1. How did Sarah Breedlove manage to become the first female “self-made” millionaire? The mini-series might well be worth watching. You can learn about your task and build up your writing skills HERE.
2. Click on the pic. Read, and listen to, the definition of the “self-made man”. How would you sum it up?
3. Read and listen to the lyrics and take notes. Can you summarize Hamilton’s life story? Explain why he is the perfect example of a self-made man.
4. Click below to study a text about “The youngest self-made billionaire. Ever.“
5. What is “the false claim” the book wants to denounce?
1. Listen to the audio book version of the excerpt you have to study. Find HERE the list of all the documents we used this year. Feel like revising a bit of grammar? Find HERE a wide selection of activities.
2. Colson Whitehead telling more about his book to French readers in 2017.
3. It might look like kid stuff but Mr Q can actually help you grasp the legacy of Harriet Tubman.
4. The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project wants to tell the full story of slavery.
5. How can a book start a war? Study a passage from another book by a former slave HERE.
2. Watch the video by VOA and note down arguments proving or disproving that “Harriet, the movie, advances the slave narrative on screen”. Focus on the words spoken by the people interviewed in the video.
3. Listen to author Colson Whiteson telling about the history of the Underground Railroad. Click on the painting to answer a few questions.
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