African American Literature
African American Literature
11th & 12th grade
Azar Kohzadi
11th & 12th grade
Azar Kohzadi
Welcome to the African American literature home page! This course is a combination of literary study, cultural investigation, philosophical exploration and critical analysis of a variety of communication forms (texts) created about and by African Americans from pre-slavery to current day. Particular attention to themes and philosophies dealing with the black experience will bring attention the ways in which African- Americans have contributed to, have been influenced by, have appropriated, and have transformed America.
Important Documents/Information:
African American Lit Syllabus
Kohzadi's Policies & Procedures
Important: Information regarding grades and Infinite Campus
Class Handouts/Assignments:
AA Lit Choice Booklist
Parent Permission for small excursions
Book Club 1 Assignments
Slave Narrative Monologue Assignment
Their Eyes Were Watchin God Book Club Assignments
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html (link for African American perspectives documents from the Library of Congress)
Overview of Bi-weekly Agenda:
Students will:
a.)look at the role of women during slavery and today through personal narratives and historical accounts;
b.)examine the slave trade and how it contributed to the rise and fall of slavery in the US;
c.)watch and perform slave narrative monologues;
d.)discuss core issues of slavery until the Civil War;
e.)begin examine the various Afro American authors and works that contributed to the abolitionist movement;
f.)read various authors and the diverse perspectives that were key to the Reconstruction movement;
i.)review common errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
HOMEWORK:
Wed., Nov. 18--Eyes Book Club Assignment 1--figurative language examination Their Eyes Were Watchin God Book Club Assignments
Tuesday, Nov. 24--Dear Abby Letters
Tuesday, Dec. 1--Reconstruction and Impending Problems Research
LATE:
-Slave Monologues (written monologue and description is due) Slave Narrative Monologue Assignment
Important Documents/Information:
African American Lit Syllabus
Kohzadi's Policies & Procedures
Important: Information regarding grades and Infinite Campus
Class Handouts/Assignments:
AA Lit Choice Booklist
Parent Permission for small excursions
Book Club 1 Assignments
Slave Narrative Monologue Assignment
Their Eyes Were Watchin God Book Club Assignments
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html (link for African American perspectives documents from the Library of Congress)
Overview of Bi-weekly Agenda:
Students will:
a.)look at the role of women during slavery and today through personal narratives and historical accounts;
b.)examine the slave trade and how it contributed to the rise and fall of slavery in the US;
c.)watch and perform slave narrative monologues;
d.)discuss core issues of slavery until the Civil War;
e.)begin examine the various Afro American authors and works that contributed to the abolitionist movement;
f.)read various authors and the diverse perspectives that were key to the Reconstruction movement;
i.)review common errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
HOMEWORK:
Wed., Nov. 18--Eyes Book Club Assignment 1--figurative language examination Their Eyes Were Watchin God Book Club Assignments
Tuesday, Nov. 24--Dear Abby Letters
Tuesday, Dec. 1--Reconstruction and Impending Problems Research
LATE:
-Slave Monologues (written monologue and description is due) Slave Narrative Monologue Assignment