7th Grade - Sounder

Activity 1
Activity 2

Sounder
Student Activity 1:

Introduction

The Task: Story Board

The Process: Exploring the Web

Story Board Directions

Performance Standards

 

Student Activity 2:

The Task

The Process

Guidelines for writing speech

Guidelines for delivery of speech

Performance Standards

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Student Activity 1:

Introduction:

• by William Armstrong
  
• won the 1970 Newberry medal in children's literature
  
• story of the faith of a poor African-American boy in the 19th-century South
  
• illustrates prejudices and acts of racism
  

• illustrates the quiet dignity of the African-American at the time
  
  Let us continue the study of Sounder by investigating the civil Rights.

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The Task: Story Board

• visit the Civil Rights Movement Timeline sites
• create an illustrated storyboard on the major historical events which helped African-Americans in their struggle to achieve equality in all areas of life

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The Process: Exploring the Web,
Creating a Product

1. Visit Timeline of the civil Rights Movement and Civil Rights Timelineto read about the Civil Rights Movement.
   

2. Choose a minimum of six events which you feel had the greatest impact or contributed the most to African Americans achieving equal rights.
   **Make brief notes on the events for yourself.

3. Use the Story board graphic, or develop your own copy to create an illustration of each major incident.

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Directions for Story Board

• Use a large piece of paper divided equally into six or more
  boxes
  
• Illustrate your events in the correct order of their occurrence.
  
• Use colored pencils, markers, or crayons
  
• One box must have a picture from the Internet
  
• Give each picture a title or headline
  **include a minimum one paragraph narrative of your
  scene
  
• Be prepared to share your work and to explain your choice of events.

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Performance Standards

The storyboard must:

• Provide a sequential illustration of at least six major events of the Civil right Movement
  
• Accurately represent historical incidents
  
• Be visually appealing

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Student Activity 2

In our second activity, we are going to invistigate the life of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. His life will also illustrate a faith and the quiet dignity of change in a non-violent manner.

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The Task: Write an "I Have a Dream" speech.

• Imagine that you are ine of the protesters listening to Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech.
• You are overcome by his words of wisdom and want to share your vision of "I Have a Dream" in a speech to an audience of peers.

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The Process: Exploring the Web,
Creating a Product

1. Visit The Martin Luther King, Jr. Directory and Papers Project at Stanford University site to find out as much as you can about Martin Luther King, Jr.
   Look for information on his life, his beliefs, and his part in the civil Rights Movement.
   
   
2. Keep a journal or notebook of:
   * his biography
   * his beliefs
   * his role and participation in the Civil Rights Movement
   
   
3. Refer to the I Have a Dream Speech site go through the words of his famous speech.
   *List concerns, hopes, and wishes to make connections between his connections between his concerns and hopes and the events in Sounder.
   *Note events in the novel that are examples of prejudice.
   
   
4. Using your notes as a guide, write your own "I Have a Dream" speech to be delivered to an audience.
   
   
5. Follow these guidelines for writing your two minute speech.
   * write in first person
   * contain references to prejudice and discrimination found
   in the novel
   * have a strong opening statement and a memorable
   closing
   * practice saying your speech outloud until you know it well
   
   
6. Follow these guidelines for delivery of your two minute speech:
   * pronounce your words clearly
   * talk slowly
   * vary the tone of your voice to emphasize key points
   * speak loudly
   * keep your eyes on the audience

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Performance Standards
Your speech will be evaluated based on the criteria listed in the Process

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