The Art of Biography

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 13.03.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Demographics
  4. Background/Content
  5. Objectives
  6. Strategies
  7. Activities/Lesson Plans
  8. Annotated Bibliography
  9. Teacher Resources
  10. Appendix/Standards
  11. Notes

From Narratives to Biography: Who will listen to their stories?

Terry Anne Wildman

Published September 2013

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Appendix/Standards

Websites

The following websites have images of the fugitive slaves found in the background section.

1) For Harriet Jacobs – www.harrietjacobs.org/index.html

2) For Henry "Box" Brown – www.pbs.org/wned/underground-railroad/stories-of-freedom/henry-box-brown/

3) For Francis Fedric - www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/francis-frederic-wrote-about-slavery.

4) For Ellen and William Craft – www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-622&hl=y

Art Authority is an app that is perfect for iPads. Go to www.artauthority.net. For Art Authority for Macs, go to: http://www.opendoor.com/envimac/artauthority/AAMacDownload.html. This site will allow a 10-day trial period. The cost of using the site is $10.00.

Implementing District Standards

E04. B-K.1.1.1

Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in informational texts.

Students will explain events, procedures, ideas, steps, or concepts in a historical text including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

E04. B-C.3.1

Demonstrate understanding of connections within, between, and/or among informational texts. Students will explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

E04.C.1.3

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. Students will use narrative techniques such as dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.

CC.1.5.4.A

Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions on grade level topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. Students will engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions on grade level topics and texts, using informational texts.

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