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Curricular Resources > 2002 Volume I > Unit 7 (02.01.07) > Section 12

Survival Stories

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CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 02.01.07

Unit Guide

Rationale
Public and private history
The scope of the creative mediums
Murals hold history and lead to a student mural project
Ralph Ellison narrates the same history painted by Jacob Lawrence
The history of the Underground Railroad narrated for children
Survival stories of children on the orphan trains
Poetry celebrates the history of survival
Private histories of survival narrated on stage
Through art, students narrate public or private history
Introduction to the Lesson Plans I and II
Notes
Websites
Working Bibliography

His Story, Her Story, Our Story / Narrating History Through Art

Sandra Friday

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Notes

1 Gates, 1753.

2 Gates, 1734.

3 Gates, 2413.

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