Tell students that February is African American History Month.
Explain to students that many African Americans in the United States today are the descendents of slaves who were brought from Africa hundreds of years ago.
Show students Africa on a map or globe and trace the route of early slave ships.
Tell students that Africa is a continent with a rich cultural heritage.
Provide students with paper and crayons or markers and ask them to draw a picture illustrating the story.
Invite students to share and describe their illustrations.
Assessment
Students use their illustrations to create a book or a bulletin board that retells the folk tale. The teacher might create a simple comprehension quiz to confirm that students understood the sequence of events in the tale.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Linda Starr
National Standards
FINE ARTS: Visual Arts
GRADES K - 4 NA-VA.K-4.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes NA-VA.K-4.3 Choosing and Evaluating a Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, and Ideas NA-VA.K-4.4 Understanding the Visual Arts in Relation to History and Cultures NA-VA.K-4.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
GRADES K - 4 NSS-USH.K-4.4 The History of Peoples of Many Cultures Around the World NSS-USH.K-4.3 The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures Who Contributed to Its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage
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Originally published 2/1/2002
Links last updated 12/04/2007
