Unit 11 3-5: Desired Results
Big Ideas
- People will hold onto their heritage and traditions as long as possible or discard traditions for survival when applicable.
- Isolated people tend to change traditions very slowly.
Enduring Understandings:
- Enslaved Africans brought the knowledge of growing rice to the English-speaking world.
- Isolated people tend to hold onto old languages and traditions more than those who live in the greater society.
Essential Questions:
- How could Gullahs maintain parts of African languages and customs over the centuries?
- Why were the Gullahs so isolated from the other enslaved populations in South Carolina and Georgia?
- Why did the Gullahs remain isolated from American culture?
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
- explain how Gullahs could maintain parts of African languages and customs over the centuries.
- take ownership of the Gullah story and personify it as they act in the vignette.
Key Terms and Definitions:
- Corpse – a dead body, especially the dead body of a human
- Heritage – something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor
- Immunity – inherited, acquired, or induced resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.
- Quilt – multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber.