Assignment for Jan 17th

#1  I have decided that we will not have class this Friday after all.  I would like about two weeks more to settle in with Elijah and make sure I know what naptimes are going to be before resuming that schedule.

#2  Chapter Eight - The Rising Storm Reading

• Introduction p 269
• Section II Railroads and Reform pp 278-286 (I want you to focus on Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and William Lloyd Garrison.)
• Section VI  John Brown and Harper's Ferry pp 301-303

#3  Frederick Douglass on the Constitution:

• Read this speech that Douglass gave in Scottland HERE.  Make sure to print it out and bring to class.

#4  Written Narration on John Brown.

#5  Print and bring these materials to class.

• Letter to Garrison From Frederick Douglass
• The American Union by William Lloyd Garrison
• Letter to Garrison from Harriet Beecher Stowe