{"id":55,"date":"2015-04-21T12:19:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T17:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/zora\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2015-04-22T17:59:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T22:59:18","slug":"oral_histories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/zora\/lesson_plan\/oral_histories\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Histories and Zora Neale Hurston Lesson Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gabriel Brown playing guitar as Rochelle French and Zora Neale Hurston listen: Eatonville, Florida<\/p><\/div>\n

Oral Histories and Zora Neale Hurston Lesson Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overview and Objectives<\/strong>
\nGrade levels: 6-12th grade (can be adapted)
\nSubject areas: Language Arts\/Social Studies\/ Technology
\nDuration: 3 sessions<\/p>\n

Topic: Oral Histories and Zora Neale Hurston\u2019s Audio Recordings<\/p>\n

Keywords: labor, race\/racism, folklore, oral history, geography, rhetoric, English, language arts, vernacular<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong>
\nThis lesson could be used as an extension plan on a unit on Their Eyes Were Watching God, or on rhetoric, vernacular, folklore, and\/or social studies methods in a Human Geography, US History, Sociology, or Geography course. Oral histories as a focus could be adapted to many questions across the social sciences\/language arts and literature classroom.<\/p>\n

In this lesson, students will:<\/strong>
\nDevelop a definition of oral histories\/oral culture\/orality and be able to articulate the important distinction between oral and written historiesCreate their own written\/oral historiesClose-read story and analyze how Hurston merges the form of the parable\/folk tale to produce a story about story-telling in \u201cMagnolia Flower.\u201dEngage a focused analysis of the story\u2019s content and style to consider how Hurston addresses issues of Black and Native American interactions, the memory of nature, colorism, gender roles, etc. Themes discussed could be tailored to educator goals.<\/p>\n

Oral Histories and Zora Neale Hurston Lesson Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

Resources used in lesson:<\/p>\n

Zora Neale Hurston- Magnolia Flower<\/a><\/p>\n

Zora Neale Hurston– Story in Harlem Slang<\/a><\/p>\n

Zora Neale Hurston’s Recordings (Florida Memory Project)<\/a><\/p>\n

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