Joining together is the Beginning. Working Together is Progress. Growing Together is Success.

A team above all. Above all a team.

The Fourth Grade Team

J. Curtis C. Dojack V. Glattfelder A. Keister A. Kisamore D. Shifflett I. Tuzun M. Varner N. Yost
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Grade Retreat Agenda: January 17, 2013

Materials to bring: calendar, any lessons or materials on Research SOL 4.9, laptop (if you have one), and potluck lunch item.

Morning Session at Mariannes House: State of our Team

8:30-9:00 Coffee and Breakfast

9:00-10:00 Building our Teams Capacity (worksheet)
Review our progress
Address strengths and weaknesses
Steps for growth

10:00-11:00 ACTIN Continuum
Go over continuum of teacher interactions
Where do we stand as a team?
Steps for growth

11:00-11:30 Team Meetings
Reflection: what is working/not working?
Steps for growth

11:30-12:30 Break for Potluck Lunch

Afternoon Session: English 4.9 Collaborative Planning

12:30-1:00 Research 4.9
Review standard
Grade level research project
o African American History

1:00-3:00 Mini-Lessons
Discuss cross-curricular lessons (reading, writing, library)
Develop mini lessons
o Genre
o Plagiarism
o Appropriate Websites/Search Engines
o Site Sources
Timeline - February

3:00 Wrap-Up



Joining together is the Beginning. Working Together is Progress. Growing Together is Success.

A team above all. Above all a team.


The Fourth Grade Team

J. Curtis C. Dojack V. Glattfelder A. Keister A. Kisamore D. Shifflett I. Tuzun M. Varner N. Yost
African American History Month Project
Due: Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Dear Parents,

Each year fourth grade students embark in their first research project. Over the next few weeks,
your child will learn about how to research and write a biography. We will cover plagiarism,
constructing a bibliography, and how to use internet search engines/websites.

We are asking that our students research one African American from the attached list. Since we
have learned about such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, and
Harriet Tubman, in great detail, we would like to omit them from the choice of selections. The
following includes the content and criteria that need to be followed while researching an African
American.

- Name of African American
- Place of Birth and Date
- Experience with Slavery or Discrimination
- Childhood - Adulthood
- Contribution(s) they made and/or still making
- Illustrate or create some type of model representing the African American and/or their
contribution

All reports will be typed using 12 point font in Times New Roman. They will be single spaced and
at least one page in length. The entire writing process will occur at school during our language
arts block. We will not send any papers home for homework.

Students can choose any medium for their illustration. Ideas include using modeling clay to sculpt
a bust of their person and contribution, reconstructing a replica of an invention, or creating a
collage of pictures depicting both the African American and their contribution. We are looking for
individual creativity. So, printing a picture or two from the internet is unacceptable. However,
students are allowed to print off pictures to use in a collage. All pictures are to be labeled. If a
poster board is used, the entire board must be covered. Students are also allowed to dress up as
their individual during their presentation.

Students will share their projects with one another in class. Homeroom teachers will assess their
oral presentations. Please have your child practice explaining his/her illustration or model that
he/she creates.


Joining together is the Beginning. Working Together is Progress. Growing Together is Success.

A team above all. Above all a team.


The Fourth Grade Team

J. Curtis C. Dojack V. Glattfelder A. Keister A. Kisamore D. Shifflett I. Tuzun M. Varner N. Yost
Students will receive a writing, oral presentation, and homework grade in language arts. The
paper portion will be completed here at school, but their representation will need to be
completed at home. Please stress neatness in all aspects of this assignment. A final draft project
should have no pencil marks and spelling should be correct. We also suggest that students work
on this project each day, so that they are not rushing at the last moment trying to put something
together. Please note that all work must be completed by your child. Thank you for your support
in this endeavor.

We will go over examples of previous student work this week so that students have a clear
understanding of our expectations. We will answer all questions during class. If you have any
questions regarding this assignment, please contact your homeroom teacher.

Thank you,

The Fourth Grade Teachers

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Please complete, detach, and return by: FRIDAY, JANUARY 25
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In order to eliminate the possibility of duplicate presentations, please select three persons of
interest. Your first choice will be honored on a first-come first-served basis.

Student Name:______________________ Date: _____________
Parent Signature: ____________________

Choice 1: ______________________
Choice 2: ______________________
Choice 3: ______________________















Joining together is the Beginning. Working Together is Progress. Growing Together is Success.

A team above all. Above all a team.


