Lesson 2a/4a – Teacher’s Lesson Plan – Map Making Exercise

Book:  Rage in Harlem or other mystery/detective fiction by Chester Himes.

Grade Level:  11/12

Essential Question:  Why was Harlem an attractive place for African Americans to live?

Connection to Standards:  Writing: Research and Technology 1.6 (11/12) and 1.5 and 1.3

Technology:  The computer is used as a research and graphic tool, linking technology to synthesize information and to communicate graphically

Lesson Plan Content: 

1) The student will search for and locate a map of upper Manhattan which includes Harlem.

2) In both the Web Quest assignment (Lesson 2) and the reading of Rage in Harlem or other Himes book set in Harlem the student will note locations important a) to Harlem residents and b) in the Himes mystery. 

(Note: http://webpages.shepherd.edu/ltate/HarlemMap.htm contains a complete map of Harlem of the 1930’s including important sites)

3) The work can be posted in the classroom and/or evaluated according to the following rubric either by the students or the teacher.

	Weak	Strong	Excellent
Is the map self explanatory and accurate	Map is difficult to read, has no key, is not legible or is inaccurate	Map is readable, accurate and aids understanding through a good key	Map is attractive, easy to read, engaging, uncluttered and full “user friendly.”
Does the cartographer display the important Harlem sites?	Few sites are mapped or the locations are inaccurate	An adequate number of sites are mapped and they are accurately indicated	A large number of sites are mapped accurately and attractively.
Does the cartographer display the important “Rage” sites?	Few sites are mapped or the locations are inaccurate	An adequate number of sites are mapped and they are accurately indicated	A large number of sites are mapped accurately and attractively.