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Seminar on Prior Knowledge, The Great Debaters, Lesson 2: Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Wiley College Case StudyStandards Met: This lesson is part of the Seminar on Prior Knowledge: The Great Debaters Unit Plan and meets the standards outlined therein. Big Ideas: historically Black colleges and universities, civil rights movement, adversity, denominational colleges as the origins of American higher education, Wiley College, uses of prior knowledge, racism, community, continuity, connections, courage, culture, diversity, friendship, harmony, interactions, interdependence, survival. This lesson aims to introduce students to the forthcoming unit by enabling them to develop their own understanding of a key element in the story told in “The Great Debaters,” to wit historically black colleges and universities in general and Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, in particular. This lesson activates prior knowledge of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., racism, poetry, the Christian church, education and its aims, colleges and universities. Students will be able to work in small groups to conduct an inquiry into the history of historically black colleges and universities in particular and Wiley College in Marshall, Texas in particular. Students will subsequently be able to present their findings to the rest of the class so that everyone in class may complete their worksheets.Classroom Aim: What is a historically black college or university? What and where is Wiley College? How is Wiley College important to the story of “The Great Debaters”?Do Now: Focus on One Word Worksheets: 1. Forensic; 2. DebateClass Work: Students will begin with small group work to complete Part I of a teacher-made worksheet which calls upon them to define eight vocabulary words. Students will proceed, using a reading adapted from the Wiley College website, to answer eight comprehension and interpretive questions. Students will then complete their independent practice, as below.Independent Practice: Compose five sentences using any five different words from your vocabulary list.Methods and Materials: This is the second of eight lessons in this unit. This lesson provides students the opportunity to develop an understanding of the purpose of historically black colleges and universities in general, and Wiley College of Marshall Texas in particular. Students will use a teacher-made reading (excerpted from the Wiley College website) worksheet with eight vocabulary words to define and eight comprehension or interpretive questions to develop their own understanding of these institutions. Clearly, this is a lesson about African Americans’ response to the persistent racism that has impeded their progress across the history of the United States; it is also a significant piece of the prior knowledge students will need (and use, in the best-case scenario) to understand events in the film “The Great Debaters,” which is, of course, the purpose of this unit. Because this lesson involves student presentations, which are time consuming, this lesson is scheduled to take place over two days.Need for Lesson: ELA GRT DBTRS LP2*lp; ELA GRT DBTRS LP2*dn1; ELA GRT DBTRS LP2*dn2; ELA GRT DBTRS LP2*wsKey Points and Connections:Check prior knowledge—from the previous lesson—on the noun forensic.Point out to students that they are in fact seeing Debate again as a context clues worksheet. Ask them if they notice the difference between the two worksheets. (The first, in Lesson 1, is used as a noun; the second, in this lesson, is used as a noun.Point out to students that many historically Black colleges still exist in the United States today: Howard University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Hampton Institute are a few additional examples, and are now elite and highly selective schools.Ask students: why was it necessary in the United States for Black people to form their own colleges? What is the difference between a “Black” and a “White” university or college?Essential Questions:How important is it for us to listen to our ancestors?What is a true friend?What is justice?What is loyalty?Next Lesson: Lesson 3: Melvin Beaunorus Tolson, Poet and Professor of Wiley College ................
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