English 11 · Week 7 · Foundations of the American Voice
Voices of Resistance
Frederick Douglass and other voices of resistance.
- Students will
- Students analyze how Douglass uses rhetoric to expose injustice.
- SEL skill
- Describe how an injustice felt from the writer's position
- What it looks like
- Students recognize courage in speaking truth to power.
- Content focus
- Rhetoric of resistance
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding other people's perspectives and feeling with them, including people from different backgrounds. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- RI.11-12.6: Reading: Informational Text, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 6
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.7 Evaluating language choices
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Any nonfiction
- Popular books named: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 11, Unit 1: We the People
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 11, Unit 1: Writing Freedom
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 11, Unit 3: Power, Protest, and Change
- HMH Collections Grade 11, Collection 4: A New Birth of Freedom
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More social awareness activities for English 11
- Foundations of American Voice Social awarenessFounding documents and who they included and excluded.
- Gatsby and Belonging Social awarenessCharacters reinventing themselves to belong.
- Immigration Narratives Social awarenessImmigrant experiences in American literature.
- Civil Rights Rhetoric Social awarenessLetter from Birmingham Jail and nonviolent persuasion.
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