Have students read from the start of "Down at the Cross:Letter from a Region in My Mind" to the section right before where James Baldwin begins reflecting on attending a predominately Jewish school and being influenced by one of his peers. Conclude reading for this section after the following passage:
"I date it--the slow crumbling of my faith, the pulverization of my fortress--from the time, about a year after I had begun to preach, when I began to read again. I justified the desire by the fact that I was still in school. I began, fatally, with Dostoevski."
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.3- Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which...
