Transcript James Forten 8.9.13x

JAMES FORTEN:
A LIVING MUSEUM
How have people changed the course
of history in America?
Professor Kim Morin
Fresno State
5th Grade
July, 2013
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Integrated Learning Outcome
• Students will collaborate in small groups to
create theatrical performances based on
informational texts to represent the lives of
people who have changed or influenced the
history of America along with written
justifications for their choices.
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Authentic Performance-Based Summative
Assessment
• The Museum of the American Revolution is opening a
brand new building in Philadelphia PA. It wants to have a
"living museum" that will bring to life the personal stories
of people who lived during the time of the American
Revolution. It hopes that “Visitors will stand in the
presence of the people who changed history.”
• Museum of American Revolution web site
http://www.americanrevolutioncenter.org/about
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Authentic Performance-Based Summative
Assessment
• Students will work in groups using elements of theatre to
create living exhibits based on the life and times of James
Forten as it is shown in pictures and described in text.
• Students will submit their exhibits and Letters of
Justification to a “Museum Committee” (could be the
teacher-in-role, teachers from other classrooms, members
of the community) explaining why their exhibit of James
Forten would be a valuable exhibit to have in the new
museum.
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Authentic Performance-Based Summative
Assessment: Taking It To An Advanced Level
• Students will select another person that they think has
changed the history of America. They will write and
perform a monologue in which the character explains how
he or she made a difference as part of a “Living History”
or “Wax museum” that is performed for the rest of the
school or community.
• 5th Grade Living History Museum
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Authentic Performance-Based Summative
Assessment
• Each group will show their exhibit, then read their letter of
justification and answer any questions from the
“committee” about their presentation. Assessment will be
based on the performance of the exhibit and how well the
justification letter describes the exhibit, demonstrates
historical accuracy, and tells why this exhibit about James
Forten should be included in the museum.
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Prior Knowledge - Theatre
• Pantomime, tableau, space bubble,
narrative pantomime, imaging
• Collaborate in small groups
• Prior vocabulary: scene, audience,
character, setting, director, designer,
actor, and playwright.
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Skill Development- Theatre
• Collaborate to create informal theatrical
performances using the roles of director,
actor, designer and playwright.
• Represent character point of view through
tableau, pantomime, dialogue, and
monologue.
• Speak with appropriate vocal projection,
voice quality, and articulation.
How have people changed the course of History in America?
VAPA Content Standards - Theatre
Artistic Perception
• 1.1 Use the vocabulary of theatre, such as sense memory, script, cue,
monologue, dialogue, protagonist, and antagonist, to describe theatrical
experiences.
Creative Expression
• 2.1 Participate in improvisational activities to explore complex ideas and
universal themes in literature and life.
Historical and Cultural Context
• 3.1 Select or create appropriate props, sets, and costumes for a cultural
celebration or pageant.
Aesthetic Valuing
• 4.1 Develop and apply appropriate criteria for critiquing the work of
actors, directors, writers, and technical artists in theatre, film, and video.
Connections, Relationships, and Applications
• 5.1 Use theatrical skills to dramatize events and concepts from other
curriculum areas, such as reenacting the signing of the Declaration of
Independence in history social science
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Prior Knowledge - ELA
• 1) Background/context for Colonial
America and the Revolutionary War
period
• 2) Context clues, main idea, details
• 3) Writing personal narratives from
another character’s point of view
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Common Core Standards ELA
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Reading Informational Texts
2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade five topic or subject
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Writing
1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the
writer’s purpose.
b. Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
c. Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses
(e.g., consequently, specifically).
d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. (Advanced Level)
Advanced Assessment
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds
naturally.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of
characters to situations.
c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey
complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Speaking and Listening
1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics
and texts, building
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Skill Development ELA
1) Determine the meanings of words
through context clues
2) Summarize details from images and
written texts to express the main ideas
3) Create characters and write dialogue
based on clues in the text.
4) Write personal narratives in the form
of dramatic monologues.
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Text
• “James Forten,” from Now Is Your Time! The African-American
Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers (Houghton MifflinGrade Five Theme Three)
• James Forten Vocabulary words with pictures/definitions
• Revolutionary War Diary Entries, 1775-1781
• Museum of American Revolution web site
• Images of the life and times during the period of the American
Revolution
• Articles and web sites about Wax Museums or Living Museums
at other elementary schools
Painting: Revolutionary War painting depicting the Virginia Navy
cruiser
James Forten Biography from Black History Now web site
How have people changed the course of History in America?
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Flags on the ships
Flag of England
Grand Union Flag (American
Colonies)
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Creative Process:
Imagine/Examine/Perceive
• Imaging Exercise –
On a Privateer Ship
• Introduces setting and vocabulary
through context.
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Creative Process:
Imagine/Examine/Perceive
• Clay Sculpture – small groups
interpret pictures of life from the
American Revolutionary period
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Creative Process: Imagine/Examine/Perceive
Candle Maker
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Creative Process: Imagine/Examine/Perceive
Printer
How have people changed the course of History in
America?
Creative Process: Imagine/Examine/Perceive
Blacksmith
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Creative Process: Imagine/Examine/Perceive
Baker
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Creative Process: Imagine/Examine/Perceive
Baker
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Tableau- Students represent vocabulary
How have people changed the course of History in America?
Vocabulary Words
• abolitionists
• privateers
• apprentice
• produce
• assisted
• dexterity
• captives
• bondage
• conflict
• grapeshot
• dread
• provisions
• encouraged
• hold
• enslavement
• traitor
• influential
How have people changed the course of History in
America?
Creative Process:
Imagine/Examine/Perceive
• Research -
Examine diary
entries, primary
sources, web
resources, and
additional images
for information
about the lives of
the people in the
1700’s.
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Explore/Experiment/Develop Craft
• Farmer carrying
produce
• Wealthy factory owner
• Printer
• Blacksmith
• Candle maker
• Shoemaker
• Baker
• Try on characters
with narrative
pantomime
How have people changed the course of History in
America?
Explore /
Experiment /
Develop Craft
Dramatize first
paragraph as a
demonstration
with the whole
class
• Philadelphia was a city of
business.
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America?
Develop Script: Monologue or Dialogue
• Use Character Worksheet to express
what the character is Feeling, Thinking,
Doing.
• Use Carousel activity to develop
character point of view
• Thought bubbles (teacher holds a hand
over an actor and class calls out thoughts)
• Tapping out – Actor says a line when
tapped
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Create
• Students work in small groups. They
select a paragraph from the text to
create an “exhibit” using the TableauPantomime-Tableau strategy.
• Extension: Use Thought bubbles and
Tapping-out to create monologues or
dialogue.
How have people changed the course of History in
America?
This lesson was the result of the work
done at the Arts Every Day workshop
offered through the Fresno County Office
of Education.