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Procedure:

1. Students will write a rap about resistance to enslavement; they will discuss one of the freedom fighters they have read about, such as: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Gabriel Prosser, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth.

2. This rap must include the person's birth and death dates and three outstanding accomplishments that make him or her a freedom fighter.

3. The rap must include:

(a) an introductory statement with the name of student and the name of freedom fighter

(b) information on the person

(c) a conclusion that presents why I like this person and what he or she means to me

4. Group Activity

(a) Students should be organized into groups and each group assigned one of the following roles:

i. researcher(s)	iii. director
ii.a composer, writer	iv. performers (the group) team of 2 to 3

(b) Time allotments should be allocated to complete the project as follows:

i. research deadline
ii. 1st draft deadline
iii. final draft
iv. presentation

(c) The student groups must present a written script and then present their performance.

5. Alternatively, students should:

(a) read the poetry of writers, such as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Nikki Giovanni, etc.

(b) listen to the works of rap artists who present historical information -- Afrika Bambaata, Queen Latifa, KRS-1, etc.

(c) listen to and read the Last Poets, etc.

Karole Turner-Stevens