Brainstorming for Lesson Plans for High Schools

First hooks/strategies for introducing the topic (African Americans) to a class

• Play a tape to break the ice and give students another point of view which includes music or storytelling – example used a folktale
• Show photos/images and ask students about how they relate to their lives, examples of furniture – Thomas Day compared to present
• Tell story with illustrated pictures or use living portrayal in costume
• Pre-quiz on what they know and search for answers for what they don’t know
• Video clip from Roots or similar program or read a slave narrative and use Socratic method to seek information and realize information
• PowerPoint of Triangular Trade – economic focus on supply & demand then examine slave narratives like Olandah Equiano
• Tie in current fashion trends to Elizabeth Keckly as fashion designer
• Economic drive today and go back to learn how it developed
• Read primary source and pull out information to discuss or develop