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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students examine the many ways quilts were used to chronicle the history and experiences of African slaves and African-Americans in America. They analyze a story quilt using the elements of storytelling, then create a class quilt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore African-American students literature as an integral building block in empowering all students to a better awareness when reading and writing. They use as a productive Social Studies tool for overall understanding of the culture. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students tell an autobiographical story about their name using three different media: oral, written and video. They perform a story for video, and analyze his/her performance upon watching the video. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the characteristics of an autobiography. For each author, they research their life and works and discuss why it reflects different time periods of African-Americans. In groups, they brainstorm characteristics of a character and setting they are going to use in writing thier fictional autobiography. To end the lesson, they share their writings with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 5th
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Students are introduced to the characteristics of folktales and their purpose. As a class, they listen to a folktale, answer questions about the characters and share which part they enjoyed the best. In groups, they compare and contrast the various folktales they have had read to them and work together to make puppets of the characters. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the specific form and function of tall tales and toasts. They discover the importance of performance in the telling of a story and the importance of rhythm in the telling of toasts. They create stories of their own, in the form of one of the styles of storytelling that they had heard in class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students read stories by women authors on the characteristics of the African-American family. Using the internet, they research the history of issues that have affected African-American families from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement. They read and write about various authors and issues surrounding the African-American families to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students explore western culture and the influence of African-American artists. Using internet technology, students research important artists. They view art images, create a time line, and record terms in journals. Students paint figurative paintings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students participate in activities involving African-American stories. They listen to stories written by African Americans and using them as models, write their own. Students also make a storyboard quilt and write culturally significant poems. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read and interpret a variety of resources relating to storytelling, the African-American experience, the Gullah people, and the Gullah language. They write a variety of original pieces relating to storytelling and the African-American experience. Full Review »
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