Beyond Barbados Part 5: A Cultural Hearth Lesson Plan

Activity #1

The Last Word Activity
The teacher will introduce the lesson and go over the essential question and focus questions for the lesson. The teacher will show students the video segment Beyond Barbados: Part 5 A Cultural Hearth. The teacher will instruct students to complete the Last Word strategy activity, in pairs or groups, after they watch the video. The directions are provided below. The teacher should provide students 5-10 minutes after the video to complete the task. Afterwards, the teacher can invite some students to share their thoughts to facilitate discussion on the topic. The entire activity should take 15-20 minutes.
 
Last Word (with partner/group)
What: A brainstorming activity where the topic selected or an important term associated with the topic that is being studied is used as an acronym.  Students elaborate on the topic using ideas to fit with the acronym.
How: Students select what they feel is an important term or concept from the lesson and write this term down the page vertically.
Students brainstorm all of the things that they can recall about the topic and then use, share and elaborate those ideas with their small group to fit the structure of using the letters of the topic to form the first word in each line.
Students write the word or phrase about the topic being studied using each letter of the term selected about the topic.  
Students should self-evaluate for completion by asking themselves “Have I captured all of the most important ideas about the topic?” “Are there any lines that need to be revised because they are not complete, or they are not relevant to the topic?”

Activity #2

Video Analysis
The teacher will show students the Birth of a Nation video clip. The teacher will facilitate a discussion about what students saw in the movie trailer and the details presented about slavery and resistance. This activity should take 5-10 minutes.

Activity #3

Quote Analysis
The teacher will show students the quote by Harriet Tubman. The teacher will ask the students in whole class discussion to analyze the quote and share what they think it means and how it this quote could have impact revolutions in the British colonies. This activity should take 5 minutes.

Activity #4

Article Analysis and Claim Statement
The teacher will setup three station areas with primary source documents and articles on the following topics: Denmark Vesey Plot, Bussa Rebellion, Stono Rebellion, and David Walker’s Appeal. The teacher will group students for rotations to each of the four stations (four total group rotations). The teacher will instruct groups to analyze the documents at each station and create a claim statement about the rebellion or event (One claim statement for each station for a total of four claim statements per group). The teacher will instruct groups to write on the claim statement card. The teacher will need to explain to groups that a claim statement is the perspective they develop about the event based on the information they learn when they analyze the documents. The teacher will inform groups that they should be able to support their perspective with informational facts they gather in their analysis. [Note* The teacher will need to define what a claim statement is for groups and provide examples for clarity if needed. A reference page on claim statements has been included for the teacher as a guide with the lesson plan. The teacher is encouraged to use additional sources to define claim statements for groups before beginning the assignment for clarity purposes.] This activity should take 35-40 minutes.

Activity #5

Movie Proposal and Movie Trailer on Revolutions
The teacher will instruct groups to use their claim statement perspectives and supportive information from the stations to create a two-page movie proposal about the revolutionary movements that developed in the colonies of Barbados and South Carolina covered at the stations. The movie proposal would need to include setting, plot, event causes, event effects, character roles, and outcomes. To accompany the movie proposal, the teacher will instruct groups to create a movie trailer for their proposed movie. The teacher will inform groups that they will present their movie trailer and movie proposal to the class. At the end of the lesson, the teacher will need to review the essential question and the focus questions of the lesson. The teacher will help students synthesize information from the lesson by summarizing the main points and focus of the lesson and the insights shared by students during the lesson. This activity should take 40-45 minutes (time doesn’t include student presentations). The teacher can provide additional time if needed.

Activity #6

Assessment/Evaluation
The teacher will have students complete a Student Assessment Guide (SAG) to evaluate their engagement and performance during the lesson and their group’s engagement and performance. The SAG will be turned in at the end of class. The assessment should take 5 minutes or less.

This lesson is approximately 90-120 minutes. This lesson has been prepared to support and enrich the learning experience of students after they have watched Beyond Barbados: Part 5 A Cultural Hearth. A variety of activities have been provided to support student engagement in the learning environment. Some materials needed for this lesson plan are included with the lesson plan document or linked to the lesson plan. The academic vocabulary has been provided. The teacher will need to provide an opportunity for students to learn the vocabulary before beginning the activities included with this lesson plan.

Assessment/Evaluation
The teacher will have students complete a Student Assessment Guide (SAG) to evaluate their engagement and performance during the lesson and their group’s engagement and performance. The SAG will be turned in at the end of class. The assessment should take 5 minutes or less.