Standard Course of Study :: African American Studies

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Facial Studies Through Creation of a Face Jug: Students study the anatomy of a face and use what they have learned about rendering faces and three dimensional objects to create thumbnail sketches of expressive faces on jugs.

They learn to blend values to create the illusion of volume in both facial features and clay jugs. Three dimensional understanding is reinforced by adding expressive facial features to coiled clay jugs. Earth Science is integrated through the study of clay. Social Studies in integrated through the study of face jugs found as far back in history as Pre-Columbian times. Artistic meaning is explored through facial expression and the psychological implications of color.

They look at examples of face jugs. They learn about types of clay. They learn to roll clay coils and create a jug using coil construction. They score, slip and blend facial features to the jug. They choose either underglaze decoration followed by a clear glaze coating or colored glaze decoration applied after bisque firing as a finish.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); By Lori Shepley, Melissa Thibault, and Nelle Hayes.

Lunsford Lane: A Slave in North Carolina Who Buys His Freedom: Lunsford Lane's story is about a slave who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Though his master owns as many as three plantations outside of Raleigh, Mr. Lane is not a plantation slave. Rather, he works for his master in the city-dwelling. His story provides an example of an ingenious, determined, and disciplined slave who's vision and creativity affords him the opportunity to earn money and eventually buy his freedom. This is an incredible story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By John Schaefer and Victoria Schaefer.

Plantation Life in the 1840s: A Slave's Description: This lesson introduces students to a description of life on the plantation and the cultivation of cotton from the perspective of a slave. It focuses on the use of slave narratives made available by the Documenting the American South collection.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By John Schaefer and Victoria Schaefer.

Spirituals: This lesson plan introduces students to the role that spirituals have played in African American history and religion. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Music Education and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities