Activity Overview
The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up The World
This book can either be a whole class read aloud over a few days or a week, or may be assigned as an individual reading assignment. After the text has been read and discussed as a class, students will pick at least one African American from the book and create a 3-5 cell spider map highlighting that person. Teachers may differentiate by having the students research these individuals further, or by creating a map using just the information in the text. Alternatively, teachers may allow the students to choose 3-5 people, and include a brief summary and an image about them in each of the cells (see example).
Example Names From The Text
- Muhammad Ali
- Simone Biles
- Barack Obama
- Frederick Douglass
- Aretha Franklin
- Jesse Owens
- Harriet Tubman
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Michael Jordan
- Jay-Z
- Stevie Wonder
- Thurgood Marshall
- Jackie Robinson
- Quincy Jones
- Oprah Winfrey
- Sidney Poitier
- Duke Ellington
- Katherine Johnson
- Ida B. Wells
- Jimi Hendrix
Template and Class Instructions
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Due Date:
Objective: Create a spider map about an African American person who is of interest to them from the book The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World.
Student Instructions:
- Choose a person.
- Using school resources, conduct research and learn more about your chosen person, or use the information from the book.
- Create a 3-5 cell spider map that highlights what you have learned about that person. Some ideas for information to include: date and place of birth, family and education, and major accomplishments .
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Needs Improvement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | The descriptions include at least four important facts about the famous or historic figure. | The descriptions include less than four important facts or they include information that is not pertinent to the famous or historic figure. | The descriptions are incomplete and do not contain important information about the famous or historic figure. |
| Artistic Depictions | The art chosen to depict the scenes, characters and items that are appropriate to the famous or historic figure. They enhance the poster by symbolizing or illustrating important facts about the figure. Time and care is taken to ensure that the scenes are neat, eye-catching, and creative. | The art chosen to depict the scenes, characters and items are mostly accurate, but there may be some liberties taken that distract from the assignment. Scene constructions are neat, and meet basic expectations. | The art chosen to depict the scenes, characters and items is too limited or incomplete. |
| English Conventions | Ideas are organized. There are few or no grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Ideas are mostly organized. There are some grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Storyboard text is difficult to understand. |
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