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In your accordion book, reflect on this question: How do you relate to where you live? What makes it home? Do Next Open to a new page in your accordion book and title it Chapter 9. Please respond to the prompts below: 1. Find two examples of ECM talking about place. Why did you choose these examples? 2. Record one question you have about the chapter. Independent Reading Read Chapter 9 by yourself for 30 minutes. Whole Group Discussion Why does ECM travel so much? How does each place shape him? What is ECM’s relationship with the millionaire? Is it egalitarian? Do you agree that the millionaire is “a man entirely free from prejudice” (76)? Why or why not? How does ECM perceive Europe? How does it compare to how he perceives the United States? How do you think ECM identifies his race? Does he see himself as Black? Does he see himself as separate?
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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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