Cynthia A. Wooding
Objectives
Exploring African American Achievers. Students will:
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1. Appreciate and know the struggles and ways in which these achievers became successful.
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2. Sequence the events of how these achievers became successful
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3. Identify the achievements of each achiever.
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4. Identify the achievers determination (behaviors) and how they got to their goal successfully.
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First Week, Part 1: Exploring the Gifts of African American Achievers
First African American Profile: Clementine Hunter: Creative
Materials
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Graphic Organizer for each Achiever: Clementine Hunter
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Students Pencil
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Books for Display
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• Talking With Tebe: Clementine Hunter, Memory Artist by Clementine Hunter, Mary E. Lyons
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• Clementine Hunter: American Folk Artist by James Wilson
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Class Reading Material: Brief Biography of Clementine Hunter
Reading Material for First Week, Part 1: Talking With Tebe: Clementine Hunter, Memory Artist. By Clementine Hunter, Mary E. Lyons
Clementine Hunter has been called a primitive artist, a folk artist, a naive painter, and a memory painter. Her bold, exuberant style defies all conventions of traditional art forms. As one critic stated, primitive art reveals a "flash of the spirit." And that spirit for Clementine was the art of living cultivated by blacks in the old South. They learned to make the most of, and celebrate, life in their own way. This books describes Clementine Hunters Life through struggles and success as a painter.
Procedure
Show paintings by Clementine Hunter. Discuss with students the creativity of Clementine Hunter. Introduce to the students the importance of her artwork. Explain why it is meaningful to her culture and others outside her culture. Allow students to read a brief biography of Clementine Hunter. Introduce the 2 books that are on display. Introduce the book, Talking with Tebe by Mary Lyons. This book consists of 160 pages. This book takes a week to be read and taught the lesson. This book is a narrative story about Clementine Hunter's Life. Tebe in the story is Clementine. After story has been read, have students fill out graphic organizer. The graphic organizer reflects three major objectives. The three major objectives are sequencing of lifetime events, tasks that the achiever did during these lifetime events, and behaviors that were displayed during the time the tasks was accomplished. Look at the model for the graphic organizer for better understanding. While working with the students, go over the graphic organizer and fill it in while having a discussion about the reading. Instructor needs to make sure that all students must fill out entire graphic organizer to complete the objectives for the lesson.
Closure
Students will verbally explain the importance of Clementine Hunter and what objectives she demonstrated to get to her goals.
Second Week, Part 2: Exploring African American Achievers
Second African American Profile: Benjamin Banneker: Analytical
Materials
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Graphic Organizer for each Achiever: Benjamin Banneker
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Students Pencil
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Books for Display
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• Benjamin Banneker : Astronomer and Mathematician (African-American Biographies) by Laura Baskes Litwin, Benjamin Banneker
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• Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
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• Bedini, Silvio A.: Life of Benjamin Banneker: The Definitive Biography of Benjamin Banneker
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Class Reading Material: Brief Biography of Benjamin Banneker
Reading Materials for Week 2, Part 2: Benjamin Banneker : Astronomer and Mathematician (African-American Biographies). By Laura Baskes Litwin, Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker was a great mathematician and astronomer. One of his first contributions was that he made an almanac that held essential information for farmers and travelers. His first one was published in 1802.Another contribution was the watch he made entirely out of wood. He had borrowed a watch and used it as a model to make a wooden one. Finally, he was one of the first African Americans to speak out for racism and slavery. He is known around the world for his achievements.
Procedure
Show the farmers almanac and tell the importance of the almanac. Discuss with students the creativity of Benjamin Banneker. Introduce to the students the importance of his scientific discoveries and his writings. Explain why it was meaningful to his culture and others outside his culture. Allow students to read a brief biography of Benjamin Banneker. Introduce the 3 books that are on display. Introduce the book,
Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer and Mathematician
(African-American Biographies) by Laura Baskes Litwin, and Benjamin Banneker. This book consists of 112 pages. This book takes a week to be read and taught the lesson. This book talks about how Banneker farmed tobacco for the first 40 years of his adult life, then suddenly developed a burning interest in astronomy that led to several popular annual almanacs, a pointed letter to then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson challenging his racist views, and to becoming a cause celebrity for the early abolitionist movement. After story has been read, have students fill out graphic organizer. The graphic organizer reflects three major objectives. The three major objectives are sequencing of lifetime events, tasks that the achiever did during these lifetime events, and behaviors that were displayed during the time the tasks was accomplished. Look at the model for the graphic organizer for better understanding. While working with the students, go over the graphic organizer and fill it in while having a discussion about the reading. Instructor needs to make sure that all students must fill out entire graphic organizer to complete the objectives for the lesson.
Closure
Students will verbally explain the importance of Benjamin Banneker and what objectives he demonstrated to get to his goals.
Third Week, Part 3: Exploring African American Achievers
Third African American Profile: Jackie Robinson: Practical
Materials
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Graphic Organizer for Each Achiever: Jackie Robinson
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Students Pencils
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Books for Display
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• Jackie Robinson: Young Sports Trailblazer (Childhood of Famous Americans Series). By Herb Dunn, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator), Dan Gutman
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• Jackie's Nine : Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By. By Sharon Robinson
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• The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball. By Margaret Davidson
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Class Reading Material: Brief Biography of Jackie Robinson
Reading Materials for Week 3, Part 3: Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live by Sharon Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first black in the big leagues in 1947, he starred for the Brooklyn Dodgers for a decade, showing class and poise even as he was vilified by racists in the stands and on the field. His behavior was subversive: He forced America to watch integration work. He broke the color line in what was then the national pastime.
Procedure
Discuss with the students about baseball and Jackie Robinson. Allow students to read a brief biography of Jackie Robinson. Introduce the 3 books that are on display. Explain to the class that Jackie Robinson did not always succeed in everything. This book is devoted to each of these nine principles (courage, determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice, commitment and excellence), the author includes an entry by or about her father, a recollection of what she considers a memorable event in her own past. Discuss with students the practical processes of Jackie Robinson. Introduce to the students the importance of his dream, morals and ethics to get to his goals. Explain why it was meaningful to his culture and others outside his culture. While working with the students, go over the graphic organizer and fill it in while having a discussion about the reading. The graphic organizer reflects three major objectives. The three major objectives are sequencing of lifetime events, tasks that the achiever did during these lifetime events, and behaviors that were displayed during the time the tasks was accomplished. Look at the model for the graphic organizer for better understanding. Instructor needs to make sure that all students must fill out entire graphic organizer to complete the objectives for the lesson.
Closure
Students will verbally explain the importance of Jackie Robinson and what objectives he demonstrated to get to his goals.
Model for Graphic Organizer:
(figures availabale in print form)