The Fourth Grade Team

J. Curtis C. Dojack V. Glattfelder A. Keister A. Kisamore D. Shifflett I. Tuzun M. Varner N. Yost
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Grade African American History Project People
Civil Rights Leaders

1. Ralph Abernathy was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and a close
associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
2. Amira Baraka is an American writer of poetry, drama, & music criticism.
3. Julian Bond is an American social activist and leader in the American civil rights movement,
politician, professor, and writer.
4. Shirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first
black woman elected to Congress.
5. Medgar Evers was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to
overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi.
6. James Farmer was a civil rights activist and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was
the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride.
7. Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, & entrepreneur. He founded the Universal Negro
Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).
8. Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer was an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader.
9. Benjamin Hooks was an American civil rights leader. He also served as executive director of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
10. Charles Hamilton Houston was a prominent African American lawyer, Dean of Howard University
Law School, and NAACP Litigation Director who played a significant role in dismantling the Jim Crow
laws.
11. Roy Innis is an African American civil rights activist. He has been the National Chairman of the
Congress of Racial Equality (also known as CORE) since his election to the position in 1968.
12. The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock
Central High School in 1957. *** You will need to just pick one of the nine students for this project.
***
13. Floyd McKissick a U.S. lawyer and civil rights leader and the first African American at INC Law
School.
14. James Meredith a civil rights leader, author and was the first African American at the University of
Mississippi.
15. A. Phillip Randolph organized first African American labor union.
16. Fred Shuttlesworth fought against segregation.
17. C. K. (Charles Kenzie) Steele organized the Tallahassee bus boycott.
18. Mary Church Terrell was the first African American woman to earn a college degree.
19. Whitney M. Young Jr. fought employment discrimination.
Inventors
20. Archie Alphonso Alexander was an African-American mathematician and engineer. He was also a
governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
21. Benjamin Banneker was a free African American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac
author, and farmer.
22. Edward Bouchet was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from an American university & the
first African-American to graduate from Yale.


Joining together is the Beginning. Working Together is Progress. Growing Together is Success.

A team above all. Above all a team.


The Fourth Grade Team

J. Curtis C. Dojack V. Glattfelder A. Keister A. Kisamore D. Shifflett I. Tuzun M. Varner N. Yost
23. Emmett W. Chappelle is an African American scientist and researcher who made valuable
contributions in several fields: medicine, philanthropy, food science, and astrochemistry.
24. Jewel Plummer Cobb is a distinguished American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic
administrator.
25. Rebecca J. Cole was the second African American woman to become a doctor in the United States.
26. Martin Robison Delany was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer.
27. Charles Richard Drew was an American physician, surgeon and medical researcher. He
researched in the field of blood transfusions..
28. Lloyd Hall was an African American chemist who contributed to the science of food preservation.
29. Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space. Dr. Jemison is a medical doctor and
a surgeon, with engineering experience.
30. Frederick McKinley Jones applied the mechanical experience he gained at work and at war to
revolutionize two industries: cinema and refrigeration.
31. Percy Lavon Julian was one of the premier scientists, inventors, business leaders, and humanists
of his time.
32. Ernest Everest Just was a pioneering African American biologist, academic, and science writer.
33. Lewis Howard Latimer was an inventor, a patent expert, a draftsman, an engineer, an author, a
poet, and a musician.
34. Elijah McCoy was an inventor who issued more than 57 patents for his inventions during his
lifetime.
35. Garrett Augustus Morgan was an inventor who invented a type of respiratory protective hood
(similar to modern gas masks), a type of traffic signal, and a hair-straightening preparation.
36. Maurice F. Rabb Jr. was an African-American ophthalmologist. He is widely known for his
pioneering work in cornea and retinal (eye) vascular (veins) diseases.
37. Norbert Rillieux an American inventor and engineer who is most noted for his invention of
the multiple-effect evaporator, an energy-efficient means of evaporating water. This invention was
an important development in the growth of the sugar industry.
38. Charles Henry Turner was one of the very first African-American researchers in animal behavior.
39. Sarah Breedlove Madame C. J. Walker was a businesswoman, hair care entrepreneur and
philanthropist (someone who helps others). She made her fortune by developing and marketing a
hugely successful line of beauty and hair products for black women.
40. Daniel Hale Williams was the first African-American cardiologist, and performed one of the first
successful open-heart surgeries in the United States. He also founded Provident Hospital, the first
non-segregated hospital in the United States.
41. Granville Woods invented more than a dozen devices to improve electric railway cars and many
more for controlling the flow of electricity.
42. Roger Arliner Young was an American scientist of zoology, biology, and marine biology. She was
the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology.
Scholars and Educators
43. John Mercer Langston was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, and political activist. He
was the first dean of the law school at Howard University.


Joining together is the Beginning. Working Together is Progress. Growing Together is Success.

A team above all. Above all a team.


The Fourth Grade Team

J. Curtis C. Dojack V. Glattfelder A. Keister A. Kisamore D. Shifflett I. Tuzun M. Varner N. Yost
44. Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He
is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance.
45. Robert RussaMoton was an African American educator and author. He served as an administrator
at Hampton Institute and was named principal of Tuskegee Institute in 1915.
46. Asa Philip Randolph was a leader in the African American Civil Rights movement and the
American Labor Movement.
47. Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
48. Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, orator, and political leader.
49. Robert Clifton Weaver was the first African American to hold a cabinet-level position in the
United States.
50. Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an African American journalist, newspaper editor.
51. Carter Godwin Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of
the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

















Joining together is the Beginning. Working Together is Progress. Growing Together is Success.

A team above all. Above all a team.


The Fourth Grade Team

J. Curtis C. Dojack V. Glattfelder A. Keister A. Kisamore D. Shifflett I. Tuzun M. Varner N. Yost