Continuing our examination of Jefferson as a Christ-like figure, we discussed the role of the Christmas Pageant in reinforcing this image. The African -American students reenact the Nativity and find the Savior. Grant's role is to convince Jefferson that he too, can become a hero or savior for his community by refusing to conform to White society's expectations in the face of death . In this regard, we worked on how to fully answer the study guide questions regarding Jefferson's "moral obligation " to his family and community. Bobby then prepared full answers to the study guide question on other aspects of the Christmas Pageant. For homework I assigned reading the next chapters for Tuesday and drafting an essay . As such, we spent the remainder of the session preparing an outline for the essay.