Introduction
This webquest consists of an assortment of questions about Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley. These questions were constructed by English III students.
Collect your answers on a microsoft or google doc and email it to me when you are done. Enjoy! :-)
Task
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1. How did Phillis Wheatley get her first name?
-Please visit the following website and answer question number 2.
https://www.biography.com/writer/phillis-wheatley
2. What was Phillis Wheatley's early life like?
3. When was Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery?
4. How many poems did Phillis Wheatley write by the time she was 18, and how many poems did she write in her entire lifetime?
-Please visit the following website and answer question number 5.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/on-being-b…
5. What was Phillis Wheatley's most famous poem and when was it published?
6. What age was Olaudah Equiano enslaved?
7. What made Equiano different from other slaves?
-Please visit the following website and answer question number 8.
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-life-of-olaudah-equinao
8. How did Olaudah Equiano gain his freedom?
-Please visit the following website and answer question number 9.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/equiano_olaudah.shtml
9. What did Equiano do to promote his autobiography?
-Please visit the following website and answer question number 10.
https://papersowl.com/examples/olaudah-equiano-and-phillis-wheatley-in-the-american-literature/
10. What did Wheatley and Equiano have in common?
11. How are Equiano and Wheatley similar?
12. How did Equiano and Wheatley write differently?
To learn more about Phillis Wheatley, take 5 minutes to watch this video > https://video.link/w/rpxXc
To learn more about Olaudah Equiano, take 8 minutes to watch this video > https://video.link/w/BrxXc