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 We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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 We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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What I Know - I had actually read this poem in my British Literature class before, so I had a pretty good idea of what it was about before reading it a second time in American Lit. I knew the main idea or theme was pretending and putting on a facade of everything being okay.

What I Want to Know - What I wanted to know was the historical context behind the poem. In British Lit. we discussed mostly the meaning of it, but we didn't spend a lot of time discussing the backstory of why it was written, or the author.

What Did I Learn - Something I learned was that historical context is very important when trying to have a deeper understanding of a text. Before reading the text I thought it was just about the working class, but it's really about the African American experience.

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Native American Origin and Creation Stories

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Native American Origin and Creation Stories

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What I Know- Before reading this section of the book, I knew that Native Americans mostly spread their stories through talking.

What I Want To Know- Something I want to know is how these stories may have changed over time.

What Have I Learned - Something I learned is that the language of these stories has changed over the years, but the language is crucial to understanding the stories.

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What I Know - Before reading this poem, I knew that the author lived a very hard-working life, and wrote a lot about the American experience.

What I Want To Know - What I want to know is how Sandburg's life relates to how he wrote.

What Did I Learn - Something I learned is that this poem shows how much hope Sandburg had for the American people, and their ability to improve America.

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What I Know - Before reading this poem, I only knew that the author had volunteered as a soldier.

What I Want to Know - Something I want to know is how this poem is related to war.

What Did I Learn - I learned that this poem is a reminder of the callous human nature, uselessness of the wars and the nature’s efforts of always covering up the man caused destruction

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Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge by Elizabeth Ashbridge

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Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge by Elizabeth Ashbridge

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What I Know - Before, I never heard of Elizabeth Ashbridge but was happy after reading her accounts of her life.

What I Want to Know - Something I want to know is Ashbridge's thoughts about the inequality between men and women.

What I Learned - Ashbridge put so much emphasis on how completely loss and useless a woman can feel when they have no freedom to choose their own identity.

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The Laboring Classes by Orestes A. Brownson

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The Laboring Classes by Orestes A. Brownson

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What I Know- The premise of this reading kind of reminds me of people trying to compare their struggles today. I feel as if sometimes struggles don't need to be compared and it's not a competition.

What I Want to Know - Something I want to know is Orestes' justification and reason for his thoughts.

What I Learned - Something I learned is that before judging someone's opinions, you should always keep an open mind when going into reading someone's opinions, even if you don't think you may agree with it.

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Declaration of Sentiments (Seneca Falls Convention)

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Declaration of Sentiments (Seneca Falls Convention)

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What I Know - I have been briefly taught and have heard about the Seneca Falls Convention from other classes, and know that its main goal was to start having discussions and coming up with ideas to achieve women's rights.

What I Want to Know - Something I want to know is what the Declaration of Sentiments is because this is the first time I've heard of this since I haven't ever gone into depth when reading information about the Convention.

What I Learned - Something I learned is that the Declaration of Sentiments is set up like the Declaration of Independence, but it explains the rights that women don't have and calls for a change.

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What I Know - The Native American creation story sounds pretty similar to some other creation stories I have read about in my Survey of Classicism class.

What I want to know - Something I want to know is the main themes in the Native American creation story.

What I learned - This creation story is pretty interesting. It's cool that the Native Americans have a Doctor as the creator of all things, and how that he started the creation of the world over because everyone was smoking, including babies.

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What I Know - Before reading the poem, I just thought that the poem would be about a housewife and what they do because of the title's name.

What I Want to Know - I want to know the deeper meaning of this poem after reading it again, because I read it twice to get a better understanding.

What I Learned - I learned that this poem is a metaphor for the speaker or narrator giving himself up to God and being his humble servant.

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An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man by William Apes 

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An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man by William Apes 

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What I Know - Judging by the title, I know that this piece of writing will most likely mention or emphasize on the the way that Native Americans were treated and the prejudice they faced.

What I want to know - I know that there are many accounts where the white men would think that they are helping the Native Americans by converting them to Christianity.

What I Learned - Something I learned is that by trying to convert the Native Americans, the white men are stripping them of their culture. I feel as if they didn't want to convert them because they felt as if they were helping, but because they could control the Native Americans easier this way.

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What I Know - I know that the author Emerson believed that everything is always changing and that "being" goes through an ongoing transformation.

What I Want to know - What I want to know is how this poem reflects the author's views on life.

What I Learned - The poem discusses how time passes and how human expectations change over time.

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What I Know - I knew a little bit about Edgar Allen Poe and the way he wrote, with his tone mostly being melancholy and depressing. I've also read The Raven before but have kind of forgotten the meaning of it.

What I Want to Know - What are the themes and the main takeaway from this poem?

What I Learned - One main theme of The Raven is death and the afterlife, like a lot of Poe's poems. I think the main takeaway is that grief and mourning a loved one that you lost can take a toll on you.

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What I Know - At first I thought that this poem would be celebrating Ethiopia and its people, and acknowledging the accomplishments.

What I Want to Know - I want to know the actual meaning of the poem and the meaning of the metaphors.

What I learned - "Ethiopia" describes the misery and oppressive imprisonment of the nation, but it also implies that God will see Ethiopia's suffering and release it, bringing happiness and an end to its miseries.

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What I Know - I only recognize the title of this poem, because I think I have read

What I Want to Know - I want to know how much a slave mother went through and how tough it was for them.

What I learned - Slave mothers had a complicated relationship with the child they would take care of, because even though they would love and care for them, no matter what, it wasn't their biological child.

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What I know - This is my first time hearing about this poem, but I feel like it will be very romantic and like a love letter to a potential love interest.

What I Want to Know - I want to know if this poem will have a melancholy tone like Poe's other poems, or if it's more of a passionate tone.

What I Learned - Poe uses Greek mythology references to describe his love interest and even bases the woman he loves on Helen of Troy.