I. Name Game
Jessica, Stephanie, Kerry, Patryrk, Michael must play!

II. Announcements: An Overview of What Is to Come

• You have a documentary (no reading) for this week and a writing assignment
• We do not have class next Monday!
• We have class next Wednesday AND Thursday!
• Next Wednesday, you have a short assignment.  If you do not do this assignment, please do not bother coming to class on Thursday.  
• The midterm guidelines (we work on this next week) will be available tonight.
  

The blues was born behind a mule.
          ~Muddy Waters

III. The Spirituals: Introduction to the Sorrow Songs, Jubilees, and Escape Codes

1. As you read, underline what you see as important history
2. In the margins, take notes on connections to AAL and/or connections to the Blues--- why does this get studied?
3. Share with your group.
4. Have a facilitator take notes about what you have shared.

IV. Looking for Connections

Is there more than just the theme of trouble that makes these two genres similar and/or overlapping?

"Nobody Know the Troubles I've Seen"

"I Be's Troubled"

V. The Spirituals: Listening Exercise

1. As you listen, take notes on what you see as a comparison to the Blues that you were assigned for today's class (style, sound, mood, rhyme).  Be prepared to share this with your group members. To find this page, go to funkdafied.org THEN classroom agendas THEN Word is Bond THEN September 26.
2. Facilitators need to guide the group in a conversation:  
   

• A)What are the connections to the Blues?  
  
• B)What does this have to do with AAL?  
  
• C)Why do scholars of language and rhetoric study the Spirituals (even atheists)?

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Sorrow Song

"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"

(start at 2:30)

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Jubilee

"Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham"

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Escape code

"Go Down, Moses"

"Wade in
​the Water"

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V. Closing: Maria Stewart