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

 

Illinois State Goals and Cross Curricular Components:

 

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 U.S.

 

B.M.16 B.4:  Identify political ideas that have dominated United States historical eras.

 

Social Studies Goal 18:  Understand United States Social Systems.

 

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.

 

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