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The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes

Posted on February 17, 2020 | Leave a comment

“Got the weary blues

And can’t be satisfied—

I ain’t happy no mo’

And I wish that I had died.”

“Weary Blues” 1. 27 (1926)

Langston Hughes

Excerpted from: Schapiro, Fred, ed. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.

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Cultural Literacy: Abolitionism

Posted on February 17, 2020 | Leave a comment

OK, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on abolitionism if you can use it. It’s a topic that in my not especially humble opinion bears great scrutiny, so this short exercise really can only properly serve as an introduction to the word and concept.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

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Book of Answers: Frederick Douglass

Posted on February 14, 2020 | Leave a comment

“When did Frederick Douglass escape from slavery? The Maryland-born slave (c. 1817-82) escaped in 1838 and traveled to Massachusetts. He published his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in 1845.”

Excerpted from: Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa. Literature: The New York Public Library Book of Answers. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.

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Cultural Literacy: The Fugitive Slave Act

Posted on February 14, 2020 | Leave a comment

OK, last but not least this morning, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the Fugitive Slave Act, another law designed to dehumanize and keep in bondage Americans of African descent. Not your proudest hour, United States.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

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A Twelfth Research Worksheet on Famous Photographers: Gordon Parks

Posted on February 14, 2020 | Leave a comment

Yesterday I posted eleven short research worksheets on famous photographers which I wrote for some students interested in the art of photography. Here is a twelfth, this one on the great Gordon Parks.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

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Book of Answers: Jamaica Kincaid

Posted on February 14, 2020 | Leave a comment

“Where was novelist Jamaica Kincaid born? St. John’s, Antigua, in the West Indies, in 1949. Her given name is Elaine Potter Richardson.”

Excerpted from: Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa. Literature: The New York Public Library Book of Answers. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.

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The Weekly Text, February 14, 2020, Black History Month Week II: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Oprah Winfrey

Posted on February 14, 2020 | Leave a comment

At the end of Week II of Black History Month 2020, here is a short reading on Oprah Winfrey along with its vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet.

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Duke Ellington (Presumably Facetiously) on Jazz and Your Daughter’s Disreputable Boyfriend

Posted on February 13, 2020 | Leave a comment

“Jazz was like the kind of man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.”

Duke Ellington

Quoted in NY Times Magazine, 12 September 1965

Excerpted from: Schapiro, Fred, ed. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.

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Everyday Edit: African-American Music

Posted on February 13, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on African-American music. This is the last Everyday Edit worksheet I have that’s appropriate to post for Black History Month. However, if you’d like more of these worksheets, you can find them at Education World, where the generous proprietors of that site give away a yearlong supply of them.

If you find typos in this document, your students should fix them! That’s the point of this exercise….

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Cultural Literacy: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in furtherance of Black History Month 2020. As you probably know, of have inferred, this is Mr. Douglass’s autobiography.

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