Inquiry Arc/Compelling Question: 
How did Zora Neale Hurston use anthropology and literature to preserve African American culture? 

Warm Up: 
THINK-PAIR-SHARE is a collaborative learning strategy where students work together to solve a problem or answer a question. This strategy requires students to (1) think individually about a topic or answer to a question; and (2) share ideas with classmates. Discussing with a partner maximizes participation, focuses attention and engages students. 

• (THINK) Instruct students to research the term cultural anthropology, then summarize and explain the job of a cultural anthropologist *Set the timer for (5) minutes. Remind students to write in complete sentences 
• (PAIR) Have students compare their summary with a partner. Afterwards, with the same partner, students should reflect on the question “Why is studying peoples’ beliefs, practices, social organization important to helping preserve culture?”*Allow roughly 30 seconds for students to select partners. Review the directions and then set a timer for 3 minutes. 
• (SHARE) Give students 30 seconds to decide which partner will share-out with the group. *In the interest of time, only select about 4 students to share. 
• (PREPARE) Transition students into the lesson by reading a short excerpt (whole class) and answering two short prompts (whole class) 

Activity #1: 

Text-dependent questions require students to return to the text to support their answers. This re-reading fosters deep thinking, the ultimate goal of text-dependent questions. This activity can be completed independently or in groups.

• Have students follow the process for text dependent questions to complete the short article about the life of Zora Neale Hurston 
• Be sure to teach/re-teach the Text-Dependent Question process 
  • Read text dependent question  
  • Locate answer in the document (annotate, underline, highlight, circle) 
  • Restate the question in the answer 
  • Cite evidence or examples from the document 
  • Proof Read final answer 
• Scaffold: Provide evidence sentence starters [For example: Based on this…,For example in the text it states…,In paragraph _ it argues…] 

Teacher should…. 

• Briefly reteach & demonstrate the text dependent question process with Question #1 (ONLY) 
• Review & model expectations for text dependent question responses 
• Circulate and assist as needed 
• Keep time (10 minutes) 

Activity #2: 

In a whole group, review the story behind the making of Zora Neale Hurston's book Barracoon.

• Have students reflect on its impact independently by responding to the reflection questions .
• Return to the whole group for discussion  
• Each response should be at least two to three sentences 

Teacher should…. 

• Review and read aloud the story, being sure to explain any unfamiliar words 
• Select a student to read the reflection questions aloud before releasing students to independent work
• Circulate and assist as needed 
• Keep time (3-4 minutes)