U.S. Social Movements through Biography

Appendix on Implementing District Standards

This curriculum unit will focus on the following Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs):

• 7.1:The student will participate in and contribute to conversations, group discussions, and oral presentations. Students will use these skills as they participate in class discussions and make oral presentations about Johnson and Savage in their fishbowl activity.

• 7.5:The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts, literary nonfiction, poetry, and drama. As this is the primary standard for reading, students will practice these skills as they read not only the autobiography and biography of Johnson and Savage, but also as they examine journal articles and Johnson’s literary contributions.

• 7.6: The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of nonfiction texts. As most of my students struggle with reading and comprehending non-fiction texts, this unit will help the scholars understand iconic biographies through reading, discussion, debate, and writing.

• 7.7:The student will write in a variety of forms to include narrative, expository, persuasive, and reflective, with an emphasis on expository and persuasive writing. Throughout the unit, students will write in various forms to prepare for class discussions, summarize ideas, create the children’s book and a narrative for their museum exhibit. Using inquiry-based practices, students will further develop the critical thinking, analytical, and close-reading skills needed to help them meet benchmarks on district and state assessments.

¹ “Martin Luther King Jr. Middle in Richmond, VA.” GreatSchools.org

² Farebrother and Thaggert, A History of the Harlem Renaissance, 1.

³ Ibid.

⁴ Hutchinson, "Harlem Renaissance," in Encyclopedia Britannica.

⁵ Gates, Smith, and Benston, "The Norton Anthology of African-American Literature,"175.

⁶ Sherrard-Johnson, A Companion to the Harlem Renaissance, 6.

⁷ Farebrother and Thaggert, A History of the Harlem Renaissance, 3.

⁸ Gates, Henry Louis, “The New Negro and the Black Image: From Booker T. Washington to Alain Locke.”

⁹ "Great Migration." Encyclopedia Britannica.

¹⁰Honey, "The Harlem Renaissance and the New Negro," 157-172.

¹¹ Farebrother and Thaggert, A History of the Harlem Renaissance, 3.

¹² “The Times and Life of W.E.B. Du Bois at Penn,” Penn Today.

¹³ Ibid.

¹⁴ Locke, "Forward to The New Negro, An Interpretation.”

¹⁵ “Writing in Protest.”

¹⁶ Ibid.

¹⁷ Clarke, "Marcus Garvey: The Harlem Years," 14-19.

¹⁸ “The Times and Life of W.E.B. Du Bois at Penn,” Penn Today.

¹⁹ Johnson, Along This way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson

²⁰ "James Weldon Johnson: A Chronology." 

²¹ Johnson, Along This way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson

²² Ibid.

²³ Savage, "Augusta Savage: An Autobiography," 269.

²⁴ Etinde-Crompton, Augusta Savage: Sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance.

²⁵Hayes, et al, Augusta Savage, Renaissance Woman.  

²⁶ Kirschke, Amy Helene. Women Artists of the Harlem Renaissance, 159.

²⁷ Bey, "Augusta Savage: Sacrifice, Social Responsibility, and Early African American Art Education," 125-40.

²⁸ Ibid.