To Be A Slave
Kindergarten and 1st Grade

2. VENN DIAGRAM

Objective: Students will compare and contrast their lives to Booker´s.

SOL Objectives:

• English
• History
• Science

Materials: Venn diagram, pencil

Pre-Activity Procedure:

1. Using a Venn Diagram or different colored chart paper, the teacher will write down the students´ brainstorming.

2. The students will brainstorm the life of a child today. The students can draw pictures or write words to represent the different aspects of a child´s life today. Areas to highlight would be shelter, school, family, transportation, and food.

Post-Activity Procedure:

1. Discuss Booker T. Washington´s life. The students will draw pictures or write words to represent the aspects of his life. The pictures or words are placed on the Venn Diagram or chart paper.

2. The students will discuss and compare the two different areas on the Venn Diagram or the two different charts.

3. The students will draw or write the similarities and differences in the center of the Venn Diagram or on different colored chart paper.

Suggested Activities and Strategies:

1. Students can use vocabulary picture cards to help with the pictures and concepts of the Venn Diagram

2. Students can categorize items from the past and present.

3. Students could be put in small groups and create items to represent past and present items. Suggested areas could be shelter, food, clothing, animals, transportation, and jobs.