Lesson 2: Mother to Son

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  1. Hello. Great seven.
  2. So in today's lesson, we're going to read the second
  3. selection, the second pound, which is to James by frank
  4. horn. Well, the selection is a, uh, is written from
  5. a father to a son.
  6. Um, a father addresses his son.
  7. He takes pride in the boy's Proust on the running
  8. track and advises him that life itself is a short
  9. sprint. He tells his son to start out strong and
  10. run hard.
  11. He urges him to focus on the finish line and
  12. hold nothing back.
  13. He wants his son to experience the supreme joy of
  14. victory. So if you guys are too um, uh, link
  15. what we have here with the prior knowledge or, or
  16. with the previous problem we have read.
  17. Um, and how is it connected to, you know, other
  18. generations or older generations or earlier generations?
  19. So we're saying this job of the earlier generations to
  20. share the life lessons they have learned.
  21. So later generations can achieve happiness and fulfillment.
  22. Reading mother to son and two James will help you
  23. see how one generation paves the way for the next
  24. generation. One generation may sacrifice comforts or struggle through difficult
  25. times or fight against injustice.
  26. Just so the following generation will have an easier time.
  27. An earlier generation may pass down everything it knows.
  28. So that the next generation generation story can succeed if
  29. we are to compare what we have bread um, with
  30. the essential question, which is, which is what can one
  31. generation learn from another?
  32. What would be your answer guys?
  33. Mm Okay, so as you can see here is the
  34. reading of it and I here uh we have some
  35. information about the author frank warren who was an american
  36. african writer and activist.
  37. As the director of at the U.
  38. S. Housing authority.
  39. He fought to end segregated housing as a power he
  40. for discrimination with palms that conveyed dignity and pride.
  41. Now to James from 1914 through 1937.
  42. Harland me neighborhood in New york city was the setting
  43. for an awakening of african american culture that came to
  44. be known as the Harlem renaissance during this period.
  45. African american writers such as um Langston uh and frank
  46. uh search for the the uh search for many ways
  47. to express their experiences.
  48. It developed unique style that ultimately helped shape not just
  49. african american culture but also world culture.
  50. Okay guys, so that's all for today.
  51. Um we're going to uh solve analyzed crafting and structure
  52. questions in class and please be ready for an oil.
  53. Cause at the end of the lesson that of today,
  54. see tomorrow and buy