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vdhe9v99 for 2nd phase e49ccc8m for 3rd phase 4mk3kecd for 7th grade Find the student engagement survey here: at http://www.k12insight.com/rpsstudentengagementBlack History Month is a great time to learn more about the achievements and accomplishments of those coming from the African Diaspora. The African Diaspora refers to the communities throughout the world that are descended from the historic movement of peoples from Africa. This includes the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean and all over the globe.
In regards to English, African American and Caribbean literature is closest to my heart. Claude McKay was a Jamaican poet who moved to Harlem, NY and was a part of the Harlem Renaissance. Here is one of his poems. If We Must Die BY CLAUDE MCKAY If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursèd lot. If we must die, O let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! O kinsmen! we must meet the common foe! Though far outnumbered let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back! Read his biography and write a response to the poem in your notebook. |
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