Roots Lesson Plan

Family Tree

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

To graphically represent the lives of the characters in the story, and to understand the challenges faced by women in terms of multiple childbirths in a short period of time.

Common Core Standards:

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Structure:

Using dates provided in the text and clues based on historical events, construct a family tree of the Kinte family with dates...