Objectives
The objectives for this unit focus on reinforcing literary elements of symbolism, metaphor and personification. Skills for analysis, interpretation and evaluation of literature, writing skills, and reading and making maps are also given some space for practice and refinement in this unit. I make use of these objectives though in a supportive role because the main objective of this unit is the development of a knowledge base in African American history which enhances identity awareness that can lead students to locate themselves in a broader lens of American history. They will come to realize that they are not artifacts of American history. Further, the knowledge that students gain will be based on diverse understandings of how people see and understand the human condition. Students will learn through vicarious experience from real people in history. Another objective is a call to action through which the students practice and refine their knowledge through hands on activities for experiential learning. The last objective is to help students grow as readers of the written text and the text of the real world through integrated historical literature and language arts, literary analysis which includes the reading and making of maps, and a critical-creative thinking approach.
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