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ToliveanywhereintheworldtodayandbeagainstequalitybecauseofraceorcolorislikelivinginAlaskaandbeingagainstsnow.

— WilliamFaulkner

UnitGoals

Afterlearningtheunit, studentsareexpected

·tolearnaboutAfrican-Americanlifeandstrugglein19th-20thcentury,

·toknowKateChopinasanAmericansouthernwriter,

·tounderstandthethemeofraceandprejudiceandexploreminorthemesinagivenselection,

·tobeacquaintedwithotherAfrican-Americanwritersorcelebrities,

·tolearnsomeusefulwordsandexpressionsfromtheunit, and

·toimproveEnglishlanguageskills, communicationskillsandcriticalthinking.

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1) _____ AnAmericansouthernwomanwriterandaforerunneroffeministauthorsofthe20thcentury, famousforAwakening

2) _____ African-Americantelevisionhost, actressandproducer, whoseprogramTalkShowisinternationallypopular

3) _____ ANobelPrizeandPulitzerPrize-winningfemaleAmericannovelistwhoconcernsalotaboutracialissues

4) _____ AnAfrican-Americannovelist, essayist, playwright, poet, andcivilrightsactivist

5) _____ The44thPresidentoftheUnitedStatesandthefirstAfricanAmericantoholdtheoffice

6) _____ AnAfrican-Americanpoet, andoneoftheearliestinnovatorsofthenewliteraryartformcalledjazzpoetry

7) _____ AnAfrican-Americanwomanauthor, whoseliteraryconcerniswhatshecalls “womanism”

8) _____ OneofthemostimportantwritersoftheSouthernliteratureoftheUS, famousforTheSoundandtheFury

9) _____ AnAmericanclergyman, activist, andprominentleaderintheAfrican-AmericanCivilRightsMovement

10) _____ AnAfrican-Americannovelistandwriter, bestknownforhisnovelInvisibleMan

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1) CanyouCiteanexampleofracialdiscrimination? What’syouropiniononracialprejudice?

2) Doyouthinkthat “loveiscolorblind”? Doyousupportinterracialorcross-culturalmarriage? Whyorwhynot?

3) Thereisasaying “Laundryistheonlythingthatshouldbeseparatedbycolor”.Doyouagree? Whyorwhynot?

, ontheInternetorinthelibrary, informationaboutAfrican-Americans’ , .

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