Lesson Title: Lesson Seven, Day Seven: Presentation of Research Projects
Time Frame: One Day, 50 minute period
Unit Title: The Black Experience: 1920s-1940s
Grade Level: 10th and 11th
Subject: Language Arts
Submitted By: Alsandyra Essien
Language Arts Goal Two: Students will be able to read and understand
literature representative of various societies, eras, and ideas.
B.M.2.A.4c: Students will describe relationships between
the author’s style, literary form (e.g. short stories, novels, drama, fables,
biographies, documentaries, poetry, essays) and
intended effect on the reader.
B.M.2.A.4d: Students will
describe the influence of the author’s language structure and word choice to convey
the author’s viewpoint.
Language Arts Goal Five: Students will be able to use the language
arts to acquire, assess and communicate information.
Standard A: As a result of their schooling, students will
be able to locate, organize, and use information from various sources to answer
questions, solve problems, and communicate ideas.
Standard B: As a result of their schooling, students will
be able to analyze and evaluate information from various sources.
Standard C: As a result of their schooling, students will
apply acquired information, concepts and ideas to communicate in a variety of
formats.
B M 5. C. 4a: Students will plan
compose, edit and revise information (e.g., brochures, formal reports,
proposals, research summaries, analysis, editorials, articles, overheads, multimedia)
B M 5. C. 4b:
Students will produce oral presentations and written documents using
supportive research and incorporating contemporary technology.
Related Social Science Goal
16: Understand events, trends,
individuals, and movements shaping the history of the
B.M.16 B.4: Identify political ideas that have dominated
Social Studies Goal 18: Understand
Learning
Standard A. Compare characteristics of culture as
reflected in language, literature, the arts, and institutions.
Learning Standard 18 B: Understand the roles and interactions of individuals and groups in society.
B.M.
18.A.4. Analyze the influence of cultural factors
including customs, traditions, language, media, art, and architecture in
developing pluralistic societies.
Methods:
Journal Entry:
Other Suggested Journal
Topics for This Unit
o
If you were
living in the Jim Crow South, would you have moved North
or would you have remained in the South?
Explain.
o
Imagine that you
are a Black parent. Explain to your son
or daughter
why he/she
has to use the “colored” water fountain.
o
Write your
reflections on the topics we have been discussing.
Group presentations of
research findings: PowerPoint, posters,
written and oral reports
Evaluation/Assessment:
Student presentations and completion of all components
of required research shown below.
·
Cite differences in
social, economic, political, cultural, and educational opportunities for Blacks
and Whites.
·
Define what is
meant by the Jim Crow system.
·
Identify the root
causes for its origination.
·
Identify elements
that sustained this system and explore reasons why the system existed for so
long.
·
Trace the
development of the Jim Crow System. Create a timeline illustrating this
development.
·
Complete a
concept map of the Jim Crow system.
Students researching the
Northern Migration will be required to do the following:
·
Define
“sharecropping.”
·
Define
“lynching.”
·
Define “Northern
Migration and answer the following questions:
o
Why did the
Migration begin?
o
How long did this
migration last?
·
Develop a
timeline for the Northern Migration.
·
Explore the relationship
that existed between sharecropping, lynching, and the Northern Migration and
answer the following questions:
o
What is
significant about the places to which the people migrated?
o
Why did racially
segregated neighborhoods develop in the North?
·
Compare and
contrast the economic, political, educational, and social experiences of Black
Americans in the South and in the North. Prepare a Venn Diagram
for this.
·
Develop a concept
map for the Northern Migration.
·
Analyze the long
term effect this Migration has had on the demographics of American society.