Scope and Sequence: Booker T. Washington Group
Date: 9-18-08 Lead Teacher: Callie Oneal
Title: Slave Ships
The point of this lesson is to instill an understanding of how slave ships were and the impacts they left on the slaves transported by them. The teacher will guide the students through a short passage from an eye witness who rescued slaves from the slave ship. The teacher will also teach the students about how slaves were treated as property. The students will do a vocabulary word search and experience first hand the size of space the slaves had on the slave ship using a string.
Date: 10-9-08 Lead Teacher: Carrie Fuhs
Title: The Underground Railroad
The point of this lesson is to summarize reasons why some enslaved people ran away and others chose to stay. By the end of the lesson they will know exactly what the Underground Railroad was and some of the routes used. The influence of secret codes in songs such as Follow the Drinking Gourd will be emphasized. The students will hear some real life stories of enslaved people and abolitionists of the time and how the Underground Railroad worked.
Date: 10-2-08 Lead Teacher: Carrie Fuhs
Title: The Underground Railroad Continued
The point of this lesson is to review what the Underground Railroad was and understand how it was used. They will learn about Harriet Tubman and how she played an important role in the Underground Railroad. As a group, we will read the book Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford. The students will then look at Harriet Tubman’s “biobox” and discuss how the items connect to Harriet’s life.
Date: 11-06-08 Lead Teacher: Callie Oneal
Title: The African-American Struggle for Freedom: From the Slave House to the White House
The point of this lesson is to zoom out and see the big picture of how African Americans struggled for freedom. Then, in this lesson Booker T. Washington and his struggle will be related to that of Harriet Tubman, Thurgood Marshal, Linda Brown, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. The lesson will be about their heroic contributions. Then, the lesson will expand into modern day African American heroes. Finally, the lesson will conclude with the 2008 election and the historical first African American president.
Date: 11-13-08 Lead Teacher: Callie Oneal
Title: Slavery Today
The point of this lesson is to inform students that, although there was a great struggle for African American freedom, slavery still exists today. The students will hear stories of modern day slaves and their struggles for freedom. The students will understand how modern day slaves are taken into slavery. The lesson will also compare freedoms and unfreedoms and how simply living in poverty and having poor health are unfreedoms.
Date 11-20-08 Lead Teacher: Carrie Fuhs
Title: How do you sew a story?
The point of this lesson is for the students to
learn about
African-American story quilting and see many examples of it. As a group, we will read a book called