Today we are going to get a taste of the Gullah people. And since Ms. Younge knows a lot about them, we are going to her class blog to learn more.
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Last year’s class was privliged to work with the distinguished poet Natasha Trethewey. After guiding them through a close reading of some of the same Amistad poems we just looked at, she helped us create one of our own.
Inspired by the above description of Margru (one of the original profiles of the Amisated captives [...]
First of all we are going to explore several poems related to the Amistad story.
The oldest poem is by Phillis Wheatley. She was born around 1753 in Africa (one source I’ve read said she was from Gambia and another said Senegal), taken captive and brought to the United States when she was around [...]
Now that you’ve read Margu you are ready to write a post about the story. Remember that there may people from all over the world reading your post so make the best it can be!
1. To start, come up with a direction for your post. Here are some ideas, but you may have another [...]
A few weeks ago, as part of our study of historical fiction, I read aloud Amistad Rising by Veronica Chambers with illustrations by Paul Lee. Now we are going to look at the Amistad story again through the eyes of one of its participants — Sarah Margru Kinson. The Amistad captives were mostly Mende, people [...]
Here are the children’s poem collages.
This past week we were priviliged to work with the distinguished poet Natasha Trethewey. After guiding us through a close reading of several Amistad poems by Elizabeth Alexander (in her collection American Sublime), she helped us create one of our own. Inspired by the original profiles of the captives in John Barber’s book, [...]
Sarah Margru Kinson and the Amistad
Published by February 7th, 2007 in Forced Immigration. 0 CommentsA few weeks ago, as part of our study of historical fiction, I read aloud Amistad Rising by Veronica Chambers with illustrations by Paul Lee. Now we are going to look at the Amistad story again through the eyes of one of its participants — Sarah Margru Kinson. As I mentioned to you, the Amistad [...]
We started our study of Forced Immigration by considering different kinds of involuntary servitude. For example, I showed you the picture book Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill and illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet and we talked about the difference between slavery and indentured servitude. How one was for life while the other was not.
Then [...]
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