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Second Reading: What does it mean?
Now that you have examined the map carefully, what inferences can you make? How do you interpret what you see? In other words, what might you say about the states or routes that goes beyond what is explicitly shown on the map?
Third Reading: How do you know?
Explain the connection between the details you notice and your interpretation of these details. How might you use the details in the map as textual evidence to support the ideas or inferences you have made?
Writing Prompt: Now that you have carefully examined the content of this map and come to conclusions about what it shows explicitly and what inferences you can make about the meaning, write a paragraph that makes a connection between this map and the passage written by Douglass about his point of view of slavery. Be sure to:
• Write a topic sentence that connects the two texts.
• Include textual details and explain how they support your connection. • Write a conclusion that follows from your explanations.
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