PROJECT 1: A UNIT ON SLAVERY
By Dorothy V. Matheson
MATERIALS
The following materials will be needed for Activity One:
- Chart paper and tape
- Easel markers (for chart paper)
- Vocabulary worksheet (provided)
- Pencils for students
- Book: Daily Life on a Southern Plantation 1853 by Paul Erikson
The following materials will be needed for Activity Two:
- Book: Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
- Poster-sized pieces of white construction paper (enough for groups of five to use)
- Assorted markers or crayons
The following materials will be needed for Activity Three:
- Book: A Girl Called Boy by Belinda Hurmence
- Copy of The Allen Parker Slave Narrative retrieved from the World Wide Web: http://core.ecu.edu/hist/cecelskid/
- Student Journal (either handmade with notebook paper or a bought spiral notebook)
- Critical Thinking-with summary of chapters-handout (provided)
- Pencils for students
- Clipboards (for students to bear down on when writing in journals)
The following materials will be needed for Activity Four:
- KWL chart (made in Activity One)
- Easel markers (for KWL chart)
- Student Journal (completed from Activity Three)
- Book: Follow the Drinking Gourd (from Activity Two)
- Computer laboratory (with enough computers for teams of students) with access to the World Wide Web.
GO TO PROJECT
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
For additional information or comments about these Learning Activities, contact:
Dr. Joy N. Stapleton, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Elementary and Middle Grades Education, School of Education, East Carolina University.
