The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano for ages 14 to 18: a plan, a worksheet and the answers for each week, a final essay with a marking guide, and a reading certificate to print. Free to use in class.
Five weeks, week by week
- Week 1Chapters 1 to 2
Equiano describes childhood in Eboe before kidnapping and sale, challenging racial prejudice and showing how slavery destroys family bonds.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 3 to 5
Learning and friendship support Equiano under Pascal, but another sale and work for King reveal the continuing power and cruelty of ownership.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 6 to 7
Equiano builds trading profits and purchases freedom, yet violence and a dangerous voyage show that liberty does not ensure safety.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 8 to 10
Shipwreck, study, Arctic danger, and a failed rescue lead Equiano through renewed threats to freedom and a struggle toward Christian assurance.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 11 to 12
Plantation work and further abuses test Equiano’s conscience before his challenges to corruption and petitions connect personal freedom with abolition.
Plan · worksheet · answers
Assessment
Final essay
Three questions to choose from, 800 to 1,200 words, with a marking guide in four bands.
Quiz bank
The 30 questions and 40 flashcards online, for homework or a quick check in class. Open the quiz
Discussion
Questions for small groups, meeting by meeting. The book club kit
Reading certificate
Certificate of reading
Student's name
has read
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
by Olaudah Equiano
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