Teacher Walkthrough Many American literature textbooks contain slave famous slave narratives from Frederick Douglass, Harriett Beecher Stowe, or Olaudah Equiano. While these narratives are certainly engaging, there is a breadth of experiences about which many students never hear. Objective: To enhance student knowledge of slavery through research and presentation of slave narratives from the Federal Writers Project. Tasks: Use direct instruction to show students how to maneuver the Federal Writers’ Project narrative site at: Pair students into groups that would best suit their learning styles. Students will work to evaluate one visual and three narrative sources. There are over 2300 narratives on the website, but it may work best to assign students narratives from a certain range of the alphabet to avoid redundancy. Many of the photographs are paired with the narratives, but others may be available. It is up to teachers to decide if they want to use only photographs of subjects they read the narrative of or if they want them to use images of objects, etc. Students analyze the sources for information, summary, quotes and prepare presentations on the narratives. Sample rubric: Separate grades for in class participation and source analysis are typically given in addition to the presentation grade. Meets Standard Approaching Standard Below Standard Content -synthesizes ideas and -synthesizes ideas from at - two or more ideas from experiences from all four least three of the texts the text missing texts. - majority of the - insufficient information - selects information information present is present related to the task appropriate to the task. appropriate to the task - insufficient information - Addresses areas where - limited information on on narrative variances. narrative perspectives variances of perspectives - no quotations present vary. - limited quotations to -quotes present to back up back up knowledge from knowledge gained from texts texts Audience Engagement Engages the audience Contains limited audience No attempt is made to through the use of visuals, engagement with no use engage the audience in the eye contact, and questions of visuals or no eye presentation. that connect to the contact. narratives Organization Organizes materials from Some evidence of Limited evidence of all four sources in an organization is present. organization. accessible, understandable Audience is mostly able to way. understand the materials Audience is able to easily presented. follow the materials presented.
Teacher Walkthrough Many American literature textbooks contain slave famous slave narratives from Frederick Douglass, Harriett Beecher Stowe, or Olaudah Equiano. While these narratives are certainly engaging, there is a breadth of experiences about which many students never hear. Objective: To enhance student knowledge of slavery through research and presentation of slave narratives from the Federal Writers Project. Tasks: Use direct instruction to show students how to maneuver the Federal Writers’ Project narrative site at: Pair students into groups that would best suit their learning styles. Students will work to evaluate one visual and three narrative sources. There are over 2300 narratives on the website, but it may work best to assign students narratives from a certain range of the alphabet to avoid redundancy. Many of the photographs are paired with the narratives, but others may be available. It is up to teachers to decide if they want to use only photographs of subjects they read the narrative of or if they want them to use images of objects, etc. Students analyze the sources for information, summary, quotes and prepare presentations on the narratives. Sample rubric: Separate grades for in class participation and source analysis are typically given in addition to the presentation grade. Meets Standard Approaching Standard Below Standard Content -synthesizes ideas and experiences from all four texts. - selects information appropriate to the task. - Addresses areas where narrative perspectives vary. -quotes present to back up knowledge gained from texts -synthesizes ideas from at least three of the texts - majority of the information present is appropriate to the task - limited information on variances of perspectives - limited quotations to back up knowledge from texts - two or more ideas from the text missing - insufficient information present related to the task - insufficient information on narrative variances. - no quotations present Audience Engagement Engages the audience through the use of visuals, eye contact, and questions that connect to the narratives Contains limited audience engagement with no use of visuals or no eye contact. No attempt is made to engage the audience in the presentation. Organization Organizes materials from all four sources in an accessible, understandable way. Audience is able to easily follow the materials presented. Some evidence of organization is present. Audience is mostly able to understand the materials presented. Limited evidence of organization.