2. Announcements
Attendance
Collect Essay 1
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3. Groups
Group One: What is the plot of this text? Find the plot points. Who is Berry Hamilton? Who is Maurice Oakley? Who is Fannie?
Group Two: What happens to Joe in New York? Who does he meet? What's important to know about his experiences?
Group Three: What happens to Kitty in New York? Who does she meet? What's important to know about her experiences?
Group Four: What kind of place is the town in the novel? What passages exemplify it? What kind of place is New York in the novel? What passages best exemplify it?
Group Five: Who is Sadness? Who is Minty? Who is Skaggsy? What are they doing in the story?
4. Class Discussion
What is this novel really about? What are the most important passages? What does the novel say about violence in America? What is the connection between violence in one place and violence in another? What does the novel tell us about race and racial formation in the US?
5. Connecting the novel
Film: from Ken Burns: The Civil War
Film: Black Wall Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_72I5FA80s
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