Vocabulary words derived from several primary source documents which can be found online. (see below)

MATERIALS:

• Text: Gaines, Ernest, A Lesson Before Dying
  
  
• Templates & Primary Source Documents (see below)
  
  
• The Video taping of the student's oral performances (used for performance critiquing).

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS USED:

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
  
  
• The U.S. Bill of Rights
  http://memory.loc.gov/const/bor.html
  
  
• Civil Rights Act 1964
  http://www.congresslink.org/civil/essay.html
  http://www.civnet.org/resources/teach/basic/part6/39.htm
  

TEMPLATES:

• Journal & vocabulary word link template #1
• Essay Critique link template #2