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    I. CONTENTS A. Statement of Intent The intent of this unit is to introduce 18 academic vocabulary words and experience Native American literature and its impact on today’s American literature. The unit, which should be five days long, will be taught to three 10th Grade Standard English Language Arts classes, one of which is an inclusion class; the unit will also be taught to two 10th Grade Honors English Language Arts classes. By the end of the unit, the students should be able to achieve the…

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    government, slavery still exists and the Negros does not have the same right as the whites.The beliefs between the Negros and whites have not changes in the new government as well. Stephens was the Vice President of the confederate states during the civil war era. The fundamental assumptions were wrong, the premise was supposed to be treated as equal rights regardless of the nationality. If the new government premise was right then their conclusion about Negros having equal rights as the…

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    that in 1861 the Union forces required over 2,213,000 men to enlist during the Civil War? From these 2,213,000 men there were 422,000 who suffered fatal deaths and non-fatal wounds (McElroy, 1999). During the Civil War many civilians decided to volunteer, among one which was Walt Whitman, after witnessing such drastic measures taking place. Walt Whitman became emotionally and mentally involved with matters of the Civil War due to his brothers involvement. George Whitman, brother of Walt Whitman,…

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    (44). Like a piece of meat in a grocery store, Schoolteacher records the slaves’ characteristics and their price. No human deserves to have a price laid on them. African Americans were “dehumanized” inside and outside the work place, even after the Civil War. Paul D recalls…

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    going on with Native and African Americans after the Civil War and what their roll was in the public arena. The second subject, Failures and successes of the Reconstruction, I plan to assess the significant events that happened amid this time in history. The third point is on the Progressive Movement in the United States, and…

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    “The annihilation of individual identity and the ability of people to tell their own stories,” as guest Marcus Rediker states to host Rebecca Onion, both consist of the violence of the 18th century slave trade. Because of this, the autobiography of slave Olaudah Equiano is a rare and valuable account of the Middle Passage according to Rediker. Although, professor Vincent Carretta questions the honesty of Equiano’s firsthand testimony when he discovered two documents that indicated his birthplace…

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    For many centuries, slavery was one of the common practices among many nations that affected many innocent individuals. As a result, it influenced writers to reveal the horrors of slavery despite the white-superiority society they lived in. In his autobiography, “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African”, Olaudah Equiano focuses on his own experiences as a slave that motivated him to take a political stance in the abolition of slavery.…

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    “Nigger,” the moment the word came out of my mouth I remember the eyes of my teacher. My Sunday School teacher. My black Sunday School teacher. I had just heard a joke from a friend and was laughing. She asked me what was so funny. At 5 or so years old I do not recalling actually knowing what the N-word meant, I don’t even remember the joke and why I thought it was so funny. Perhaps, early onset peer-pressure, but likely it was at least in part what Wendell Barry refers to as the “hidden wound.”…

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    Title It is not uncommon to hear about the heroes of the nation or the world, but many times, people look at these heroes at from a racial side. One can often hear about how certain figures transformed society, and how they look at a certain race, because of their feats. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines, “Mr. Joe Louis, Help Me” by Michael Zeitler and “Why Beyoncé Speaks for a Generation” by Henry Knight reveal a truth about the past and current community as it stands. As a society,…

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    Fredrick Douglas was born in Talbot County, Maryland in approximately the year of 1818. He was born into slavery and later in his lifetime he gained his freedom and became an abolitionist. Douglas wrote an autobiography of his life, a book named The Narrative of The Life of Fredrick Douglas. According to Douglas, the slaveholders Christianity was oppressive for enslaved people through the white’s interpretation of the bible and their hypocrisy. The slaveholders interpreted the Bible in a way…

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