Studying Multicultural Texts
 

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  1. Read and/or Listen to: The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton and Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold.
  2. Complete The People Could Fly worksheet. (You can answer directly on the sheet or type your responses in Word.)
  3. Use the Interactive Venn Diagram to compare and contrast The People Could Fly and Tar Beach. Think about the questions: Why does Cassie want to fly? What does Cassie's flying help her to do? Why does Toby want to fly? What does Toby's flying help him to do?
 
If you have time, draw a picture to answer one of the following questions. Spend at least 10 minutes on your drawing. You may used colored pencils or crayons.
  1. If Toby and Cassie could draw pictures for each other, what would they draw? What would they want to show each other out their lives. Pretend that you are Toby and draw a picture for Cassie illustrating something important about flying or pretend you are Cassie and draw a picture for Toby.
  2. Where do you think Toby flies to after the end of the story? Where do you think Cassie flies after the Union building and the Ice Cream factory?
  3. Where would you fly, if you could fly like Cassie and Toby? What would be your reasons for flying? How would flying change your life?
 
Next week we will be viewing a documentary about African American artists. In preparation, you can look at the following Websites to become acquainted with the artists. Jacob Lawrence  Linda Freeman  Romare Bearden