Lesson Plan
Who Was Frederick Douglass?
Use this lesson to teach your students about the life of Frederick Douglass. First, they will read a picture book that shares facts and beautiful illustrations to teach about his life, and then they will record important information about him on a graphic organizer. Lastly, they'll choose an important event from his life to illustrate and caption.
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Use this lesson to teach your students about the life of Frederick Douglass. First, they will read a picture book that shares facts and beautiful illustrations to teach about his life, and then they will record important information about him on a graphic organizer. Lastly, they'll choose an important event from his life to illustrate and caption.
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to identify the main idea and key details of a text.
- Students will be able to identify and illustrate an important event from Frederick Douglass's life.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Invite students to join you in a comfortable place in the classroom to talk about a specific genre of books. Explain that a genre is a type of book. List some of the genres of books they have read as a class.
- Share that today, they will read a biography. Display a pre-made anchor chart with the definition of biography (e.g. a written story of the facts and events in a person's life). Ask students to name any famous people they know of. Point out that they could use different tools like picture books, encyclopedias, and articles on the internet to learn about that person's life.
- Introduce students to Frederick Douglass by explaining that he was a person who was against slavery. He was a speaker and writer, and he was a leader who worked to get rid of slavery in the United States.