Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach and The People Could Fly

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Websites

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (New York: Crown, 1991)
  
  
• The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985)
  
  
• Chart paper

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing

Venn Diagram

This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.

 

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WEBSITES

• Myths, Folktales, & Fairy Tales
• Faith Ringgold
• Virginia Hamilton

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PREPARATION

1.	Read Tar Beach and the afterword included in the text.
2.	Read the introduction to the folktale anthology, The People Could Fly, the folktale with the same name as the anthology, The People Could Fly, and the brief afterword that accompanies the tale.
3.	Look at Faith Ringgold's website and Virginia Hamilton's website to obtain some background information about both authors and their work. This background information can be used for a number of different purposes, particularly during Session 1.

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