Great lesson ideas. KS3 English and black history. Role-playing 'Roll of thunder' / produced and directed by Helen Wickham ; Brook Lapping.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Wickham, Helen, producer, director.

Brook Lapping Productions, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Literature.

Literature--Study and teaching--Activity programs.

English language--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

English language.

History--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

History.

History--Study and teaching--Activity programs.

Black people--History--Study and teaching.

Black people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 minutes)

Other Title:

Role-playing 'Roll of thunder'

Place of Publication:

[London, England] : Teachers TV/UK Department of Education, 2010.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In this lesson, students examine segregation in 1930's America by role-playing characters from Mildred D. Taylor's book 'Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry'. The book charts the life of a young Black girl, Cassie, growing up in Mississippi in the 1930's. By examining the language and social context of Mildred D. Taylor's book 'Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry', teacher Tracey Marquis encourages the students to enter the world of the young characters in the book. Students pick a character and track them through the story, gathering evidence about them and their behaviour. They then invent scenarios for their characters and imagine how they would resolve the conflicts and moral dilemmas that might face--both the Black and the White characters living through segregation in America during the 1930's.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 24, 2020).

OCLC:

1150006794