Most Southern Place Lesson Plans.
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Last updated on 7-19-10.
June Workshop:
Delta Civil Rights Web Quest by Derek Frieling
Dialogue and Rules for Quotations: The Emmett Till Case by Angela Hartwig, with a PowerPoint show
Student Research Paper Topics by Tracey Kassin
A Sociological Analysis of the Emmett Till Case, Modern U.S. History or Sociology by Tracey Kassin
Writing a Narrative of the Emmett Till Case Lesson Plan by Tracey Kassin
When Will We Be Paid? : Debating the Merits of Restorative Justice in the Mississippi Delta by Kim Bliss with six appendices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
King Cotton and Early Media Images: Whose Story is Being Told? by Kathleen M. Meyer with a PowerPoint show
The Emmett Till Case in English and History by Vanessa Johnson
Identity and the great Migration, the Blues and Civil Rights by Christiana Succar
From Yoknapatawpha to Coshocton and Back:
Articulating a Sense of Place by Tracy AllenIntroduction to Southern Preaching As Seen In Flannery O'Connor's
Wise Blood by William SoutherlandReading in a Flood/LIBRARY ACTIVITY by Edith A. Campbell
Mapping Migration: The Mississippi Delta & Me by: Heather Kiser and Caren Izzo
The Delta, the Blues, and the great Migration by Fabrizio Campagnola with an appendix
How did Blues music reflect society/events in our country's history? by Katie McKean
The Murder of Emmett Till and how it affected the Civil Rights Movement by Antwayn Patrick
Reactions To Historic Natural Disasters Through Music
by Mark Dillon and Kyle KippBlues Music and Langston Hughes’ Use of the Blues Form in His Poetry by Gini Peterson
Extralegal (In)justice: Lynching in the North and South by Joann Ross
Emmett Till by Craig Frank
Zsuzsa NemethThe Great Migration: From the Delta to Chicago by Lauren Schuch
Freedom of Speech by Sandy O'Neil
Historic Buildings and Spaces in the Mississippi Delta: Analyzing Photographs By Charles M. Yarborough
Racism by Cynthia Clark
The Emmett Till Case, Primary Source Research by Mark Rochester
Blues Interactive History Timeline by Bonnie Belshe and Walter Fox
Delta Blues and Jazz Blues: A Comparison by Kenny Polson
Rappin' the Blues: The Roots of Hip Hop in Rhythm & Rhyme by James Samsel
Resources of interest to everyone by all participants
A Sense of Place by Gary Horton with Global Citizen Tic Tac Toe
Freedmen- Are they really equal? by Ilana Ascher
Female Heroes of the American Civil Rights Movement: Fannie Lou Hamer by Brett Barnes
Murder of Emmett Till by William Ebert
Segregation/ Great Migration by Dwainalyn Cleveland
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Rob Matlock, with questions, photo analysis worksheet, and lesson plans.
Raisin in the Sun by Jeanne Lebow
The Delta and the Great Migration by Carol Ambroziak, with web resources and lesson plan
Without Sanctuary by Stacey Gibson
July Workshop
Civil Rights Movement by Nancy Mazgajewski and Roberta Gilston with powerpoint and web resources
Murder of Emmett Till by Andrew Witte
Sharecropping by Gale Carter with homework sheet 1 and 2
The Freedom Riders in Mississippi by Megan Lehman
When the Levee Breaks by Jeff Moss
How should Fannie Lou Hamer be remembered? by Maura Donnelly
AP English and American Government Joint Unit on Civil Rights and the Poetry of Langston Hughes by Cynthia Webb
Migration by Herb West
Reviewing the Case: Deliberating on the Emmett Till Case By Erin Bronstein
The Great Migration by Eric Katz
Cries for Help: Popular Visions of Lynching and Their Impact by Charles Montague
Highway 61 and the Blues by Carole LaBonte'
Connecting the Path: Blues Musicians of the Delta by Hope Grover
Geography of the Mississippi Delta by Chris Vicknair
Comparing Human Actions on the Mississippi and Nile Rivers by Amanda Armstrong with PowerPoint
Flowing Water by Bridget Kracik
Facebook Justice Network by Kathy Bounds
Race and Poverty in America by Joe Martin
Gospel/Blues Music in Literature: The Mix of Religion and Life by Audra Rys
Multi-Genre Research Project by Michelle Best
Lessons for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Jolie AugustineComparative Analysis Between Indigenous and Delta Oral Traditions Through 49 Songs and the Blues by Eric Tippeconnic
LaLee's Kin and Civic Engagement by Jayne Fought-Schlemmer
Immigration Oral Histories (Using Chinese Immigrants to Greenville, MS as an example) by Megan McCabe
Origins of the Blues by Kathy Pauls
CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM EXHIBITS By Diane Nowacki
Documenting Immigration through oral histories by Steven Seltz
Blues Poems by Maria Noffsinger with a reading list
Emmett Till by Xosé Manuel Alvariño
The "Math" of the Blues by Josh Gilgoff
Fannie Lou Hamer by Jeff Rosen and Suzanne Schernwetter, page 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
The Great Migration by Jeff Rosen and Suzanne Schernwetter, page 1,2, 3, 4, 5
The Death of Emmett Till by Michelle Edwards, with questions, song lyrics, information on lynching and questions
A Difficult Lesson: Perpetrators, Bystanders & Victims Stereotypes by Kurt Peterson
Examining the fairness of trial by jury through the Emmett Till Case by Samuel McGraw
