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Connections

Related SOLs include:

Social Studies--VS.3e, VS.4a, VS.5b, VS.7c, VS.8b, VS.9c (4th)/

USI.1a, USI.1d, USI.1e, USI.5d, USI.8e, USI.9b, USI.9f (5th)

English--4.2a, 4.3b, 4.5b, 4.5i, 4.5k, 4.6b, 4.6h, 4.7a, 4.7c, 4.7e, 4.9a-f (4th)/5.5d, 5.5l, 5.5m, 5.6b, 5.6j, 5.6k, 5.7a, 5.7e, 5.9a-f (5th)

Visual Arts--4.1a, 4.3b, 4.3c, 4.6a, 4.6b, 4.6c, 4.11,4.12a, 4.12d, 4.16e (4th)/

5.1a, 5.3b, 5.3c, 5.6b, 5.7, 5.11, 5.12a, 5.12f, 5.16b, 5.17 (5th)

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Station 1

(Tim)

Primary Sources

Objectives: Students will study primary documents to become familiar with the slave trade, runaway slaves, and The Underground Railroad.
Assessment/Product: Responses to Google Slide and physical copies of primary documents
Materials: Google presentation with primary sources, digital devices, question guide, and paper copies of primary documents
Direct Instruction: Stations reviewed during initial presentation
Modeling and Guided Practice: Primary sources presentation, Paper copies of additional documents
Independent Practice: Question guide
Strategies for Differentiation and Extension: Paper copies of additional primary documents available at station for extension. Read-aloud available from aide or librarian.

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Station 2: Writing

(Cassidy)

Objectives: Students will think reflectively about the importance of family stories and how they can be preserved/shared.
Product: Written response (on paper) + class word cloud contribution
Materials: Written response handout for each student; iPad(s) + projector screen; activated Poll Everywhere word cloud; pens/pencils
Direct Instruction: The librarian will introduce each station prior to rotating. Printed directions will be available at the station.
Guided Practice: Students will share/bounce ideas with station members briefly before beginning their independent response.
Independent Practice: Each student will respond to the question with a written response followed by contributing to the class word cloud
Strategies for Differentiation and Extension: Computer-based option as paper/pencil alternative; read aloud/scribe available

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Station 3

(Anida)

Family History

Objectives: Students will develop awareness of different types of families by sharing their family traditions, traits, heritage, and culture.
Product: paper craft (see photo), digital or paper family story worksheet.
Materials: construction paper, pre-cut leaves/hearts, pencils, markers, scissors, glue, completed sample for reference.
Direct Instruction: The Librarian will introduce each station prior to rotating. Printed directions will be available at the station.
Guided Practice: The Librarian will help students trace their hand and forearm. Students will work in groups of 4-6 and discuss how families are different and all families have their own story. The librarian will guide students in a discussion about similarities and differences.
Independent Practice: Students will create their individual family tree story by writing their facts on the leaves and will then glue them on to form the top of the tree.
Strategies for differentiation and extension: assistance with spelling and writing (dictation to scribe as needed), pre-cut leaves/hearts, assistance with tracing, read-aloud of directions, peer helpers, assistance with cutting and gluing as needed.

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Station 4

(Lia)

Art/Quilting

Objectives: Students will determine connections between Jacqueline Woodson’s Show Way and their own families and homes. Students will identify the components necessary to create personally-sized “Show Way” four-block quilts that provide direction to students’ safe spots/special places/homes; students will use various materials to create the quilts.
Product: Four-block quilts.
Materials: Completed craft sample/laminated photos of previous examples; paper and fabric; glue (two types); scissors; cardstock/foam core board (for mounting work for display).
Direct Instruction: The librarian will present read-aloud of Show Way as background and springboard. Librarian will introduce each station prior to rotating. Printed directions will be available at the station.
Guided Practice: Students will work in trios to read instructions and model techniques.
Independent Practice: Each student will create a personal “Show Way” four-block quilt using the provided supplies.
Strategies for Differentiation and Extension: Pre-cut shapes, visual cues/directions, and additional modeling/assistance can be provided as needed.

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Evaluation

Following the story station lesson in the library, students will be given this self-evaluation to complete in their classroom/remotely on their Chromebooks. The responses will be automatically collected and available to the librarian to review as they are submitted.

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A RUNAWAY SLAVE.: Another Fugitive Slave Case in Boston. - ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The

New York Times with Index - ProQuest. (2020). Retrieved July 13, 2020, from Longwood.edu website: https://search-proquest-com.proxy.longwood.edu/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/95905837/337B9E1BF39A4C36P

Q/2?accountid=12144

Braxmeier, H. (2013, April 5). Patchwork Quilt [Photograph]. Pixabay.

https://pixabay.com/photos/patchwork-quilt-patchwork-100158/

Comenius, J. A., & C.W. Bardeen Publisher. (1887). A Tree [Illustration]. Project

Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28299/28299-h/images/page17.png

Original Sources - Gratitude of Underground Railroad Passengers (1854– 1856). (2020).

Retrieved July 13, 2020, from Eb.com website:

https://os.eb.com/Document.aspx?DocID=T1JRIBFA8FZSDCV&H=1

Runaway slave ad, 1852 | AP US History Study Guide from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American

History. (2013, July 15). Retrieved July 13, 2020, from Gilderlehrman.org website:

https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resources/runaway-slave-ad-1852

Slave auction catalog from Louisiana, 1855 | AP US History Study Guide from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

(2013, December 9). Retrieved July 13, 2020, from Gilderlehrman.org website:

https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resources/slave-auction-catalog-from-louisiana-1855?period=5

Talbott, H. (2020). All of Hudson’s Books! Official Website of Hudson Talbott.

http://www.hudsontalbott.com/1/showway.html

Woodson, J., & Roberts, S. (2020). Jacqueline Woodson. Jacqueline Woodson.

https://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/

REFERENCES

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REFERENCES (Images/Station 1)

Image: 100 reward

Flickr. (2020, July 13). Retrieved July 13, 2020, from Flickr website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcplcommons/3360758788

‌10 dollar reward

File:Runaway slave advertisement 9-15-1774-NY.gif - Wikimedia Commons. (2012, February 8). Retrieved July 13, 2020, from Wikimedia.org website: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runaway_slave_advertisement_9-15-1774-NY.gif

100/300 reward

New York Public Library’s. (2016, March 12). Emily runs away. Retrieved July 13, 2020, from New York Public Library’s website: https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/emily-runs-away-7e64ad

Public Sale Ad

New York Public Library’s. (2016, March 12). Commissioner’s sale in 1863. Retrieved July 13, 2020, from New York Public Library’s website: https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/commissioners-sale-in-1863-ed772b

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REFERENCES (Images/Station 1)

AuctionHouse Pic

Wikipedia Contributors. (2020, July 12). Slavery in the United States. Retrieved July 13, 2020, from Wikipedia website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States

Great sale of slaves

New York Public Library’s. (2016, March 12). Lewis county slaves sold on Cheapside. Retrieved July 13, 2020, from New York Public Library’s website: https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/lewis-county-slaves-sold-on-cheapside-a77b14

Wanted to Buy

File:1853 slave trader advertisement.jpg - Wikimedia Commons. (2014). Retrieved July 13, 2020, from Wikimedia.org website: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1853_slave_trader_advertisement.jpg

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