Black Emancipators of the Nineteenth Century
Beryl Bailey and Marcella Flake
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Lesson Plan 1
Objective
Students will be able to participate in guided silent and oral reading. Students will be able to define and discuss the terms historical, continent, civilization, misconception, primitive, dynasty and pharoah.
Materials
Play-
Emancipation
Act 1
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dictionary or unit glossary
Procedures
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1. Students will define, through the use of a dictionary or glossary, the aforementioned terms.
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2. Students will read Act 1 silently.
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3. Students will be assigned various parts in the play.
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4. Students will read
Emancipation
orally.
Results
Students will learn that Egypt is in Africa, and that the Queen of Sheba, Queen Nefertiti, and Cleopatra were black women. Students will be able to view Africa outside of the realm of the stereotypes portrayed in films and books.
