Slave+Narratives+-+Assignment+Sheet

1. Read the Introduction (pgs ix – xix) 2. Pick at least 5 of the narratives to read 3. Write a reading response journal for 5 of the narratives 4. Write a set of additional questions you would have asked if you were one of the interviewers 5. Write your overall impression of the narratives you have read Address the following questions Tell me how these narratives and book came to be. (make sure to include the Federal Writers’ Project, the U.S. Works Progress Administration, etc) Describe/Explain the history of Georgia during slavery and during the time of these interviews. (make sure to include the ex-slaves in these descriptions) Do you agree or disagree with the approach Andrew Waters (the book’s editor) took when selecting the narratives he did for the book and his approach to editing the works for misspellings and abbreviations? Explain why or why not? (make sure to mention his process of selection and reasons behind it) Pick any 5 narratives and read them, you may read more than 5. Reading Response Journals need to be more than half a page. They must include: · The name of the person being interviewed · Age · Location · A general summary of their life · Your thoughts and reactions Andrew Waters mentioned in the Introduction that the interviewers had a list of questions to ask and that many stuck to that list. Create a list of at least 10 additional questions you’d ask if you were one of these interviewers. At the bottom of your list include a short explanation about why you picked these questions. In Reading Response format write your overall impression of the slave narratives you read. Things to address: · How did they make you feel? · What did you think of the people being interviewed? · What did you think of the interviewers and the type of questions they asked? · Were the narratives easy or hard to understand? And why. · Most importantly, in the Introduction Andrew Waters states “It is a claim that these narratives give voice to an aspect of slavery that is often excised from the pages of history: the slaves’ humanity.” Address this statement and discuss if you feel it is true or not. (as always, explain why) All work needs to be grouped together, in order, and turned in either stapled or in a folder. This should be the first page of your packet.
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