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RICHARD WRIGHT: BLACK BOY
A Teacher's Guide for Secondary and Post Secondary Educators

by Jerry M. Ward

Introduction
Richard Wright: An Overview
Questions and Activities Before Viewing
Questions and Activities After Viewing
History: Questions and Activities
Education: Questions and Activities
Literature: Questions and Activities
Psychology: Questions and Activities
Sociology
Political Science/Cultural Studies: Questions and Activities
Bibliographies

INTRODUCTION

Although RICHARD WRIGHT: BLACK BOY focuses mainly on the life and history of an internationally acclaimed American author, the visual and audio components of the documentary richly contextualize the literature that Wright produced. In that sense, the documentary synthesizes a great amount of historical, social and cultural information about the twentieth century. It can be used to prompt extensive discussions, to stimulate students to undertake special research projects, to write papers......

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