Talking with Authors: H.W. Brands, The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom
28:59
Grades: 9 - 12

Video Description: Master storyteller H. W. Brands narrates the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincoln—two men moved to radically different acts to confront our nation’s gravest sin — in his latest work “The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom.”

Type of Video: Interview*
Unique Video ID: Literature-102**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • Use the video in a flipped learning activity and have students come to class prepared to share two insights gained by watching the video and two questions they’d like answered through their own or class research.
  • Use the video as inspiration/example for an activity that has your students interview each other on writing they have done. Use the video to show interview styles, types of questions, and how a finished interview video could be edited together.
  • Use the video in conjunction with a student activity that has students researching a particular author or a certain form or genre of writing. What insights do they gain from the interview they can use in their project?

 

*Interviews feature extended conversation exploring fascinating topics with fascinating people in the area of study.

**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.

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