Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln - head & shoulders portrait [Rights-free portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the Library of Congress]

Part 1: Video

Election Song

Part 2: Podcast

Click here to listen to the Scholar Reappraises President Lincoln:
February 11, 2009 (10 minutes)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100585048
In a new documentary that begins airing Wednesday on PBS, scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. tries to uncover the real man. In Looking for Lincoln, the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University discovers the 16th president may have been known as the great emancipator, but he also told racist jokes and hoped to resolve America's racial dilemma by sending blacks back to Africa.

Part 3: Reflection Questions:
1. Do you admire Lincoln?

2. Why or why not?

3. What did you learn about Linoln in this podcast?

4. Do you think Lincoln change during the presidency?
If so, what made him change?

Frederick Douglass

Part 1: 3 Videos
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Biography

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History Channel


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"July 4, 2003 Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave mother and a white father he never knew, Frederick Douglass grew up to become a leader in the abolitionist movement and the first black citizen to hold high rank in the federal government, as U.S. minister to Haiti.

On July 5, 1852, Douglass gave a speech at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Rochester, N.Y.'s Corinthian Hall."

From the Tavis Smiley Show, Ben Guillary, producing/artistic director of the Los Angeles-based Robey Theatre Company, reads an excerpt from Douglass' speech,
"The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro."
Link from: http://www.npr.org/2003/07/04/1319240/frederick-douglass

Part 3: Reflection Questions

1.What do you think was the most impressive part of Frederick Douglass's life?

2. Do you agree with Frederick Douglass speech?

3. Do you think there is still hypocrisy in what American? If so how?

Harriet Tubman

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Part 2: Podcast
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Book Review: 'Harriet Tubman' (5:44 minutes)
February 10, 2004 “Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton. ... Share. Comments; Book Review: 'Harriet Tubman'. by Maureen Corrigan ... By Maureen Corrigan” Discusses the difficulty of writing about Tubman. There is new portrait of autonomies strong character. This podcast covers her injury from a white slave owner, her escape, a few stories about her leading people to freedom, and the money offered for her head.

Part 3:
Reflection Questions:

1.How did Tubman get injured?

2. Which story did you find the most interesting in this podcast?

3. Do you think it was the most difficult part in Harriet Tubman’s life?

John Brown

Part 1: Video


Part 2: Podcast

Click here to listen to Biography Explores John Brown's Legacy (8 minutes)“John Brown's violent campaign against slavery — punctuated by the dramatic 1859 raid at Harper's Ferry, Va. — made him a divisive figure, then and now. He's been portrayed as an insane fanatic and as a noble martyr. His actions unquestionably helped set in motion events that led to the Civil War.” This podcast examines a biography by David Reynolds looks at John Browns life and it’s impact on culture and the civil war.
May 07, 2005 .Weekend Edition: Biography Explores John Brown's Legacy
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4633323

Part 3: Reflection Questions:
1.How did John Brown influenced the Civil War?

2.Do you think John Brown was correct in killing men and stealing to help slaves?

3.Make one question about John Brown.

Nat Turner

Discovery of Nat Turner: wood engraving illustrating Benjamin Phipps's capture of w:Nat Turner (1800-1831) on October 30, 1831 from http://commons.wikimedia.org

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Video

Part 2

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'Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory' April 17, 2003
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1235344&ps=rs

"Gives story of Nat Turner story was first given by Thomas R. Gray ,who wrote Confessions of Nat Turner . This perspective may have been a bit bios. This podcast covers the violent story of Nat Turner and brings up some of the controversies that the rebellion brought to the South such as fear of slave revolts. It goes over a moment where he was in prison and expresses his resolve in his decision to revolt."
From NPR

Part 3:
Reflection Questions:
1. Do you think what Nat Turner did was justified in his revolt?

2. Why do you think Nat Turner was and is such a controversial character?

3. Give one question

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