What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Lesson Plan

You Are What You Speak: Enactment of Frederick Douglass's Speech

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

To create a space for students to practice their skills in public speaking and visual production, all while experiencing the text in a new way.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

The teacher should begin the activity by having students watch the first 4 minutes and 40 seconds of the video at this link: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/03/884832594/video-frederick-douglass-descendants-read-his-fourth-of-july-speech

He/she can then ask for...