Title: Booker T. Washington :Education and Leader
Author : Jack L. RobertsPublisher: Millbrook Press
Series: Gateway Civil Rights
32 pages
When I saw this book in the library I was overwhelmed with historical learning activities. So I decided it would be a cool idea to do a lesson plan using Roberts book for 4th grade.
I like that the author used photos to me it is appropriate for the text context. The books was organized by using subtitles.
This book a little older, but I like this book because can see realistic imagines of Booker T. Washington also they are able to see how people appearance in the 18th and 19 centuries. I think this a good book to get student engaged and also use to teach a little history while using weekly vocabulary words.
Common Core Standard:
CCSSRI.4.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRI.4.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
Objectives
- Students will be able identify important historical events throughout Booker T. Washington life.
- (Childhood, The Hampton Institute, Early Career, the beginning of the Tuskegee Institute, The Atlanta Speech, A Leader for All, The End of a Career).
- Student will organize historical events from the read and write comparison how the world we live in is different.
- Student will analyze the photographs and explain the different between photographs and illustration.
- (Why did the author us photographs instead of illustration? Could the author deliver his message using illustration why or why not?)
- Students will be able to describe the contributions made my Booker T.
Washington and the context in which they occurred. - Students will identify why it is important to read and value the
opportunity to have an education.
Journal Entry. students pick three qualities that Booker T.
Washington possessed. Have them write a journal entry, describing the
qualities in his life and how they helped him become a leader. Have the
students pick three qualities that they would like to incorporate into their
life and discuss why and how they will do it
Assessment:
Student will independently complete a reading comprehension worksheets practice using in-text citation.
Vocabulary
Contribution-
Plantation-
Confederate
Emancipation Proclamation
Agricultural
Assessment:
Reading comprehension worksheets
Name___________ Date_______________
Circle The correct choice(s).
1. Booker T. Washington
a. was born a slave.
b. was a runaway slave.
c. was always a slave.
d. was the first slave invited to the White House.
2. In 1865, Booker and his family
a. escaped slavery and fled to West Virginia.
b. went to West Virginia after slavery ended.
c. moved to West Virginia with their new owners.
d. were separated because his stepfather was sold to another owner.
3. Booker T. Washington was both a student and a teacher at
a. Hampton Institute.
b. Tuskegee Institute.
c. neither
d. both
4. Booker T. Washington Married
a. Daisy Bates
b. Margret "Maggie" James Murry
c. Fanny N. Smith
d. Olivia A. Davidson
5. Booker T. Washington had how many children
a. 0
b.1
c.3
d.2
Students use the Book but cite information ( Author, page number)
What life changing event happen to Booker T. Washing when he was a young boy
and how has it changes our society? (Explain in a paragraph)
Why is the Hampton Institute important to Booker T. Washing and what did he go on to create ?
If you ask Booker T. Washington a question what would be and why?
Name another Historical Person mention in the book and tell me what there contribution .
What was the name of Booker T. Washington famous speech and what is the name of it, why is it famous?
The story called Booker T. Washington: Educator and Leader by Jack L. Roberts was a very inspirational and well written story. It possesses good illustrations by the author showing where Booker came from, to where he ended up. It has one illustration of where he lived when he was a slave in Virginia. Then at the ending of the book, you see him on a horse and well dressed. He had the philosophy of separate but equal, which I don’t personally agree with. W.E.B. Du Bois didn’t agree with his philosophy either, as stated in the book. But he was a very hard worker. He worked in coal mines as well as working to gather his education. He also worked as a janitor in college so he can pay for school and board. According to the story, he worked hard his whole life, dying at the age of fifty-nine years old. It’s people like him who give me a good outlook on old age and it says to me that I can keep working hard at that age too. He came from slavery to opening his own schools for Negros and being able to sit with the President Roosevelt in the White House. Washington was born April 5, 1856 and died November 14, 1915.
ReplyDeleteMs. Brown,
ReplyDeleteYour lesson plan is wonderful. I would definitely use that in future references because it touches bases on all the key points. Common Core, Vocabulary and a Class Assessment. Great Job
This book is a good read for an History class. I thought it was a great book with factual pictures. The illustrations did actually show how things were in 18th and 19th century. This book is very informative and inspirational because students are learning about a famous leader. I would use this book during the month of February during Black History Month, so I can refresh my students on the important leaders that pave the way for "us" today. When reading this book I learned a lot about Booker T. Washington that I didn't know myself and that's why teachers should always review the story so they have concrete questions to ask their students. Overall, I would have this wonderful book in my library for 5th graders.