Why Teach
Beloved
?
Brief Background of Toni Morrison and
Beloved
Entry Points into the Novel
Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t I a Woman? speech
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Teaching the Novel as History
“The Experience of Slavery in the United States” Lecture
Teaching the Novel as Literature
Journal
Word Log
Plot Chart
Culminating Activity: Putting Sethe on Trial
Bibliography
