History of African Americans via video, discussion and reading

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Teacher Review for PBS LearningMedia: The African Americans -- Many Rivers to Cross

Sara J.
Classroom teacher
Fort Bend ISD
Sugar Land, TX

My Grades 7, 8

My Subjects English Language Arts

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time Less than 5 minutes

Great for Individual
Knowledge gain
Small group

Great with Advanced learners
ELL
General
Low literacy
Special needs

How I Use It

Prior to reading a historical fiction novel that deals with the history of African Americans (in my case Jim Crow Era for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry), students can build background exploring topics. Through use of video and essay, students can answer discussion question - all of which are on webpages!

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This is a well done documentary with quite a bit of ancillary support - including lesson plans - that teachers can use with little work required on their part. I can not speak toward the social students curriculum, but I do know that for reading historical fiction, students were able to gather enough background knowledge that they had a firm understanding of the thematic points, if lacking in details.

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