summry english

Directions:  Please write a summary paragraph for each of the TWO parts below.  You will write a total of two paragraphs. Before starting the two summaries, please access and review the following links:

HOW TO SUMMARIZE - FROM AIMS COLLEGE

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

PART 1 (ON-LINE NARRATIVE SUMMARIES):

Please access one or all of the following links to find ONE story (OR AN IMPORTANT SEGMENT) that interests you or that you find particularly striking.  Read elements of the story, take notes (and/or annotate) and summarize what you read in a paragraph of 15 to 20 sentences.  Be sure to place the title of the story and writer's name above the entry. ALTHOUGH SOME STORIES ARE LONG, MANY ARE SHORT. CHOOSE YOUR STORY ACCORDINGLY.

Access the following links and choose ONE story to summarize:

North American Slave Narratives:  EX-SLAVES WRITING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES

Once inside, CHOOSE and click on the FULL TEXT HTML option. Individual stories to consider are:

Solomon Northrup:  ’12 Years a Slave’:  THE EPIC NARRATIVE BOOK

“American Slavery As It Is – Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses,” by Theodore Dwight Weld:  HORRIFIC SLAVERY STORIES

PART 2 ("VOICES OF A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES" STORY SUMMARY):

Please read and summarize "James R. Bradley, Letter to Lydia Maria Child," starting at the bottom of 174 and ending at the top of page 176. Take notes (and/or annotate) and summarize what you read in a paragraph of 15 to 20 sentences.  Be sure to place the title of the story and writer's name above the entry.

PART 3 (CAMP WILLIAM PENN -- 10 IMPORTANT SENTENCE-POINTS):
Please read the introduction of the instructor's book about Camp William Penn book (starting on pg. 8) and chapter 1 (starting on pg. 25). Camp William Penn, located in nearby Cheltenham Township, was the first and largest federal facility to train black soldiers during the Civil War from 1863 to 1865.

FOR ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND READING, PLEASE SEE: THE EPIC STORY OF CAMP WILLIAM PENN.

PLEASE ALSO ACCESS AN ONLINE VIDEO OF PROFESSOR SCOTT'S PRESENTATION AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES CONCERNING CAMP WILLIAM PENN AT:  TELEVISED CAMP WILLIAM PENN PRESENTATION

Please write 10 important points that you find to be interesting.  Be sure to number each of your points, as well as make each a complete sentence.

Example:

1.  Camp William Penn was composed of many ex-slaves and free blacks from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland.

An in-class (open-book) examination will likely be given during the next class that's based on the above assignments and reading.