Activities
Activity 1 Graphic Novel
By using John Lewis’s March Book One as a model The students will work together to develop their own graphic novel pages to depict the story of Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. The class will be split into six groups. The first group will work on showing the “separate but equal” schools. The second group will work on the student strike. The third group will work on meeting with NAACP lawyers and deciding how to proceed. The fourth group will work on the impact the lawsuit had on Barbara Johns’s family. The fifth group will work on the legal battle in Richmond and as a part of Brown v. Board. The sixth group will work on the schools closing from 1959-1964.
Activity 2 Writing, Scavenger Hunt, and Read Aloud
Basically, the strategy is to break my students up into two groups. The groups will then choose a blue or red tile to determine which QR codes they must use. I will provide questions the students need to answer and a “location” such as a bathroom. The students will travel as a group (with an adult to supervise) to a bathroom of their choice. On the outside the students will find a red QR code and a blue QR code. The students will use an iPad to scan the code. If the code allows them access, it will take the students to a link that provides the answer to the clue. If the students scan the QR code and they are denied access, then they will get a message, “No Entry – Find another QR code.” In this case, they will have to go to another bathroom and try again. The bathroom that works for them may be inferior, farther away, or just not readily available. One team will be denied access repeatedly, so they can hopefully capture some of the emotion and frustration that was felt by blacks in the South. I plan to use the bathrooms, areas of the playground (parks,) water fountains, and classrooms that will be designated as “restaurants,” and “stores”. Both teams will find the answers to the scavenger hunt questions. Upon completion the students will return to class. The first team to finish will have a task to complete back in the room. They will have some questions to answer such as: Did you have access to all of the places? How would you feel if you were in the other group? How they got ahead of the other group? The team that finishes last will return and will be asked to write a paragraph about how they felt during the scavenger hunt. Then I will read aloud Ruth and the Green Book and the class will discuss it.
Activity 3 Video Clips
The third activity will use video clips as outlined in the strategy section for the third close read. Additional video clips and websites are listed for use with other close reads.
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