Snapshot from today - starting to read The Underground Railroad

Year 9 - for the lesson on Friday - "The USA - I have a dream"

Students - start at the white star with the blue background. The short story "Flowers", by Alice Walker, we'll have a look at next week (behind the white star with the red background).

The USA - I have a dream - year 9

Last week we started watching "The Butler" featuring Forest Whitaker and we'll finish watching it tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll also talk about slavery and the Civil Rights Movement. Some of the material is to be found here:

The USA - I have a dream (plan with knowledge requirements)

Civil Rights Timeline

The Flowers by Alice Walker (short story)

Best of luck!

Peek of the week 16 - Civil Rights - the USA

This week we take a peek at the Civil Rights Movement in the USA. Right now I'm in the process of planning some lessons around this theme for my ninth grade. After their national tests we'll learn more about this topic. Following are some really good links to material that'll be of good use during the lessons, and we'll start off with an infographic about the Civil Rights timeline. The lessons will finish with Alice Walkers' mesmerizing short story "Flowers".

Civil Rights Timeline

Primary Documents

A brief history of Jim Crow

Was Jim Crow a real person?

Examples of Jim Crow laws

Flight to Freedom: Mission US - interactive way to learn history

Headline from newspaper 1954

U2 - Pride (song about Martin Luther King Jr)

Theory of Non-Violence

Short story - "Flowers" by Alice Walker