Resource

Type

Summary

Levstik and Barton. Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools. Laurence Erlbaum Associates. Mahwah, New Jersey. 1997.

Book

Takaki, R. and Steffof R. A Different Shore For Young People. Seven Stories Press 2012

Book

Zinn, H. and Steffof, R. A Young Peoples History of the United States Seven Stories. New York, 2007

Book

Mandel & Malone. Thinking Like A Historian. Wisconsin Historical Society, 2008

Book

Notes The authors use case stories to illustrate their ideas about teaching Doing History is a good overview history. They gradually lay out a of approaches to creating a kind of learning trajectory for workshop-style curriculum for historical thinking. However, some History.Ttheir work as the basis of the theory gets lost in details of of this unit. the case histories These chapters are information dense and at time require background knowledge to further comprehend.. Students should have a very specific lens through which to read them in order to Takaki's chapters on The Hidden avoid being overwhelmed. An Origins of Slavery and Life in excerpt would help students focus Slavery are great secondary and allow them time to digest the sources for advanced readers. information. These chapters are information dense and at time require background knowledge to further comprehend.. Students should have a very specific lens through Zinn's chapters "Black and which to read them in order to White" and "Slavery and avoid being overwhelmed. An Emancipation" serve as great excerpt would help students focus secondary sources for advanced and allow them time to digest the readers. information. I used the free preview on GoogleBooks while I was planning unit one. They have a lesson design framework that's analogous to UBD. I'd be A great guide to planning history interested to see what their curriculum. Largely aimed at Elements of Historical literacy Middle and High School teachers, are. as far as I can tell. Woodson's book serves as a very clear starting point for discussing the concept of generations and for visualizing the trajectory of historical time. It is also an excellent place to beginning talking about African American history. The metaphor of the Show Way quilt as a timeline is a very concerete example for students to work with.

Woodson, J. Show Way. 2005. Putnam Juvenile.

Picture Book

Levine, E. Henry's Freedom Box. 2007. Scholastic.

Picture Book

Cline-Ransome, L. A Light in the Darkness. 2013. Disney.

Picture Book

Hamilton, V. Many Thousands Gone. 2002, Knopf.

Picture Book

A powerful and concise depiction of the personal experience of slavery. Also depicts urban slavery, a rare occurence in children's literature. Depicts the education of a young girl in a Pit School, clandestine schools set up by educated slaves. Helps students to make a concrete connection between their own shared experience of school and the conditions that define Rosa's daily life. Compendium of short illustrated biographies covering the history of the institution of slavery. Great secondary resource for middle and advanced readers.

Discusses the history of each era only tangentially. To teach these eras in depth, teachers should have a body of other works to support them. This books takes several readings to be fully digested. At least one reading should be dedicated to discussingthe students' emotional and intellectual response to Henry's story. Take time to cultivate discussion of students' questions. Best used in the context of a unit on Slavery, where students have already had a basic introduction to the institution and the human conditions of slavery. Nonetheless, it is a clear entry point into cultivating student empathy for enslaved peoples. Some biographies will require some background knowledge. Any reading should be carefully framed in a well-defined context, with a concrete lens for reaidng.

Unchained Memories. HBO. 2003.

Documentary

McIntosh County Shouters, "Slave Songs from the Coast of Georgia". 1984. Folkways Records. Audio Recording

This documentary features prominent African American actors giving dramatic readings of the WPA Slave Narratives. Whoopi Goldberg narrates interludes, which provide background information related to each narrative. This is a great multimedia resource, using drama and historical photographs to bring these narratives to live. This recording (as well as any of the groups' videos) is a strong cultural resource. The Shout Ring is an African American dance tradition that originated in slavery, and was preserved on the islands of coastal Georgia. In these songs and dances are coded the daily pains and joys of enslaved Afro Americans. The provide a clear look into the syncretic traditions of slaves, and if you are exploring American Dance, provide an origin story for most American dance traditions.

There is strong historical language present which may need to be edited out by a teacher before hand. Narratives often depict harsh and horrifying conditions; be prepared to discuss students emotional and intellectual reactions, and to address any clarifying questions.

Winter, J. Follow the Drinking Gourd. 1992. Dragonfly Books.

Picture Book

Song and dance should be presented together as they are in many ways inseparable. The strong religious themes of some songs should be discussed with the students before hand so as to avoid misconceptions. The crigin of Follow the Drinking Gourd has been disputed. It first shows up on record in the early 20th century and despite the books' claims, none of the characters have been verified as real people. A discussion of coded song might be supplemented by songs like "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel." More typical of coded This picture book explicates the song and early African American coded language of the African Christianity, this song uses biblical American traditional "Follow the language to discuss the institution Drinking Gourd." It is a concrete of slavery. This song, in turn, might example of the way that slaves be supplemented with background often used coded language to reading on Biblical Stories and discuss and resist their condition early African American in song. Christianity. This book collects the testimonies of enslaved people from the advent of American Slavery to Emancipation. It is a great primary resource for Advanced Readers. No strong language. This book, along with the book below, is a strong secondary resource for on-level readers. It's question and answer style also model strong historical inquiry questions. Students might use this as a mentor text when designing a historical inquiry.

Lester, J. To Be A Slave. 2000. Puffin.

Book

Certain sections contain strong imagery which should be censored for some students. Historical language may be a barrier for some readers.

Kamma, A. If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America. 2004. Scholastic. Levine, E. ...If You Traveled On The Underground Railroad. 1993. Scholastic.

Picture Book Picture Book

None. Great resource.

Feelings, T. The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo. Dial 1995.

Picture Book

StorycorpsU. Introduction to StoryCorps: A Lesson Plan. 2013. Story Corps. Online Lesson Plan

This book illustrates the horror of the middle passage with barely any text. Concrete and clear resource for all ages. A good basis for teaching interviewing skills to students. Can be sampled and adjusted based on grade level.

A reading of this book should be supplemented by a guiding introduction and a debriefing discussion. An extensive portion of this lesson is about StoryCorps itself. While a worthwhile topic, this part can be harmlessly skipped.

Taylor T. & Young, C. Making History. 2004. National Centre for History Education. Hyperhistory.org

Book

This book published by the Australian Centre for National History provides a clear and concise theoretical framework for thinking about historical literacy. I used this in my backward design to clarify my pedagogical goals.

This book does not extensively discuss implementation of historical litearcy goals. Could be supplemented with Doing History by Levstik and Barton.

Storycorps. (May 1, 2011) No More Questions. http: //www.youtube.com/watch? v=xSKuOccVVKg&feature=share#aid=P9TQEpupCTQ

Online Video

This short animates an interview between a young girl and her grandmother and clear and concrete example of a good interview looks like: thoughful, open questions and close listening.

Might be supplemented with other StoryCorps videos in order to show characteristics of a good interview in different contexts.