The Mis-Education of the Negro - ASALH

Study Guide to

The Mis-Education of the Negro

By Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson

Study Guide written & prepared by:

Joi A. Spencer, Ph.D. Clementine Carr Carolyn Mattocks & Vivian Fairnot

Reviewed by V.P. Franklin, Ph.D. Editor, Journal of African American History

Barbara Spencer Dunn & Melvette Melvin Davis Editors

First edition

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS.........................................................................................................................VII

ABOUT THE AUTHORS..................................................................................................................................... VIII

PREFACE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO.........................................X

LANGUAGE ARTS & LITERACY CONNECTIONS ........................................................................................................ XI A. BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ............................................................................................................. XI

B. Vocabulary ....................................................................................................................................................xi

CHAPTER 1 - THE SEAT OF THE TROUBLE .....................................................................................................1

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .........................................................................................................................................1 A. Doctor of Philosophy- Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D. or PhD for the Latin .................................1

LANGUAGE ARTS & LITERACY CONNECTIONS ..........................................................................................................1 A. Building Background Knowledge ..................................................................................................................1 B. Vocabulary ? (negative words).......................................................................................................................1 C. What did he say, what did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding................................................2

MODERN DAY MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS.........................................................................................................2 A. Think about it!................................................................................................................................................2 B. Making Math Meaningful ? Ratio ..................................................................................................................5

STILL SEPARATE, STILL UNEQUAL? (HANDOUT 1) ....................................................................................................5

CHAPTER 2 ? HOW WE MISSED THE MARK....................................................................................................6

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .........................................................................................................................................6 A. Emancipation Proclamation ...........................................................................................................................6 B. Freedmen's Bureau.........................................................................................................................................6 C. Black Migration..............................................................................................................................................6 D. Marcus Garvey ...............................................................................................................................................6 E. Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) and Alexandre Dumas ................................................................................6

LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTION ........................................................................................................7 A. Building Background Knowledge ..................................................................................................................7 B. Vocabulary .....................................................................................................................................................7 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding. .............................................7 D. Pausing for Poetry ..........................................................................................................................................7

MODERN DAY MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS.........................................................................................................8 A. Think about it!................................................................................................................................................8 B. Making Math Meaningful...............................................................................................................................9

CHAPTER 3 ? HOW WE DRIFTED AWAY FROM THE TRUTH...................................................................12

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................12 A. THE CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS..........................................................................................................................12

CHAPTER 4 - EDUCATION UNDER OUTSIDE CONTROL............................................................................16

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................16 A. Howard University .......................................................................................................................................16 B. John Jasper (1812-1901) ?............................................................................................................................16 C. Henry VIII (1491-1547) ? ............................................................................................................................16 Language Arts and Literacy Connections ..........................................................................................................16 A. Building Background Knowledge/Anticipatory Section ..............................................................................16 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................17 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding ............................................17

MODERN DAY MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS.......................................................................................................17

CHAPTER 5 - THE FAILURE TO LEARN TO MAKE A LIVING...................................................................20

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................20

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A. Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC), Plato (424/423 BC-348/347 BC), Marsiglip of Padua (c.1275-c.1342) and Pascasius Rathbertus. .........................................................................................................................................20 B. Pullman Company ........................................................................................................................................20 Language Arts and Literacy Connections ..........................................................................................................20 A. Building Background Knowledge ................................................................................................................20 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding ............................................21 MODERN DAY MATHEMATICAL CONNECTIONS.......................................................................................................21 A. Think about it!..............................................................................................................................................21 B. Making Math Meaningful! ...........................................................................................................................22

CHAPTER 6 ?THE EDUCATED NEGRO LEAVES THE MASSES .................................................................23

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................23 A. Negro Church ...............................................................................................................................................23 B. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)............................................................................................................23 D. Albert Magnus (1193/1206-1280 .................................................................................................................23 E. Saint Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-1274) ..........................................................................................................23 F. Inquisition .....................................................................................................................................................23 G. Serfdom.........................................................................................................................................................24 H. Talented Tenth ..............................................................................................................................................24 I. Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) ?.........................................................................................................24 Language Arts and Literacy Connections ..........................................................................................................24 A. Building Background Knowledge ................................................................................................................24 B. Vocabulary ....................................................................................................................................................24 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding. ..........................................25

CHAPTER 7 ? DISSENSION AND WEAKNESS .................................................................................................26

A. John Knox (c.1510-1572) ?..........................................................................................................................26 B. Lynching.......................................................................................................................................................26 C. Clifton Forge, VA.........................................................................................................................................26 D. Monotheism and Polytheism -......................................................................................................................26 E. Cicero (106 BCE ...........................................................................................................................................26 F. Demosthenes (384 BCE -322 BCE)...............................................................................................................26 LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................27 A. Building Background Knowledge/Anticipatory Section ..............................................................................27 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................27 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding. ...........................................27 MODERN DAY CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................................27

CHAPTER 8 ? PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION DISCOURAGED....................................................................28

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................28 A. Ira Aldridge (1866-1956) ? ...........................................................................................................................28 B. Paul Robeson (1898-1976) ? ........................................................................................................................28

LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................28 A. Building Background Knowledge ................................................................................................................28 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................28 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding. ..........................................29

MODERN DAY CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................................29

