Final Takaki post

For advanced students, I would have them read Takaki’s description of African-American leaders such as Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois. In particular, I want students to focus on the policies that Garvey and Dubois advocated with regards to the advancement of African-Americans. After the reading, I will hold a discussion with students about what they feel about the current status of African-Americans and if there are any connections between what Takaki discusses and what students currently notice. Finally, I want to students to write a paper on whether the policies Dubois and Garvey could assit African-Americans today, and if not, what policies would they support.

For special education students, I would have them read (or I will discuss the section with them depending on the IEP) Takaki’s discussion of how/why African-Americans moved from the south to the north. After the reading/discussion, I would divide the room in half and have the students all stand on one half of the room, which would represent the south. The other half of the room would be marked with areas that represented northern cities. To illustrate Takaki’s discussion, I would have students move from one half of the room and stand in the areas marked as northern cities to represent to population shift from the south to the north.

For students who have difficulty reading, I will show them a video that details the Harlem Renaissance. After showing them the video, I will have students draw a four page flipbbok with pictures that reperesents what they think of the Harlem Renaissance to be.