Narrative of Enslaved/Autobiography Ben Franklin
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| Ben Franklin’s two most famous pieces of literature: | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard’s Almanack
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| Define almanack | Almanacs were very popular books in colonial America, offering a mixture of seasonal weather forecasts, practical household hints, puzzles, and other amusements
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| Define vice | Bad habit
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| Define aphorism | A statement that contains a general truth.
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| What does the following aphorism mean? “Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.” | Look for the good in other people and examine yourself for bad habits
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| What does the following aphorism mean? “He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with fleas.” | If you associate with bad people, you will turn that way too.
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| What does the following aphorism mean? “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.” | Spend a little bit of money every day and you will be broke! (Kwik Trip daily . . . for energy drinks . . . .)
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| What does the prefix "auto" mean? | Self
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| What does "bio" mean? | Life
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| What does "graph" mean as a Greek root? | Write
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| Define advocate. | A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.
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| Define omit. | Leave out.
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| Define infer. | deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning
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| Who wrote the poem “On Being Brought from Africa to America”? | Phillis Wheatley
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| Who wrote the poem "Sympathy"? | Paul Laurence Dunbar
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| Who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings? | Maya Angelou
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| Why did Maya Angelou name her book what she did? | 1) She took the title from the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem in which an enslaved person feels trapped. 2) Angelou's book is about a time when Angelou had stopped speaking because she was raped
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| What comparisons can be made between Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg and Letter to John Adams by Abigail Adams? | Both are written by women who believe women should be included in decision making.
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| What position did Sheryl Sandberg have? | COO of Facebook
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| What does COO stand for? CEO? | COO: Chief Operating Officer
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
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| What was the name of Sheryl Sandberg’s international bestseller? | Lean In
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| What did Sheryl Sandberg say is the single most important decision you can make for your career? | Who you choose for a spouse
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| Name four of the characteristics of slave narratives. | Autobiographical
Purpose is to end slavery
Daring escapes
Account of the auction block
Biblical references
Ignorance as a tool to keep people enslaved
Literacy as a tool to free enslaved people
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| Why do the “slave narratives” often contain Biblical references? | Because the Bible said slavery was wrong
Most the audience was Christian
Many freed slaves were christian because their owners had been Christians
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| Why is “enslaved person” considered a more acceptable term than “slave”? | People first language--Enslaved person emphasizes the humanity of an individual within a slaveholding society over their condition of involuntary servitude.
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| What is an abolitionist? | Person who advocates to end slavery.
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| Who did Frederick Douglass work with on the Underground Railroad? | Harriet Tubman
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| Where was the first women's rights convention, which was attended by Frederick Douglass? | Seneca Falls, New York
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| What year did Frederick Douglass publish The Narrative of Frederick Douglass? What year did the Civil War/slavery end? | 1845/1865
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| Who wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl? | Harriet Jacobs
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| Who wrote the poem “Runagate, Runagate”? | Robert Hayden
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| What punishment do you deserve if you write "kinda," "gonna," or "wanna" in your papers? | Answers may vary, but detention, game suspensions, and being grounded are all possibilities.
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