The HBCU - Past, Present & Future

This web quest was designed to accompany lessons for the 2016 AT & T African-American calendar honoree for December - Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wright.  Lizzie Wright is the founder of Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina.  Voorhees College is one of eight historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in South Carolina and is the central focus of this web quest.  I greatly encourage any teacher, student and parent that is interested in South Carolina African-American history to view other resources at http://scafricanamerican.com/resources/.

Standards

2016 AT & T African-American Calendar Lesson Plan

Month/Honoree(s): December/Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wright
Lesson Title: The HBCU- Past, Present and Future
Grade Level/Course: Grade Level 7-12/ELA, Geography & Social Studies
Subject: ELA, Geography & Social Studies

Lesson Progression and Time Frame: Four - 50 minute sessions

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.5
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

Connections to other subjects: Social Studies (US History, Geography and Map Skills) and Math (Spatial Awareness and Distance)

Credits

I would like to thank AT & T and the South Carolina Board of Education for the opportunity to work on this calendar project.