Homework for Monday, Nov. 15 (Day 1), and Tuesday, Nov. 16 (Day 2)

On Monday and Tuesday, you will write the synthesis essay on Frederick Douglass. Again, I apologize for the delay. You will have 15 minutes to read the sources and 40 minutes to write the essay.

Click here for The 9/11 Commission Report; read the Preface and Chapter 1 ("'We Have Some Planes'") for Monday and Tuesday. (You can download the whole report at once, or you can scroll down a little to read individual sections. I recommend downloading the whole report so you won't have to keep going back to the site to find individual chapters.)

Also, click here for the story of Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery. The story goes from pp. 233-249 of The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1882), his third autobiography. To the left of the blue arrows to turn the page, you'll see a small box; enter "233" and you'll get to the start of the story.

Homework for Monday, Nov. 8 (Day 3), and Tuesday, Nov. 9 (Day 4)

Finish reading and annotating Frederick Douglass's Narrative (pp. 70-99). Do not read the materials beyond p. 99. In class, we will finish discussing the book and continue preparing for the synthesis essay on Frederick Douglass that you will write on Wednesday, Nov. 10 (Day 5) and Friday, Nov. 12 (Day 6).  (School is closed for Veterans' Day on Thursday, Nov. 11.)

Homework for Wednesday, Nov. 3 (Day 1), and Thursday, Nov. 4 (Day 2)

Read and annotate Frederick Douglass's Narrative, pp. 53-70 (stop at the end of the first paragraph, near the top of the page). Write one page relating a key incident in the reading from the perspective of another character. Try, as best you can, to replicate the syntax and diction of the time period.