My Bondage and My Freedom teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on My Bondage and My Freedom 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 7
Douglass’s childhood care, separation, and encounters with plantation cruelty show how ownership threatens family bonds and personal safety.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 8 to 14
Douglass moves from plantation violence to secret learning in Baltimore, where education builds hope while ownership continues to threaten relationships.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 15 to 20
Hunger, Covey’s violence, self-defense, and a failed escape reveal how Douglass rebuilds confidence and pursues freedom through shared action.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 21 to 27
Douglass escapes, experiences paid work and exclusion, and develops public testimony, an independent newspaper, and arguments against human ownership.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 28 to 34
The closing speeches connect slavery’s cruelty to national institutions while calling for public action and grounding hope in human conscience.
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
My Bondage and My Freedom
by Frederick Douglass
Teacher and class
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