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Title:

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Interdisciplinary
Follow-up to Summer Reading

Objectives:

• Students will work in small groups to acquire and analyze interdisciplinary information about Zora Neale Hurston, the time period, and the environment.
• Each group will organize and present to the total class the pertinent findings from their research activity.
  

Time Requirements:

• Three or four 90-minute class periods.

Materials:

• Internet capability
• SIRS and other relevant databases
• Print materials on assigned topics
• The novel

Proceedures:

(Class One)

1. Place students in groups and assign one of the following topics to each group:

a. Hurricanes, especially in Florida in 1935.

b. The Everglades

c. Zora Neale Hurston

d. Seminole Indians of Florida

e. Alice Walker (Hurston's influence)

f. The Harlem Renaissance

g. Florida Folklife

h. Langston Hughes

2. Divide class into two groups and rotate use of the Internet and search of electronic databases and the print materials in 40-minute intervals.

a. When performing the Internet search, students will survey bookmarked Internet sites in order to find information on assigned topics.

b. Students searching print resources and electronic sources will look for similar information.

(Class Two)

3. Students will meet in groups to compile information, create visual and/or handout, and organize presentation.

(Classes Three and Four )

4. In groups, students will present findings to total class.

 

Assesments:

• Students will receive points for on-task behavior during the internet/media center search.
• Students will receive points for participation in the preparation for the presentation. Each student in the group will summarize in paragraph form his/her own contributions to the day's activities and his/her expected duties in the actual presentation.
• The project itself will be assessed with a grading checklist.

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Last Updated: 06/29/1999