not to because in his past job he would have no one to hear from, all he would do would be destroy the mail that was never received. Therefore he would not communicate and his past job "sucked" his emotions out due to all the things that people would not receive. Bartleby's previous job had completely isolated himself from the community and society converting him into a monotonic person who did not wish to do anything but to be alone in a stable place. One reason why Bartleby does not quit and get a different job is because he does not seek to have a new job and he states there is too much confinement. “There is too much confinement about that. No, I would not like a clerkship; but I am not particular.” I believe the lawyer has sympathy over Bartleby because does not have sufficient information about Bartleby to judge him and also because he wanted to find the source of why Bartleby would act this way. What jumps to me and is open to individuals interpretation is that if he would not communicate or not make friends how did he manage to get a girl in his office? As well how did he communicate to her surely he did not tell her I prefer not to because he asked the lawyer to come back to his office later.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Paradox
Bartleby is stubborn, self-absorbed, rebellious, and insubordinate, yet many readers, and even the narrator, the Boss himself, have a deep sympathy for him. Why?
Others?
The readers and the narrator have sympathy for him because he seems like an ill person that doesn't know what to do anymore. It may also seem the Bartleby may have some mental issues and people with mental issues are usually helped a lot more no matter how annoying they are. Another reason is the saying " don't judge a book by its cover." It was too soon to judge Bartleby given the fact that we did not know the reason why he would not conform to help our like the other employee's. This also may apply for the boss because he did not know the reason and he kept asking throughout the story why he wouldn't listen.
Irony
The Boss doesn't recognize that his own passiveness is as persistent and frustrating as Bartleby's. Or that his genteel, self interested interest in Bartleby is leading to no good.
Can you think of other ironies?
Another irony in this story is how when Turkey is at his best in the morning Nippers is at his worst, and then in the afternoon Nippers is at his best while Turkey is at his worst. This is very good for the lawyer so no arguing or disputing can occur because they are both tired in different shifts.
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