The Up From Slavery Novel Guide includes thoughtful, character-building,  and critical thinking questions with quote analysis for each chapter. This is a writing novel guide for Grades 9-12. Each chapter will ask students to either explain, define, support, or argue a certain issue or position. Also includes a family genealogy research (optional) and a Booker T. Washington and Dr. King compare and contrast exercise. This is not a simple comprehension guide where an answer key is needed to determine accuracy of work or skill, but rather a guide that assists students to develop their own ideas about what they read while remaining consistent with the story and the historical information surrounding it. There are no “wrong answers” as long as the student can support his or her responses in the context of the story/history.

*This guide is non-religious, but the book mentions Old Testament slaves and Christmas and those ideas are brought forth for historical and heritage value in the Novel Guide.