The following lesson plans and personal reflections or projects were produced by participants in the June 2010 NEH Landmarks workshop entitled “The Most Southern Place on Earth.”
Delta Civil Rights Web Quest by Derek Frieling
Dialogue and Rules for Quotations: The Emmett Till Case by Angela Hartwig, with a PowerPoint show
Student Research Paper Topics by Tracey Kassin
A Sociological Analysis of the Emmett Till Case, Modern U.S. History or Sociology by Tracey Kassin
Writing a Narrative of the Emmett Till Case Lesson Plan by Tracey Kassin
When Will We Be Paid? : Debating the Merits of Restorative Justice in the Mississippi Delta by Kim Bliss with six appendices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
King Cotton and Early Media Images: Whose Story is Being Told? by Kathleen M. Meyer with a PowerPoint show
The Emmett Till Case in English and History by Vanessa Johnson
Identity and the great Migration, the Blues and Civil Rights by Christiana Succar
From Yoknapatawpha to Coshocton and Back: Articulating a Sense of Place by Tracy Allen
Introduction to Southern Preaching As Seen In Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood by William Southerland
Reading in a Flood/LIBRARY ACTIVITY by Edith A. Campbell
Mapping Migration: The Mississippi Delta & Me by: Heather Kiser and Caren Izzo
The Delta, the Blues, and the great Migration by Fabrizio Campagnola with an appendix
How did Blues music reflect society/events in our country’s history? by Katie McKean
The Murder of Emmett Till and how it affected the Civil Rights Movement by Antwayn Patrick
Reactions To Historic Natural Disasters Through Music by Mark Dillon and Kyle Kipp
Blues Music and Langston Hughes’ Use of the Blues Form in His Poetry by Gini Peterson
Extralegal (In)justice: Lynching in the North and South by Joann Ross
Emmett Till by Craig Frank
The ‘Refugee’ Blues by Zsuzsa Nemeth
The Great Migration: From the Delta to Chicago by Lauren Schuch
Freedom of Speech by Sandy O’Neil
Historic Buildings and Spaces in the Mississippi Delta: Analyzing Photographs By Charles M. Yarborough
Racism by Cynthia Clark
The Emmett Till Case, Primary Source Research by Mark Rochester
Blues Interactive History Timeline by Bonnie Belshe and Walter Fox
Delta Blues and Jazz Blues: A Comparison by Kenny Polson
Rappin’ the Blues: The Roots of Hip Hop in Rhythm & Rhyme by James Samsel
Resources of interest to everyone by all participants
A Sense of Place by Gary Horton with Global Citizen Tic Tac Toe
Freedmen- Are they really equal? by Ilana Ascher
Female Heroes of the American Civil Rights Movement: Fannie Lou Hamer by Brett Barnes
Murder of Emmett Till by William Ebert
Segregation/ Great Migration by Dwainalyn Cleveland
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Rob Matlock, with questions, photo analysis worksheet, and lesson plans.
Raisin in the Sun by Jeanne Lebow
The Delta and the Great Migration by Carol Ambroziak, with web resources and lesson plan
Without Sanctuary by Stacey Gibson
The Civil Rights ‘A Dream Deferred?’ An Internet WebQuest on Civil Rights by Kaycee Taylor
