In Assignment 2, we ask you to consider the actual words or works of an important spokesperson for their times. After reading that speaker’s words, you will use the provided template to write a two-page response that shares your thoughts about the work in question, the historical events happening during the time the work was produced, and the relevance of the work in the present day.
1. Download the template.
2. Save the template to the desktop folder on your computer (or another location of your choice) with the following file name: Your First Name_Your Last Name_HUM 112_Assignment 2_Summer 2019. Here is an example: Lauren_Philip_HUM112_Assignment 2_Summer 2019.
3. Complete the template that you downloaded. Follow the instructions provided in the template to make sure you add all required content.
4. Edit your work, making sure you have discussed each bullet point in the template and checking your work for grammatical errors and proper SWS style.
Topic Choice 1: Frederick Douglass’s speech What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
• Listen to the speech.
• Read the speech.
• Read the background.
• Read the background.
https://masshumanities.org/files/programs/douglass/speech_abridged_med.pdf
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation
https://www.nps.gov/frdo/learn/historyculture/frederickdouglass.htm
Summarize thoughts about an author’s work, including the historical events happening at the time it was produced and the relevance of the work in the present day.
