Conduct a close reading of selected age-appropriate excerpts from 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself' (1789) — the first widely read enslaved-person autobiography in English
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~9 min hist.g5.f.ex_29

Equiano Wineburg Full

MG-7 Interactive Physical / non-image

Federal Founding-Era Archive Card (FOUR-PAGE form used by every child for every primary-source document analyzed in the unit). PAGE 1 SOURCING: Title of source / Author or creator / Year created / Where created / Purpose (why was this made? for whom?) / Genre (TREATY / LAW / PAMPHLET / PROCLAMATION / POEM / NARRATIVE / ENGRAVING / NEWSPAPER / SERMON / MAP / LETTER / JOURNAL — circle one). PAGE 2 CONTEXTUALIZATION: What was happening in the Atlantic World when this was made? Who held power? Who was excluded? What other events took place near this date? PAGE 3 CORROBORATION: Find at least ONE other source about the same event or person. Do the two sources agree? Disagree? On what specifically? PAGE 4 CLOSE READING: Quote one important sentence from the source. What does it actually say? PLUS NMAI FIFTH MOVE: Whose voices are present in this source? Whose are absent? What land are we standing on as we read this? Style: high-contrast form-style layout; large-print version available; sentence-frame version available; audio-narration version available.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 full Wineburg routine + NMAI 5th move to ONE of three Equiano Narrative excerpts (childhood / Middle Passage / self-emancipation). Complete all 4 pages + the 5th move.

How it's presented
mode structured form prompt audio ID audio.g5f.ex 29.stem
Answer criteria
type MG7 full plus nmai
required sections
sourcingcontextualizationcorroborationclose_readingnmai_fifth_move
Hints
  1. Apply MG-9 Humanity-FIRST: use Equiano's Igbo name
  2. Trauma-informed protocol — opt-out alternative available
Misconceptions to watch
  • Reading Equiano as 'just one person's story'
  • Using only Gustavus Vassa not the Igbo name Olaudah Equiano
Used in lessons