Demonstration of Illinois Professional Teaching Standards
 
1. Content Knowledge:
The teacher understands the central concepts, methods of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) and creates learning experiences that make the content meaningful to all students.

 
 
 
 
 

For this standard, I have included an analytical paper about the Autobiography of Frederick Douglass .  The paper analyzes Douglass' language to show how he includes himself as a slave at some times and distances himself from slaves at other times.