Outline for coursework in Englisch classroom

1. Read p. 9 to p. 13 (line 24) of the shortstory "Désirée's baby"

2. Talking about the story

     2.1 Think about possible endings of the story

     2.2 State themes covered by the story

     2.3 Discuss your assumptions with your classmates

3. Read the story until the end

     3.1 If you didn't clearly get the topic yet - read again the summary

4. Work through the material provided on this blog
     
     4.1 Inform yourself about "slavery in the 2nd half of the 19th century", "life on
           plantations" and "the French influence on Louisiana"  - use videos, poems,  images                    and texts provided on this website

     4.2 Write a shortstory which covers the topic of slavery/ segregation

     4.3 Discuss the topic of slavery/ segregation in the classroom and think about its up- 
            to-dateness