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Warm-Up?Lives of Commitment: Narrative ofthe Life of Frederick DouglassLessonQuestionLesson GoalsRead Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.Define personalnarrative and explainFind textualabouthow aexemplifies this genre.W2KMake predictionsthat reveals thehistorical context.events.Words to KnowFill in this table as you work through the lesson. You may also use the glossary tohelp you.an observation about what will happen nextthe time in history that the events occursomething that proves that something else exists oris truea text about a person’s life written by that person Edgenuity, Inc.1
Warm-UpLives of Commitment: Narrative ofthe Life of Frederick DouglassCommitment to a CauseEveryone has a, and many people choose to narrate or writeabout their experiences.Frederick Douglass was an enslaved American. He’s considered a hero becausehe was deeply committed to the abolitionist movement, or the movement to end. Edgenuity, Inc.2
InstructionPart 1Lives of Commitment: Narrative ofthe Life of Frederick DouglassSlide2Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) Was born in Februaryin Maryland Was raised by his grandmother until age 6, when he went to live on a plantation slavery at age 20 and fled to New York Was a leader in the abolitionist Wrote a narrative to address rumors about his originsBackground on Nineteenth-Century America Many of thestates depended on enslaved laborers. In the early 1800s, few enslaved people could read or write. White men were the only people who were allowed to. Slavery was a heated subject between Northern and Southern states and amajor factor in the Civil War. Edgenuity, Inc.3
InstructionPart 1Lives of Commitment: Narrative ofthe Life of Frederick DouglassSlide5Historical ContextHistorical context is thein history that events occur.Challenges: Identifying with the author’s circumstances or Different places and things that may not exist today from a different era Situations and events that may require7Evidence of Historical ContextTo find evidence of historical context: look forthat describes what was happening.where events are happening. identify the time or theto support your understanding. use yourof what is happening by asking yourself: determine thewhy or how?Underline the words in the passage that describe Douglasss’s miserable condition.I was seldom whipped by my old master, and suffered little from anything else than hunger andcold. I suffered much from hunger, but much more from cold. In hottest summer and coldestwinter, I was kept almost naked – no shoes, no stockings, no jacket, no trousers, nothing on buta coarse tow linen shirt, reaching only to my knees. I had no bed.–Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,Frederick Douglass Edgenuity, Inc.4
InstructionPart 1Lives of Commitment: Narrative ofthe Life of Frederick DouglassSlide10Understanding the Personal NarrativeA personal narrative is a text about a person’s life written by that person.include: recollections, or facts and impressionsby the writer. the historical context, or period in history, in which the events took place. the author’s Edgenuity, Inc.of how events shaped his or her life.5
Lives of Commitment: Narrative ofthe Life of Frederick DouglassInstructionPart 2Slide2Making PredictionsA prediction is an observation aboutwhathappen in thefuture.Underline the evidence in the passagethat the reader can use to make aprediction about Douglass’s relationshipwith the Master.As to my own treatment while I lived onTo make a:Colonel Lloyd’s Plantation it was very similarto that of the other slave children. I was not old ask yourself what youalready know.enough to work in the field, and there being ask yourself what youdeal of leisure time. . . . The most of my leisurelittle else than field work to do, I had a greattime I spent in helping Master Daniel Lloyd inwill happenfinding his birds, after he had shot them.–Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,Frederick Douglassnext. think about your reasonsandfor your prediction. read to verify or revise your predictions.Verifying PredictionsUnderline the evidence in the passage that verifies the reader’s predictions.My connection with Master Daniel was of some advantage to me. He became quite attached tome, and was a sort of protector of me. He would not allow the older boys to impose upon me,and would divide his cakes with me.–Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,Frederick Douglass Edgenuity, Inc.6
Summary?LessonQuestionLives of Commitment: Narrative ofthe Life of Frederick DouglassHow does Frederick Douglass use a personal narrative to tell hisstory?AnswerUse this space to write any questions or thoughts about this lesson. Edgenuity, Inc.7
the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) Was born in February in Maryland Was raised by his grandmother until age 6, when he went to live on a plantation slavery at age 20 and fled to New York Was a leader in the abolitionis
