English Language Arts
- Introduce texts about the history and art of shoemaking
Social Studies
- Discuss entrepreneurship and its significance in African Americans' ability to participate in the American Dream.
- Discuss and compare Evans' creations and Jan Matzlinger, the inventor of the shoe lasting machine.
- Discuss the evolution of shoe styles over time in the US and the World.
Science
- Introduce the scientific principles involved in shoemaking.
- Assign a project to have students create their own shoe design with accurate measurements and wear ability.
Math
- Identify applications of transformations such as tiling, fabric design, art, and scaling in relation to shoe making
- Have students investigate the arts: film, music, paintings sculpture, etc. that have memorialized the tragic event.
Fine Arts
- Discuss shoe making as a creative arts.
- Have students design creative shoe styles.