English Language Arts
- Introduce non-fiction and fictional text about African Americans in state governmental roles
- Have students attempt to write a Gospel song
- Have students attempt to identify poetic elements of Gospel music
- Have students read books written in Gullah dialect
Social Studies
- Explain the role of the State House of Representatives
- Compare and Contrast the role of the State House of Representatives and the US House of Representatives
- Get students to research the number of African American Representatives in the State of South Carolina and those that represent the State of South Carolina in Washington, DC.
- Identify the ways that State Representatives get elected