Lesson 8 | Heart and Soul | 4th Grade Language Arts

Lesson Map

Explain who is speaking in the prologue and why the author would choose to write this way.

Heart and Soul — Prologue (p. 7)

Standards

RI.4.6RI.4.8

Explain the significance of the statement: "It should have been a proud moment for everybody, but, honey, we didn’t have much to celebrate." (p. 13)

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 8–13

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.5RI.4.7RI.4.8

Lesson

Explain how the author uses details and illustrations to build a deeper understanding of slavery.

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 15–21 — Chapter 2

Standards

RI.4.7RI.4.8

Lesson

Analyze what evidence the author includes to support the statement that abolitionists "lit a fire inside many a slave to take their freedom."

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 23–24 — Chapter 3 (stop on bottom of third paragraph)

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.7RI.4.8

Lesson

Explain where Frederick Douglass found his inspiration and drive.

Materials

Hand in Hand pp. 27–32 — "Fredrick Douglass"

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.5RI.4.8

Lesson

Analyze the details an author includes to support a quote by Harriet Tubman.

Materials

Let It Shine pp. 17–22 — Harriet Tubman (stop at the top of page 22)

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.8

Lesson

Explain the significance of the quote "Harriet Tubman’s name will never lose its distinction."

Materials

Let It Shine pp. 22–27

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.5RI.4.8

Lesson

Writing

2 days

Write a multiple-paragraph essay about how courageous individuals create and drive change.

Materials

Heart and Soul
Let It Shine
Hand in Hand
Informational Writing Rubric (G4)

Standards

W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.dW.4.2.e

Lesson

Explain the events that led up to the South being ready for a fight.

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 24–27 — Chapter 3

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.5RI.4.7

Lesson

Explain why the chapter was titled "Lincoln’s War" and if Lincoln’s actions helped or hurt the conditions for enslaved people.

Materials

Heart and Soul — Chapter 4

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.7RI.4.8SL.4.1

Lesson

Discussion

Analyze and discuss unit essential questions by stating a claim and supporting the claim with details from multiple sources.

Materials

Hand in Hand
Heart and Soul

Standards

RI.4.9SL.4.1SL.4.4W.4.9

Lesson

Writing

Write a multiple-paragraph essay to answer a unit essential question.

Materials

Hand in Hand
Heart and Soul
Let It Shine
Informational Writing Rubric (G4)

Standards

W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.dW.4.2.e

Lesson

Defend how Reconstruction was supported by segregationist beliefs.

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 39–45

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.7RI.4.8SL.4.1

Lesson

Explain what life was like on the frontier for Buffalo Soldiers and freed Black people.

Materials

Heart and Soul — Chapter 6

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.7RI.4.8

Lesson

Explain what effect the Great Migration had on the lives of African Americans and the challenges they faced in their new communities.

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 53–61 — Chapter 7

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.5RI.4.8

Lesson

Describe the progress African Americans made in the early twentieth century.

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 62–69 — Chapter 8

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.8

Lesson

Describe how the experience of fighting in World War II changed the people who returned home and how it changed the country.

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 71–77 — Chapter 9

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.7RI.4.8

Lesson

Explain why the author titles the chapter "Black Innovation."

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 79–80 — Chapter 10

Standards

RI.4.8

Lesson

Explain how Jim Crow was dying.

Materials

Heart and Soul — Chapter 11

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.8

Lesson

Explain why the author titles the last chapter "Revolution" and why what happened was a revolution.

Materials

Heart and Soul pp. 91–95

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.8SL.4.1

Lesson

Explain the significance of the final quote in Heart and Soul.

Materials

Heart and Soul — Epilogue

Standards

RI.4.8

Lesson

Discussion

Debate and discuss unit Essential Questions.

Materials

Hand in Hand
Heart and Soul
Let It Shine

Standards

RI.4.9SL.4.1SL.4.4W.4.9

Lesson

Writing

Write a multiple-paragraph essay to answer a unit Essential Question.

Materials

All unit texts
Informational Writing Rubric (G4)

Standards

W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.dW.4.2.e

Lesson

Writing

6 days

Research and present about an African American leader.

Materials

Let It Shine
Hand in Hand
Informational Writing Rubric (G4)

Standards

RI.4.3RI.4.5RI.4.7RI.4.8SL.4.1SL.4.4SL.4.5W.4.2W.4.2.aW.4.2.bW.4.2.cW.4.2.dW.4.2.eW.4.7W.4.8W.4.9

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Assessment

Gauge student understanding of unit content and skills with one of Fishtank's unit assessments.

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

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Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

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