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This podcast is part of the series: Alabama Quality Teaching Standards Demonstration Lessons

Kim Mitchell

School/Organization:

Tarrant High School in collaboration with the Governor's Commission on Quality Teaching

Overview:

This lesson is predominantly focused on a multi-faceted discussion of the novel Jubilee by Margaret Walker. Students are provided an opportunity to choose which aspect of the time period during which the novel occurs to concentrate on. Choices include music of the time, letters from slaves and slave-owners, and photographs and other images from the time period.  

Length: 42:06

Content Areas: Professional Development

Alabama Course of Study Alignments and/or Professional Development Standard Alignments:

AQTS_2.B.6: Organization and Management [Ability to plan teaching and learning experiences that are congruent with the Alabama courses of study and appropriate for diverse learners.]
AQTS_2.C.5: Learning Environment [Ability to create learning environments that increase intrinsic motivation and optimize student engagement and learning.]
AQTS_2.D.6: Instructional Strategies [Ability to make developmentally appropriate choices in selecting teaching strategies to assist diverse learners in meeting instructional objectives.]
AQTS_2.D.7: Instructional Strategies [Ability to evaluate, select, and integrate a variety of strategies such as cooperative learning, discussion, discovery, problem-based learning, and direct instruction into a coherent lesson design.]
AQTS_2.E.5: Assessment [Ability to design and use a variety of approaches to formal and informal assessment to plan instruction, monitor student understanding and progress toward learning, modify teaching and learning strategies, and measure and report student progress related to learning objectives.]
AQTS_4.A.4: Cultural, Ethnic and Social Diversity [Ability to develop culturally responsive curriculum and instruction, i.e., model, teach, and integrate multicultural awareness, acceptance, and appreciation into ongoing instruction.]