1619 Project Lesson Plan

Read the following sections:

· Hope, a photo essay by Djeneba Aduayom

· “Shadow of the Past” by Anne C. Bailey (text) and Dannielle Bowman (photograph)

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.8

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Hope, a photo essay by Djeneba Aduayom

In “Hope,” Aduayom and Mhute describe a piece of the lineages of three recent graduates...