1619 Project Lesson Plan

Create a Timeline

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will create a timeline based on the events described in the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.3

Structure:

For this activity, students will create a timeline of some of the major events described in The 1619 Project.

To start the activity, organize students into pairs and instruct them to make a list, from memory, of all the events they can think of that are mentioned in The 1619 Project. Students will likely include events like The Middle Passage, the 2008 recession, the Obama administration, the Tulsa riot, and more. If students need a hint, suggest they concentrate on the events...