This lesson plan represents the pinnacle of one kind of programming at our afterschool program. It involved, if I recall, a head injury due to the cramped space I used, lots of confusion for volunteers, and the most intellectual, creative, and insightful participation from our afterschool program's students. This participation is of a kind I particularly value: critical thinking, connecting parts of a story into new configurations, and multiple intelligences at work in multiple modes of activities.
During this activity, our kids moved and played, took notes, spoke many languages and dialects, taught each other about slavery, drew pictures, and learned about a pivotal character in US history, Sojourner Truth.
However, these successes came at a high cost: this lesson plan assumes an ordered, boundaried classroom space and that volunteers are seasoned veterans, comfortable refereeing many activities and behaviors all while teaching a lesson plan about Sojourner Truth.
I am reproducing my notes and also the presentation I used. You can find them hosted on the Lesson Plans page to the right.
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