Start-Up Pair/Share

• With your VERTICAL partner, discuss the following:

Were you ever, as a child (11 or younger) lost or separated from your parents; in a store, at a park, etc.? If so, how old were you? How did you feel? If not, how do you think it would

feel?

How do you think those feelings would change if you were taken (kidnapped) from them?

Start-Up Writing

• Now write about how you think you would feel if that were to happen to you at that young age? How would you feel? What would you do?

Objective

By the end of the period, students will have been presented background information in

preparation for their reading of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. They

will be able to define the term “slave narrative” and be familiarized with the subject matter of

Equiano’s work.

Slave Narrative• Autobiographical account of a

person’s life as a slave.

• Used to alert people to slavery situation.

• Often very descriptive.

Olaudah Equiano(1745-1797)

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

• Freedman

• Sailor

• Author

• Abolitionist (person who takes measures to end slavery)

Olaudah Equiano

• Son of an African Ibo chieftain

• He was eleven years old when he and his sister were kidnapped from their home in West Africa.

• They were sold into slavery.

Olaudah Equiano• Wrote the first outstanding autobiography in slave narrative literature.

• His African name meant "vicissitude" or "fortune"

Travels to America

• Separated from his sister, sent to the West Indies, then to Virginia.

• Purchased by a British sea captain, and served at sea.

Renamed!

• Renamed Gustavus Vassa, but he changed his name back later.

• Enslaved under name Gustavusfor ten years.

Freedom!• He bought his own freedom and

settled in England.

• 1789 – published narrative to alert people to the plight of slaves on ships.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of O. Equiano, or G. Vassa, the

African

• Written in 1787-1788 to recount his exemplary rise from slavery to freedom and to argue the case for abolition of the slave trade.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of O. Equiano continued…

• Although, one critic (G. I. Jones, 1967) has doubted Equiano's sole authorship because of its style, there is little doubt that the work was essentially his own.

• An account of action in which the realities and iniquities of slavery and the slave trade emerge eloquently in the telling of his own story.

Life and Death

• Despite his sense of mission, Equiano was destined never to return to Africa. He lectured extensively in Britain against the slave trade during the 1790s and married an English girl, Susan (or Susanne) Cullen of Ely, in April 1792. He is believed to have died in London in 1797.

Now Watch/Listen

Maya Angelou presents the story of OlaudahEquiano

Start-Up

• Each group has been assigned a section of Equiano’s narrative. Your first job is to read the section you have been assigned. You can take turns in your group or have one person read to the group.

Group 1 - Lines 1-47 Group 2 – Lines 48-89

Group 3 – Lines 90-137 Group 4 – Lines 137-174

Group 5 – Lines 175-220 Group 6 – Lines 220-266

Group 7 – Lines 267-313 Group 8 – Lines 313-372

Group 9 – Lines 373-417

Group Presentation

• Today you will be creating a presentation on one section of Equiano’s narrative. You will need to assign jobs to each member of your group.

Jobs for Group Presentation

• Create and share with the group the Google presentation itself including the creation of the Title Slide (Slide 1). This person is responsible for making sure the presentation is turned in to my webpage.

• With help from the group, write a brief summary of your section; no less than 5 sentences, and create a slide including the text of that summary (Slide 2).

• With help from the group, write answers to the in-text questions for your section and create 2 slides to include those answers (Slides 3 & 4).

• Search for and add visual images to go with the text of each slide. Also find and add the final visual image to represent slavery as a whole with a written description/explanation; no less than 3 sentences. (Slide 5).

Slide 1 – Title Slide

Must Include

1. A Title for your group’s presentation that reflects the section you read.

2. Group number, names of all group members, and jobs assigned to each.

3. Line numbers assigned to your group.

4. Some sort of image/illustration for your group’s presentation.

Slide 2 – Summary of Section

Must Include

1. A summary of the section of reading assigned to your group; no less than 5 sentences.

2. An image/illustration that represents the section your group was assigned.

Slide 3 & 4 – IR Questions

Must Include

1. Written answers to all in-text questions found in your group’s section of the reading.

2. An image/illustration that represents the section your group was assigned.

Slide 5 – Representative Image

Must Include

1. An image that represents, to your group, slavery as a whole.

2. A brief description of that image and explanation of why it was chosen; no less than 3 sentences.

Exit Ticket

• Put away all Chromebooks, making sure they are plugged in properly.

Start-Up

• Choose one quote that stands out to you from the section of Equiano’s narrative what was assigned to your group. Why did it stand out to you? What was he trying to say through that quote? Do you see the use of ethos, pathos, or logos in the quote?

Today’s Objective

By the end of the period, students will have completed their group presentations on their assigned sections of Equiano’s narrative. They will have developed a better understanding of

the language Equiano uses to relate his experiences; including using context to

determine meaning.

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Group Project

• Each group member present, take 30 seconds to report out to your group on your progress. Be sure to ask your group for help at this time if you need it!

• Continue working on your portion of the project. If your group’s presentation is complete, see me for instructions on what to do next.

Remember

Your group’s presentation needs to be completed and ready to present when you come in to class tomorrow!

Exit Ticket

• Why do you think slave narratives were such a powerful weapon in the fight to abolish slavery? Do you think that Equiano’s account would have been as moving if it were written in the 3rd person? Does the personal way in which he tells the story increase its impact? Why or why not?

Start-Up

• Grab your folders and get out your Equiano narratives.

• Be prepared to write in the answers to the IR questions as the groups present them.