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Cheryl Harness finds us another great character from the pages of history. Students are going to love this woman ahead of her time! |
English/Language Arts
Explore genre - travel memoir
Author Harness shares that Fanny Wright published a book about her travels in 1821. In fact, the book was very popular and enjoyed more than one printing. Travel writing has a number of different formats and subgenres. Fanny Wright’s book, Views of Society and Manners, consisted of 28 letters, epistolary style. Have your students investigate the different methods for writing about travel and the purposes served by each. Following discussion and understanding, challenge students to write about fictional or actual travel modeling a style of travel writing.
Explore the art of oration
This Minute addresses Frances Wright’s talent as a gifted public speaker. Have students investigate what makes a good public speaker and try out some public speaking of their own!
Social Studies
Explore women’s roles in the 19th century
Fanny Wright was certainly an unusual female for the 19th century. Have students explore the typical role of females during this time period. How did Fanny Wright manage to break all of the rules? Though it seemed to gain her notoriety at the time, how did it serve her in the long term?
Explore US Presidents as slave owners
Author Harness reveals that both James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were slave owners. In fact, twelve of the first 16 presidents were slave owners - eight while serving as President. Ask students to investigate which presidents were slave owners and what their attitudes were toward the institution of slavery.
Explore history - solutions to slavery
Fanny Wright was not satisfied with Madison and Jefferson’s approach to resolving slavery, so she tried a different approach. Have your students look for the different “solutions” that were being discussed in the first part of the 19th century. What was the Monrovia solution? Did it work? What else was being discussed st the time?
Explore Marquis de Lafayette
Full name Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, Wright’s friend had a name that rivalled the length of their friendship! Have your students explore Lafayette’s contribution to the independence of the US and how other Europeans felt about our new country.
Research Skills
Explore questioning skills
This Minute invites lots of questions that can be further explored. Have students practice asking and categorizing questions for research. Consider the advice in this Edutopia article when encouraging your students to become great questioners.
Explore genre - travel memoir
Author Harness shares that Fanny Wright published a book about her travels in 1821. In fact, the book was very popular and enjoyed more than one printing. Travel writing has a number of different formats and subgenres. Fanny Wright’s book, Views of Society and Manners, consisted of 28 letters, epistolary style. Have your students investigate the different methods for writing about travel and the purposes served by each. Following discussion and understanding, challenge students to write about fictional or actual travel modeling a style of travel writing.
Explore the art of oration
This Minute addresses Frances Wright’s talent as a gifted public speaker. Have students investigate what makes a good public speaker and try out some public speaking of their own!
Social Studies
Explore women’s roles in the 19th century
Fanny Wright was certainly an unusual female for the 19th century. Have students explore the typical role of females during this time period. How did Fanny Wright manage to break all of the rules? Though it seemed to gain her notoriety at the time, how did it serve her in the long term?
Explore US Presidents as slave owners
Author Harness reveals that both James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were slave owners. In fact, twelve of the first 16 presidents were slave owners - eight while serving as President. Ask students to investigate which presidents were slave owners and what their attitudes were toward the institution of slavery.
Explore history - solutions to slavery
Fanny Wright was not satisfied with Madison and Jefferson’s approach to resolving slavery, so she tried a different approach. Have your students look for the different “solutions” that were being discussed in the first part of the 19th century. What was the Monrovia solution? Did it work? What else was being discussed st the time?
Explore Marquis de Lafayette
Full name Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, Wright’s friend had a name that rivalled the length of their friendship! Have your students explore Lafayette’s contribution to the independence of the US and how other Europeans felt about our new country.
Research Skills
Explore questioning skills
This Minute invites lots of questions that can be further explored. Have students practice asking and categorizing questions for research. Consider the advice in this Edutopia article when encouraging your students to become great questioners.
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