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Lesson 1 (from Prologue to Chapter 9)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss where Woodfox grew up, and what he reveals about the Jim Crow south. Woodfox lived in a poor part of New Orleans that was populated by blacks. Everything was segregated when he was a boy, and he rarely saw any white people.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Why did Woodfox's mother have to know how to survive on very little? How was life on Woodfox's grandparents' home different from life in New Orleans? How was it the same? Was there the same segregation from Jim Crow laws? Where did Woodfox and his family live after they left North Carolina? What did Ruby have to do to survive? What type of neighborhood did she and the children live in? How did poverty affect Woodfox and his family? How were things segregated when Woodfox was growing up? How did Jim Crow laws...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(e), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(e), 11-12.7
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