CHAPTER 9 ? POLITICAL EDUCATION NEGLECTED .................................................................................30

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................30 A. Declaration of Independence (1776) -..........................................................................................................30 B. U.S. Constitution -........................................................................................................................................30 C. Consent of the Governed -............................................................................................................................30 D. James Madison (1751-1836) -......................................................................................................................30 E. Historiography ..............................................................................................................................................30 G. Revisionists ..................................................................................................................................................30

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H. William Lloyd Garrison (1838-1909) - ........................................................................................................31 I. John Brown (1800-1859) -.............................................................................................................................31 J. Oscar DePriest (1871-1951) -.........................................................................................................................31 K. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) - ...................................................................................................................31 LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................32 A. Building Background Knowledge/Anticipatory Set.....................................................................................32 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................32 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding ............................................33 MODERN DAY CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................................33

CHAPTER 10 ? THE LOSS OF VISION ...............................................................................................................34

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................34 A. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) - .........................................................................................................34 B. Richard Allen (1760-1831) - ........................................................................................................................34 C. James Forten (1766-1842 .............................................................................................................................34 D. Robert Purvis (1810-1898 ............................................................................................................................34 E. Claude Bowers (1878-1958) -.......................................................................................................................34 F. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) - ................................................................................................................34 G. Charles Sumner (1811-1874.........................................................................................................................34

LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................35 A. Building Background Knowledge ................................................................................................................35 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................35 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper Understanding ...........................................35

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................37 A. Ovid (43 BCE-17 AD) - ...............................................................................................................................37

LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................37 A. Building Background Knowledge ................................................................................................................37 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................37 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding. ...........................................38

MODERN DAY CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................................38

CHAPTER 12 ? HIRELINGS IN THE PLACES OF PUBLIC SERVANTS ......................................................39

HISTORICAL REFERENCE .........................................................................................................................................39 A. Mahatma (Mohandas) Gandhi (1869-1948)..................................................................................................39

LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................39 A. Building Background Knowledge/Anticipatory Set.....................................................................................39 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................39 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding. ...........................................40

CHAPTER 13 ? UNDERSTAND THE NEGRO ....................................................................................................41

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................41 A. Socrates (470 BCE-399 BCE)......................................................................................................................41 B. Homer (800 BCE-750 BCE) ........................................................................................................................41 C. Virgil (70 BCE-19 BCE ................................................................................................................................41 D. Youth and heroes..........................................................................................................................................41

LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................42 A. Building Background Knowledge ................................................................................................................42 B. Vocabulary ....................................................................................................................................................43 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding ............................................43

MODERN DAY CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................................44

CHAPTER 14 - THE NEW PROGRAM ................................................................................................................45

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................45 A. Antebellum period ....................................................................................................................................45 B. Richard Allen (1760-1831) - F .................................................................................................................45 C. Radical Reconstruction (1866-1873 .........................................................................................................45

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D. Alexander The Great (356 BCE-323 BCE ...............................................................................................45 E. Julius Caesar (100BC-44BC) - A .............................................................................................................45 F. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) ............................................................................................................45 G. Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) - ................................................................................................................46 H. Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) - ...........................................................................................................46 I. Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations - ..................................................................................................46 J. Peter Salem (1750-1816) -........................................................................................................................46 K. African Kingdoms - ..................................................................................................................................46 LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................46 A. Building Background Knowledge/Anticipatory Set.....................................................................................46 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................46 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding. ...........................................47 A. Think About it!.............................................................................................................................................48

CHAPTER 15 - VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE .......................................................................................................50

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................50 A. Jan Matzeliger (1852-1889) - .......................................................................................................................50 B. John Dewey (1859-1952...............................................................................................................................50 C. Freedmens Hospital ......................................................................................................................................50 D. Henry Boyd (1802-1866) .............................................................................................................................50 E. Thomas Day (1801-1861 ..............................................................................................................................50

LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................51 A. Building Background Knowledge ............................................................................................................51 B. Vocabulary ...............................................................................................................................................51 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding. ...........................................51

MODERN DAY CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................................52 A. Think about it!...............................................................................................................................................52

CHAPTER 16 - NEW TYPE OF PROFESSIONAL MAN ...................................................................................53

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................53 LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................54

A. Building Background Knowledge ................................................................................................................54 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................54 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding. ...........................................54 MODERN DAY CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................................55

CHAPTER 17 - HIGHER STRIVINGS IN THE SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY............................................56

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................56 A. Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979)................................................................................................................56 B. W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) -....................................................................................................................56 C. Solid South ...................................................................................................................................................56

LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................56 A. Building Background Knowledge/Anticipatory Set.....................................................................................56 B. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................56 C. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding ...........................................57

CHAPTER 18 ? THE STUDY OF THE NEGRO ..................................................................................................58

HISTORICAL REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................58 LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERACY CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................58

A. Vocabulary ...................................................................................................................................................58 B. What did he say? What did he mean? Paraphrasing for deeper understanding ............................................58

APPENDIX A HANDOUTS .....................................................................................................................................60

HANDOUT 1: STILL SEPARATE, STILL UNEQUAL?....................................................................................................61 HANDOUT 2: LOW-WAGE WORKERS.......................................................................................................................62 HANDOUT 3: GOING TO COLLEGE............................................................................................................................64

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