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The Tuskegee Airmen Research Project and Seminar
by John Adelmann
Overview
In August of 1997, students at Central Alternative High School in Dubuque, Iowa, had never even heard of the Tuskegee Airmen. Six months later, they had published a book on the Airmen, organized a public seminar, and raised funds for an aircraft restoration to honor these famous Americans
What follows is an account of how an academically oriented service project accomplished far more than all but a few ever would have thought possible.
What follows is a chronicle of how a class of at-risk high school students and a group of aging veterans of World War II came together in the spring of 1998 to celebrate their accomplishments and made some history of their own.
What follows is a true story of how an audacious dream became an unprecedented and thrilling reality.
Part 1 Getting Started
You will be reading and learning about a brave group of men who fought for the freedoms that we have in the United States, but men and women who also fought the prejudices against African Americans during the first half of the 20th century.
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Activities
1. Make a cube using the pattern provided. Before you put the cube together, draw one picture and use one sentence to describe the picture on each of the six sides. You can use any of the information that is important to your study.
2. Create a story tree using the pattern provided. Follow the directions given on the pattern.
3. Answer the “Thinking Question” with the quote from Frederick Douglas. Use the information you have learned about the Tuskegee Airmen to give an in-depth
answer. Use paragraph form: Introductory paragraph, Detail paragraphs, and aClosing paragraph.
4. Using poster board, create a movie advertisement for a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen. Think of action words and action scenes to put on the poster.
Remember that you want to show the bravery of these men and women.
5. Write a letter to a Tuskegee Airman living today. You may contact the person by letter or email, but you should have a copy of your letter to turn in to your teacher. Include some of the information that you have found including some of the words from the Vocabulary section.
6. Think of four things that signify or explain what the Tuskegee Airmen accomplished in WW II. Draw each of the things (or get objects that symbolize the object) and write a paragraph about each. (Use correct paragraph form: Introductory paragraph, Detail paragraphs, and a Closing paragraph. Find a cardboard box and cut it like a display board to show your drawings. Put your
paragraphs underneath.
7. Create 10 or more similes and metaphors about the Tuskegee Airmen. Use the form provided.
8. Create poems about the Tuskegee Airmen. Write a haiku, a diamonte, a cinquain, and a free verse poem. Illustrate each of the poems.
9. Write 15 alliteration statements about the Tuskegee Airmen.
10. Draw and label the planes flown by the Tuskegee Airmen. Include a paragraph that tells of the contributions of the brave soldiers. Use correct paragraph form: Introductory paragraph, Detail paragraphs, and a Concluding paragraph.
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