Dayna Durbin Gleaves
Dayna Durbin Gleaves completed her MLS degree at the School of Information and Library Science at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2007, and is licensed as a school media specialist in North Carolina. Her areas of interest include school libraries, children’s and young adult literature, and using digital library collections in teaching and learning.
Resources created by Dayna Durbin Gleaves
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- Children at Work: Exposing child labor in the cotton mills of the Carolinas
- In this lesson, students will learn about the use of child labor in the cotton mills of the Carolinas during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They will learn what life was like for a child worker and then write an investigative news report exposing the practice of child labor in the mills, using quotations from oral histories with former child mill workers and photographs of child laborers taken by social reform photographer Lewis Hine.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Cotton mills from differing perspectives: Critically analyzing primary documents
- In this lesson, students will read two primary source documents: a 1909 pamphlet exposing the use of child labor in the cotton mills of North Carolina, and a weekly newsletter published by the mill companies. Students will also listen to oral history excerpts from mill workers to gain a third perspective. In a critical analysis, students will identify the audiences for both documents, speculate on the motivations of their authors, and examine the historical importance of each document.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- De facto vs. de jure segregation
- This lesson for grades 11 and 12 will help students understand the difference between de facto and de jure segregation. Students will listen to three oral history excerpts and discuss the experiences of segregation described in each. As a follow-up activity, students will brainstorm solutions to both de facto and de jure segregation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Desegregating public schools: Integrated vs. neighborhood schools
- In this high school lesson plan, students will learn about the history of the "separate but equal" U.S. school system and the 1971 Swann case which forced Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to integrate. Students will examine the pros and cons of integration achieved through busing, and will write an argumentative essay drawing on information from oral histories.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Labor unions in the cotton mills
- This lesson for grades 11–12 will help students recognize the value of primary sources in studying and understanding history. Students will learn about the labor union movement in the U.S. by listening to oral histories, and will deliver a persuasive speech arguing for or against unionization.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- A record of school desegregation: Conduct your own oral history project
- In this unit for grade 8, students will research the history of school desegregation, and will use their knowledge to conduct oral history interviews with community members. Students will reflect on the experience through writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- The role of Mexican folklore in teaching and learning
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 2.4
- One way teachers can connect with students of Mexican origin is by understanding the cultural knowledge they bring with them into the classroom, including the stories, proverbs, and legends they've learned. Learn more about Mexican folklore from this booklist and collection of online resources, and share this rich oral tradition with all your students.
- Format: article
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- School desegregation pioneers
- In this lesson, students will learn about the challenges faced by the first students to desegregate Southern schools. Students will hear oral histories telling the story of desegregation pioneers from Alabama and North Carolina and critically analyze images of school desegregation. They will synthesize the information by writing a narrative from the point of view of a black student desegregating a white school.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Slave narratives: A genre study
- In this lesson, students will read selected excerpts from slave narratives, determining common characteristics of the genre. Students will then write their own slave narratives as a slave from their region of North Carolina, researching for historical accuracy and incorporating elements of the slave narrative genre to demonstrate understanding.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Slavery across North Carolina
- In this lesson for grade 8, students read excerpts from slave narratives to gain an understanding of how slavery developed in each region of North Carolina, and how regional differences created a variety of slave experiences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Spirituals and the power of music in slave narratives
- In this lesson for grade 4, students will learn about the importance of music in the lives of slaves by reading slave narratives and listening to recordings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Music Education and Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Two perspectives on slavery: A comparison of personal narratives
- This activity for grade 11 will help students evaluate and critique authors' perspectives. Students will read two first-person narratives and analyze how each text is influenced by its author's cultural background.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
