WEEK 3:
Main Goals: Understanding Primary Sources, Writing Narratives, Producing Oral History, and Interviewing
Monday
Topic: Reconstruction & Slavery
Students Will: Be receiving a lecture from the
teacher about reconstruction and
slavery. They will be shown a
PowerPoint with notes and various
images of Jim Crow and other
Reconstruction materials. Students
will then be asked questions about
certain portions of the lecture.
Students will also be introduced
with a writing assignment which will
include reconstruction and Civil
Rights Material learned in the final topic may be writing as one
lesson.
Teacher Will: Lecture about Reconstruction and
Slavery by using a PowerPoint.
Teacher will also lead a class
discussion about this time period
from the perspective of African
Americans.
Assessment: Student will be evaluated informally Students will be writing their
by the teacher through questioning
and the class discussion.
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Civil Rights & the Legacy of Film Watching and Lab: Interview Activity - Lab: Interview Activity -
Slavery Discussion Writing Writing
Connect with material from Students will be Students will be using Students will be
the previous lesson by watching a portion of their interview continuing to write
reading excerpts from online the documentary recordings and their biographies. They
Civil Rights documents Unchained Memories, transcripts (From will have the entire
(narratives and laws, etc.) taking notes, and English class) to begin period to work on this
along with material from discussing slave writing biographies assignment. If the
their textbook. They will narratives. Focus will about their interviews. writing is not finished,
write a short narrative about be on the recording of The students will be the paper will be
being involved with a narratives by an writing biographies homework.
certain topic within Civil interviewer. from the perspective
Rights. For example, one of the interviewee (the
final result will appear
of the Little Rock 7 student in the form of an
from their perspective. autobiography).
Provide the documents for Show the film, help led Be reviewing the Once again discuss
the students. The teacher a discussion of the film, parameters of the the portions of the
will also explain the writing discuss how to properly writing portion of the writing assignment and
assignment to the students interview and record Interview lab. Teacher will allow student to
once again, and make sure narratives, and will be taking students continue writing, while
the students begin writing. introduce interview to a computer lab (or assisting students with
activity for the allowing them to use in questions and any
following day. class computers if other problems.
available) in order for
them to begin writing.
Students will be Teacher will be Students will be
own short Civil Rights evaluated by the observing students producing a
narrative as part of their teacher during while they are biography based on
portfolio. The students will discussion. The true working. This activity their interview. They
not finish this in class, and will assessment will come will be assessed will also transcribe their
be expected to finish this as from the evaluation of through the final draft interview and hand
homework. interview lab. of the biography. this in.