TODAY IS WORLD HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY!!!
We will continue our debates tomorrow instead of TODAY!
FOR TODAY, we are going to delve into the Frederick Douglass Narrative!
We will examine the following clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9uEq9Sjefg&feature=related
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre's Wade in the Water
We will explore the following questions as a group:
How did Mr. Covey treat Douglass and his peers? What enabled Douglass to survive the incidents of the oxen and the beatings?
What psychological effect did Covey's brutality have on Douglass? What thoughts or hopes encouraged him in his despair? (pg. 46)
What assistance in his plight did Douglass seek? What responses did he receive? Why do you think Mr. Auld refused to help him?
Why do you think Douglass included the incident of Sandy's offer of the root? What seems to have been Douglass' attitude toward this form of African folk practice?
How did Douglass regain his self-confidence? How does he add interest to his description of his long fight with Mr. Covey?
How does he analyze the fact that Mr. Covey failed to prosecute him for resistance? What lesson does he seem to have gained from this experience?
How does Douglass interpret the motives and psychological effects of the owner's encouragement of excess among the slaves during holidays? Do you think his analysis may be correct?
What improvements does Douglass find in his labors for Mr. Freeland?
What were the results of Douglass's efforts to teach his fellow slaves?
How did he and his friends resolve to emancipate themselves, and how is their effort failed?
Why do you think Mr. Auld sent the imprisoned Douglass back to Baltimore, rather than punishing him more severely?
In Baltimore, how was Douglass treated in Mr. Gardner's shipyard, and how did he resist? Why was his master unable to obtain legal redress on his behalf?
What trade did he learn, and how did this alter his status?
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