Stand Your Ground
First-day Teachers of Princeton Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Religious Education Committee, 1999, 23 pp. ($9.50)
Content: Originally prepared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s birth and early life in Princeton, NJ, and because his mother’s family were Quakers.
Age Range: Kg. – 8th grade; good for intergenerational activities.
Preparation Time: 45 minutes, each lesson with time to preview video in Chapter 1.
Number of Lessons: Three chapters: 1) Recognizing one’s talents and using them to confront and stop racism; 2) Standing for equal rights and speaking against slavery; 3) Standing up for what you believe, in the face of opposition.
Activities: Listening to the music of Paul Robeson, singing, discussions, coloring pictures, watching videos, bread baking.
Supplies/Equipment: Kitchen facilities, tape recorder or CD player, VCR, shelf paper, markers, oak tag, “Rise Up Singing” songbook, guitar or piano.
Published by Curriculum Working Group of the Religious Education Executive Concerns Group, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, September 1998 (reprinted, November 2001).
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