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Ida B. WellsSlide2
Immigrant Stories
Take the next few minutes to
share your family immigrant stories
with your tablemates.
What similarities do you see between these stories? Differences?
Was there anything that surprised you when you went to learn more about your family history?
Connections to
Far and Away
?Slide3
Ida B. Wells
Born a slave in Mississippi 1862
Muckraking journalist
Prominent and controversial civil rights and women’s rights activist
Most famous as a tireless anti-lynching advocate (3 of her best friends were lynched)
“I
felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap
.”Slide4
Discussion Questions
What
rhetorical appeals
does Wells use in her argument? Do they seem effective?
What
is the “
muck
” being “
raked
” here?
What is Wells’ argument
?
How does this compare to the other muckraking journalism we have read?
How does the
diction and word choice
that Wells uses make an impact on you as you read?
What word sticks out to you the most?Slide5
Wells on Lynching
After researching she found that black people were being lynched for such reasons as failing to pay debts, not appearing to give way to white folks, and competing with white folks for jobs
Lynching = Community control
(similar ideas to
Sherburn’s
rant in
Huck Finn
)Slide6
Do you think Wells’ muckraking on Lynching would have been more or less successful than Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”?
Why or why not?Slide7
Legacy of Lynching & the KKK
Despite her efforts, no federal anti-lynching law was ever passed by Congress.
R
acism was both perpetrated and combated through subversive, underground means
The KKK was formed as a way of waging
an underground campaign of intimidation and violence directed at white and black Republican
leadersJournalism like Wells’ was a way of combating that campaignSlide8
Discussion Questions
In order to be successful, most persuasive speakers try to establish
common ground
in order to reach their audience.
What examples do you see of this in Wells’ speech? Is she successful?
Wells includes a number of examples of women being lynched in her speech. Taking about women being lynched was unusual.
How does the inclusion of black women change the usual images associated with lynching as well as the alleged motives usually associated with the practice? Slide9
Emily Dickinson
Influencing
women writers
since the 1830sSlide10
Emily Dickinson
Paradoxical poet
Lived her life in Massachusetts
Haunted by “
the menace of death
” throughout her life
1858-1865 wrote more than 800 poems (!!)VERY reclusiveSeen only wearing white
(she saw this as the color of passion/intensity
)
Sister discovered more than 1,800 poems after her deathSlide11Slide12
Dickinson Poetry
Each table group will be assigned a poem by Dickinson. The groups will then need to illustrate the poem using the main ideas or themes presented, and the mindset of Dickinson.
Requirements:
Illustration must contain specific references to the poem (theme, ideas, characters, events)
Illustration must be in color, not black and white or pencil
Illustration must contain the name of the poem, author, and group members Slide13
Poem Assignments
1: because I could not stop for death (548)
2: success is counted sweetest (550)
3: much madness is divinest sense (551)
4: my life closed twice before its close (551)
5: the soul selects her own society (552)6: I heard a fly buzz when I died (553)
7: my life has stood a loaded gun (554)Slide14
Unpacking Dickinson
Seeing = a source of power
Sight = ownership
Lack of sight = death
“eye” sounds like “I”
Her poems sound like
hymns, reflects a shifting relationship towards religion and a complex understanding of the selfThemes: the autonomy of the self (particularly for women), the exploration of death, relationship to religionSlide15
Homework
Read “
The Yellow Wallpaper
” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
linked on my website
.
*There miiiiight be a quiz tomorrow