Week 5: 10/2-10/6

Du Bois VS Washington : Du Bois

Week 5 Summary

Dates: 10/2-10/6

Purpose

This week we will review Washington’s speech, looking for connections between his main idea and quotes from the text.

Then we will turn our attention to Du Bois’ “Talented Tenth”, annotating his essay and summarizing his ideas.

Friday we will create a visual map of the debate, using Canva, in preparation for our Short essay due next week.

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Guiding Questions

What was the topic of the debate between Du Bois & Washington?

What is Du Bois’ Main Argument?

How Does Washington’s & Du Bois’ life experience impact their views?

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Texts & Handouts

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_Unit 1 Module 2 Washington VS Du Bois .pdf

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GET HARD COPY FROM TEACHER

Lessons

Announcements

Assignments

Washington Annotations & Analysis

Du Bois Annotations & Analysis 10/6

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Tuesday 10/3

Washington’s Main Idea & Key Details

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Agenda

Prompt:

Mini Lesson

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Lesson 2: Washington VS Du Bois⁠

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Independent work: Using two highlighters of different colors, highlight quotes that represent Washington’s major points: economic stability & safety from racial violence

Conferences with teacher

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Homework: Complete annotations for Washington & all notes.

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Thursday 10/5

Du Bois’ Main Argument & Background

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Agenda

Prompt: What do you remember about Du Bois from the video? What are his beliefs?

Mini Lesson: Whole Class Analysis (Talented Tenth)

Independent Work: Using two highlighters of different colors, highlight quotes that represent Du Bois’ major points: that educating the top 10% of AA men would bring social equality and that education is the key to African American progress

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