Baldwin Questions

Choose and Answer one of the following Questions (Each team member answers a different one):

• In “A Talk to Teachers” what myths does Baldwin describe as central to Americas’s perception of itself? 

• In “A Talk to Teachers,” what is the significance of the relationship James Baldwin establishes with his audience in the opening two paragraphs? 

• What is the “crucial paradox” mentioned in the second paragraph of James Baldwin’s “A Talk to Teachers”? 

• In this essay, how would you describe Baldwin’s perspective on history? 

• Identify four appeals to pathos in paragraphs 3-5 of James Baldwin’s speech “A Talk To Teachers”. .