Lesson+5+Susan


 Because of it being Black History Month, I chose to do my lesson around the Media Advertising of a prominate movie of the 1930' s "Gone With The Wind" and a prominate move of the 21st Century "Monster's Ball". Black people were not allowed to attend the premiere and the Academy Awards in 1930's and one of the actresses that won an Oscar for best supporting actress was Hattie McDaniel. She was at a later date given the award in her home town of Atlanta, Georgia. She was seated in the very back of the room even then. Hattie was the first black woman to win an Oscar for best supporting actress, which many people thought was wrong. The speech that my student gives on the YouTube is the exact speech Hattie said at the awards ceremony for her in Atlanta. The next actress to make history of the 21st Century is Halle Berry. Even though she sat right up front and is loved and admired by millions of fans, she won an Oscar for the best leading actress. She was the first black woman to win an Oscar for best leading actress in a movie. Also, the speech given in the video is exactly what Halle had to say when she accepted her Oscar of "Monster's Ball".

You can use Thinking Maps and do compare/contrast (Double Bubbles or Venn Diagram) with this lesson. Having a KWLC before you begin about how people of color were treated in the 1930's and today. Have a socratic seminar where the students take a side of was this fair treatment or not of colored people or even bring into another aspect like Jews from the Holocaust. Or even have the students write a response of "How would you feel if you were Hattie McDaniel during this time? What would you have done? Also, have the students create using Publisher a brochure promoting either movie or another movie...OF course have the students create their own Youtube with reinactments of either time period -what were some of the issues? what other products were advertised in the 1930's?products that are advertised in 21st century not even available or heard of in the 1930's? media type="youtube" key="gw5n4wJqO5Q" height="344" width="425"