Integrating African American History into

the K-12 Curriculum

Jannie Harriot

Chanda Robinson

Joy Young

Arts Integration Supplement

This Arts Integration Supplement to the Teacher’s Guide to African American Historic Places in South Carolina outlines 22 lesson plans that meet the 2010 Visual and Performing Arts Standards of South Carolina and integrates the arts into classroom instruction.

Where applicable, other standards, such as those for math and social studies, are listed with each lesson plan.

The teachers who researched and contributed the plans are also credited.

Time periods The chronological time periods employed in this book are based on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) timeline for United States History and integrated with those reflected by the historic sites to form five periods of African American history in South Carolina:

� Expansion and Reform: Antebellum (1800-1860) – ANTE � Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877) – CWR � Modern America and Jim Crow Segregation (1877-1945) – MAJC � Contemporary America: Civil Rights Movement (1945-present) –CRM � Multiple Time Periods – MTP

Sample Lesson

Recommended Grade Level: 8th South Carolina Music Education Standards: Standard 4: The student will listen to, describe, analyze, and evaluate music and music performances. Standard 6: The student will make connections between music and other arts disciplines, other content areas, and the world. South Carolina English Language Arts (2015) Standard 3: Construct knowledge, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, to build deeper understanding of the world through exploration, collaboration, and analysis. (3.4 Organize and categorize important information, revise ideas, and report relevant findings. Standard 13: Read independently and comprehend a variety of texts for the purposes of reading for enjoyment, acquiring new learning, and building stamina; reflect on and respond to increasingly complex text over time. (13.1 Engage in whole and small group reading with purpose and understanding through teacher modeling and gradual release of responsibility.)

Academic Standards: SI: K-3.3, 2-1.4, 5-4.1, USHC-6.1 STA: TA-MAJC1, TA-MAJC-6, TA-ARTS-1 TA-ARTS-2, TA-ARTS-

Dizzy Gillespie

Born in Cheraw on Oct. 21, 1917, Dizzy Gillespie’s family lived in the town for almost 20 years before they moved to Philadelphia in 1935.

In the 1950s, he became a good will ambassador for the U.S. State Dept., playing concerts around the world.

Gillespie was invited to perform at the White House by eight presidents from Eisenhower to George Bush. He received the National Medal of Arts, the highest prize awarded to an American artist, in 1989 and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1990 for his lifetime contributions to American culture.

Among his best-known songs were “A Night in Tunisia” and “Salt Peanuts.” He died in New Jersey January 6, 1993.

Jazz

Listen to two of Dizzy’s famous pieces:

a. Salt Peanut

b. A Night in Tunisia

Brainstorm. What makes jazz genres different and the same.

Where is Tunisia?

Integrating African American History into the

K-12 Curriculum

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