American Studies
Cohen/Antonakos
B E L O V E D , S L A V ER Y & C I V I L WA R
 Reminder – a notebook entry is due for each night’s readings.
 Keep a separate character list for the novel and maintain an overall timeline
Info on these in Binder:
 1850 Comp: 80/104
 Experience of being
sold South: 82/106
 Fugitive Slave Laws:
83-84
 Bleeding Kansas: 85-87
10/31 (56)
11/1 (34)
11/2 (12)
In-class essay
make up session on Monday
during class; you still need to
have your HW completed for
Monday-discussion will
happen after the make up
The 1850’s Upward Spiral,
John Brown vs. Lincoln,
1860 Election & Secession
*Bring Thoreau today*
Images of Slavery:
Heart of the Civil War
Meet in E114—bring
only notebooks
The 1850’s Upward Spiral,
KS/NB Act, Dred Scott:
Why didn’t the 1850 Comp
hold & maintain peace?
KS/NB & Dred Scott—
toying with the legality of
slavery acc to the
compromises
DUE: 1) read & annotate “Slavery
w/o Submission” ___; 2) Read
Lincoln’s prewar speeches on slavery
252-261, 263-269; answer Q: What
did Lincoln really believe about
slavery?
DUE: Zinn “Slavery
Without Submission” 8893 183-189 only
(this is the war meaning
the organized effort Zinn
talks about leading to the
end of the war.)
--use Clotel CDW 174-6
Frederick Douglass? (check
CDW)
11/5 (100)
Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural: 1st
version of what this war is
about & War 1861-1862
11/12
“War is All Hell”
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural
Lee/Grant & Appomattox
“Was It Not Real?”
due: 1) Lee & Grant: A
Study in Contrasts ; 2)
11/7 (56)
Emancipation
11/8 (34)
11/9 (12)
“Men of Color to Arms!”
NY Draft Riots
gETTYSBURG
Gettysburg &
Lincoln’s Address
11/14
11/15
11/16
Start Beloved
Beloved ch. 1 & 2
Beloved 3 & 4
Beloved 5 & 6
1) Read Zinn 239-243 2nd ¶&
Free At Last handout, 2)
answer Q: Who or what
helped emancipation become
reality?
11/13 no class
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural:
What do you think Lincoln
was trying to do?
11/19
11/20
Beloved 7 & 8
Beloved 9 & 10
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Cherokee & Trail of
Tears
10/23 (100)
10/30 (100)
10/24 (78)
10/25 (56)
10/26 (34)
10/27 (12)
HW: Beloved 3 & 4
HW: Beloved 5 & 6
HW: Beloved 7 & 8
10/31 (78)
11/1 (56)
11/2 (34)
HW: 1) Beloved 9 & 10
and 2) “Blankets for the
Dead” in binder
11/3 (12)
Beloved 11-14
Beloved 15-16
Beloved 17-18
HW: Beloved 15-16
HW: Beloved 17-18
HW: Beloved 11-14
HW: Beloved 19
11/6 (100)
11/7 (78)
11/8 (56)
Beloved 19
Beloved 20-23
Beloved 24 & 25
(read 23 in class)
Draft Due
LL1/LL2
Peer Edit/conferences
11/10 (12)
HW: Beloved 26-27
Beloved 26-27
Finish Beloved in class
11/16 (56)
HW: Paper draft
11/17 (34)
Constitution Lab
Constitution
HW:
HW: Beloved 20-22
11/13 (100)
11/9 (34)
HW: Beloved 24 & 25
11/14 (78)
11/15 (56)
LL1/LL2
Peer Edit/conferences
“Organizing the
Consequences”:
HW: complete paper
11/20 (100)
11/21 (100)
Constitution Test
LL1/LL2
TBA
paper due
the Constitution & Justice
HW: TBA on this unit
Tom Feelings, from The Middle Passage, White Ships/Black Cargo Dial Press, 1995
< http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/worldlit/photos/middle_passage.html>