African American Studies
Ms. Mary Williams

Assignment One

1. Read 3 stories from either of these web sites: 

2. Choose a country of your choice from the following site and record vital information about that country.  CIA Factbook

ASSIGNMENT TWO

    1. Define the first fifteen terms from the "Literary Devices/Literary Terms" handout.

   2. Read any of the selections from pages 99-128 in your textbook. Give examples of any ten terms from "Literary Devices" found in any or the literary pieces from the pages listed above.

   3. African Proverbs Assignment: Page 96 - Complete "Interpreting Meanings" 1 and 2 Exercises. Uses pages 94-95 to make the parallels.

   4. Read "Why the Slave Sang" handout excerpted from the Frederick Douglass's My Bondage and My Freedom. In an essay, write your own interpretation of both songs, "Go Down Moses" and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."

   5. Write additional interpretations of two other songs of your choice. Refer to web site: 

Try the Negro Spirituals site. Click on "songs" for lyrics.

 

ASSIGNMENT THREE

Harlem Renaissance Assignment
1. Access Harlem Renaissance
2. Click on ANALYSIS
3. Click on History of Harlem
4. Answer the questions on worksheet
5. Access Harlem Timeline
6. Click on Harlem Timeline
7. See Assignment for information on the critique
 
ASSIGNMENT FOUR

Richard Wright: BLACK BOY
"Previewing questions to BLACK BOY DOCUMENTARY"

1. Access Richard Wright: BLACK BOY
2. Click on Overview
3. Answer the questions provided on Richard Wright's biography
ASSIGNMENT FIVE

The SRO Officer will be in to talk with classes on personal choices and legal issues and consequences. After she is completed, write a paragraph for your Writing/Reading Response Journal. Make sure you include any mention that she may have made concerning racial "profiling". If not, give your views on the subject of search and seizure in the general society.

ASSIGNMENT SIX

Civil Rights Movement http://www.thekingcenter.com
I. Click on Nonviolence or Nonexistence
II. List the Six Principles
III. List the Six Steps
IV. List and explain the Triple Evils
V. Access the Glossary of Nonviolence
VI. Define 15 of the terms and/or concepts given

Civil Rights Museum

I. Give a critique of the history of the National Civil Rights Museum.
II. Explain an exhibit that may have been disturbing to view giving your personal response to the exhibit.

ASSIGNMENT SEVEN:

Contemporary Contributors to Black History http://blackhistory.eb.com/study/stud6.htm
I. Access Britannica Black History using the link above
II. Follow the instructions to the left of the computer screen
III. Choose a more contemporary contributor from any area of interest
IV. Present the assignment in a typed format and timeline

Updated November 14, 2002