- Students will map a trip from a US city to Las Vegas using the 1949 Green Book to guide their trip.
- Students will learn about the life and contributions of Paul Revere Williams and practice inverted drawings.
- Students will determine necessary information and consider audience.
- Students will include typography and imagery in their poster design.
- Students will compare/contrast events and movements in Las Vegas and the nation.
- Students will work on their presentation skills by presenting their finished timelines to the class.
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- Use "The Green Book", used by Black Americans for decades as a travel guide of safe places, to map a trip to Las Vegas. Decide places to stay, restaurants, and activities along the way, as well as track a trip budget.
- Design a fictional show poster for a performance at the Moulin Rouge Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas' first integrated major resort casino.
- Create a collaborative timeline of Black History in Las Vegas as compared to major events in the US.
- Learn how Paul Revere Williams overcame adversity to become a prolific architect who designed buildings and neighborhoods in Las Vegas and around the world.
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- SS.6-8.EUSH.18. - Explain how individuals and events in Nevada’s history both influence and are influenced by the larger national context.
- SS.6-8.EUSH.20. - Investigate migration and immigration patterns to Nevada as part of U.S. history.
- SS.6-8.EUSH.24. - Analyze the ways in which dominant cultures have oppressed groups through institutionalized discrimination within U.S. history.
- SS.6-8.EUSH.25. - Evaluate the impact of individuals and reform movements on the struggle for greater civil rights and liberties throughout early U.S. history.
- SS.6-8.EUSH.28. - Discuss the contributions of racially and ethnically diverse leaders to the advancement of our community and nation.
- SS.6-8.EUSH.29. - Analyze the intellectual, cultural, religious, and artistic contributions of diverse individuals in early U.S. history.
- ELA.SL.(6-8).2 - Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
- 6.NS.B - Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples. 7.NS.A - Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
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