Description
In this lesson, students read and analyze paragraphs 1 and 2 of “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” in which Du Bois writes of the “strange experience” of “being a problem” in America (par. 2). Students analyze how Du Bois introduces key ideas, and consider how these ideas interact and develop over the course of this excerpt. Additionally, students are introduced to the Ideas Tracking Tool, which they will use throughout the unit to record how Du Bois unfolds a complex series of ideas throughout his essay.
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Credits
From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 11 ELA Module 2, Unit 1, Lesson 2.
Available from engageny.org/resource/grade-11-ela-module-2-unit-1-lesson-2; accessed 2015-05-29.
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