Summer Assignments ELA – Incoming 11th Grade

• Read https://ctlsites.uga.edu/hist2111-wolf2015/2015/11/30/pro-slavery-ideology-in-the-south/.
• Read (The overview and the decision): http://landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/cases/dred_scott_v_sandford
• Read Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. Jacobs available online from this site: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11030.
• Read http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/slavery/ethics/justifications.shtml.
• Read http://bbc.co.uk/ethics/slavery/ethics/philosophers_1.shtml.
• Read http://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/modern-slavery (main article and the “Take Action” link).
• Read https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/
• In an essay, compare and contrast Harriet A. Jacobs’ life with that of Eudocia Tomas Pulido. Use specific references from the texts.
• In an essay, describe your reaction upon learning of modern slavery. Using specific references from the texts, answer this question: Based on the “Take Action” link, what would you do to protest or help? (And if not, why not?)