Week 1, Semester 2

Okay....I am admittedly burned out from all the little windows within windows and boxes within boxes that I've been clicking over at Google Classroom.  Too many windows. Too much clicking. 

It would make me super happy to use Google Classroom less this semester, and I like the thought of getting back to this blog.  It feels less fragmented to me. So, humor me as I try posting the work here again.  I'll ask for your feedback in a few weeks---thanks for being flexible.

Three things to do this week:

Booker Taliaferro Washington
1856-1915

Read Up from Slavery

Read the short preface and the first six chapters of Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery.  Be sure you know the answers to the questions we talked about on  Week 1 Class Slides #19 and #20.  

We'll be talking about these chapters in groups next week and if you don't finish reading, you may not participate in your group, so be sure to read.  (You will eventually receive a participation grade from your group and from me for your group work, so this would negatively impact your grade.)

While reading this book, you need to find at least five quotes or passages to add to your quotebook, so keep an eye out for interesting passages.  I'll ask you each week to see what you've found.  If you don't find any remarkable quotes, you are not thinking enough or reading carefully.

View Episode One, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

To gain a more comprehensive sense of African American history and better context for this semester's texts, please view the first episode of this series, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.  The first episode is titled "The Black Atlantic (1500-1800)."  Consider hosting a watch party--could be fun. ; )

Make a document and title it: Many Rivers to Cross. Each time you watch a video, you should write an approximately 250 word synopsis of what you found most important or interesting in that episode.  

Practice proper grammar. Be sure to be specific and include information that demonstrates understanding of the scope of  each episode. 

Print a copy of each synopsis and keep them together in your class notebook.  Be sure to have it for class because you'll need it to participate in groups too.

Local Person Project

 Tempie Avery, Asheville midwife
Learn more about her here.

Spend at least an hour exploring primary source documents related to your local person.  Start with the Start with the NC Room Collection that Ms. Cutshall showed us online, but push yourself to search beyond it as well. You may have some access to Ancestry.com through that site or Find A Grave may  have resources as well. 

Remember, you can contact Mrs. Cutshall if you get stuck/need help finding sources:  Katherine.Cutshall@buncombecounty.org  

You may change the local person you are researching if you need to, but please let me know if you do.  But, don't give up too soon!  There are often gems to be found if you try, and one of our goals is to build research skills.  

Begin a Google Slides Digital Scrapbook to collect your primary source findings.  Paste in pictures or snapshots of documents, etc.  Be sure to include the information I asked you to in the Week 1 Class Slides. Look for a diversity of sources.

We are going to try a NEW way to share some documents to avoid "ownership" issues.  Go to this document and paste a sharing link to your Digital Scrapbook.  When you go to copy the link, be sure to change permissions so that I can comment.

That's it for this week.  Slowly we'll get back to speed.  Any questions--feel free to email me. 

Happy First Week of the New Year---only 73 days until the first day of spring. ; )

-Mrs. Price