Do Now: "The White Witch"
Read "The White Witch" by James Weldon Johnson with a peer. On your own, fill out the handout to guide your thinking. Prepare to share out. Do Next Get out your accordion books and title a new page Chapter 6 & 7. Today we will be talking about how racism in the North compares to racism in the South. Respond to the prompts below: 1. Two examples of racism in the chapter. 2. One question you have about the chapter. Independent Reading Read the chapters by yourself for 20 minutes. Respond to the prompts, and if you have time, respond to the questions at the bottom of the handout. Discussion How does New York City compare to the “White Witch” poem? How does New York City compare to the South? How does ECM feel about the different black communities he comes into contact with? How does ECM place himself in the different black communities he comes into contact with? With which “class” of people does ECM feel most comfortable? What does that say about his character? How does the Club compare to the first bar he went to? What’s different? What’s similar? What are some examples of racism you found in these chapters? How do they compare to the racism he experienced/saw in the South? What does it mean that white people are “slumming” in the Club? What does this tell us about the relationship between white and black people in the North? (57) How does ECM describe the minstrel in the Club? What does ECM mean by his use of the word “tragedy/tragedian”? Do they mean different things? (56) Who is the rich widow? Why is she interested in young black men? What do they offer her? Exit Ticket Completed "White Witch" handout.
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Course DescriptionGreat World Text is an advanced English and Social Studies course sponsored by the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Humanities. This year will consist of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the landmark 1912 novel by James Weldon Johnson. Known only as the “Ex-Colored Man,” the protagonist in Johnson’s novel is forced to choose between celebrating his African American heritage or “passing” as an average white man in a post-Reconstruction America that is rapidly changing. The course will encounter themes of racial passing, multiracial families, and African-American music traditions.
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