Are your students talking about Chadwick Boseman and Black Panther? Before he was the star of Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman portrayed Frederick Douglass in Amplify ELA’s middle school curriculum. Boseman brings to life the words of one of America’s greatest orators and abolitionists in his dramatic reading of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, part of Amplify ELA’s unit titled “Liberty & Equality.”
These readings help middle school students dive into one of the most powerful texts in American history. Use these videos along with Amplify ELA’s activities to bring Douglass to your students.
CELEBRATE
The opening of Black Panther and the 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass in your classroom with AmplifyELA.
MAKE
A connection for your students with a discussion in popular culture and an important historical figure, comparing the themes represented in Boseman’s latest work with those in the Douglass text and the accompanying Amplify ELA videos.
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Chadwick Boseman’s dramatic reading of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
It’s an extra-special feature of the Liberty & Equality unit of Amplify ELA, a middle-school curriculum that engages students deeply in complex texts, inspiring them to read more critically and write more vividly.
READ AND DIG DEEP...
into the full text of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Then, through our “Solo” independent work, students can engage word by word in the import and intent of this landmark work, and its author.
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