Teach literacy as liberation through the words of Frederick Douglass. This close reading & annotation lesson uses a pivotal excerpt from Chapter 7 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), where Douglass secretly learns to read and realizes the power of literacy. Students practice close reading, annotation, and rhetorical analysis while exploring themes of freedom, oppression, and resistance.What’s Included: Annotatable excerpt from Chapter 7 of Narrative of th