pink palace museumTeacher’s Program GuideTeacher’s Program Guide

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Pink Palace Classroom

For Grades 4 - 8

15 - 32 students

Available August - May

Monday-Fridayat 9:30 & 11 am

Program Summary “…in doctoring the slaves…I always had to prepare the medicines…giving it and caring for the sick were the parts of my work that I liked best. Boss...read me the recipe, while I compounded it,” says Louis Hughes in his autobiography.

Hear the stories of eight African-American residents who contributed to our city’s rich culture. An instructor guides students through our History of Memphis, 1800-1900 gallery. They join in a discussion of the lives and contributions of these historic Black Memphians: Free Joe Harris, Louis Hughes, Milly Swan, Allen James Walker, Ida B. Wells, Andrew Byas, MD, Robert R. Church, Sr., and Lt. George Washington Lee. We provide timeline handouts. At each “trail stop” students record the name, an important date, and artifacts representing each person. Students examine emancipation papers, medical instruments related to yellow fever, and the uniform of a WWI soldier as we follow in the footsteps of African-Americans who lived in Memphis during our city’s �rst century.

Curriculum Standards Tennessee Social Studies 4th Grade: 4.1.spi.5, 4.2.spi.4, 4.5.spi.3, 4.6.spi.25th Grade: 5.1.spi.4, 5.2.spi.3, 5.5.spi.3, 5.6.spi.18th Grade: 8.1.spi.2, 8.2.spi.3, 8.3.spi.1, 8.5.spi.2, 8.5.spi.11, 8.6.spi.1

Mississippi Social Studies 4th Grade: 4.1.c, 4.3.a, 4.3.d5th Grade: 5.1.a, 5.1.b, 5.6.c8th Grade: 8.1.i, 8.6.a, 8.7.a Arkansas Social Studies 4th Grade: TCC.1.1, TCC.2.3, PPE.1.4, SSPS.2.25th Grade: PPE.1.4, PAG.1.1, SSPS.2.38th Grade: TCC.1.1, PPE.1.4, PDC.1.1, PAG.1.1, SSPS.2.3

Catholic Diocese of Memphis Social Studies4th Grade: 4.I.1, 4.I.6, 4.IV.3, 4.VI.2, 4.VII.35th Grade: 5.I.1, 5.I.6, 5.II.3, 5.VII.38th Grade: 8.I.1, 8.I.10, 8.VI.3

Objectives1. Construct a timeline to explore the lives of African-Americans living in Memphis during our city’s �rst hundred years. 2. Utilize a variety of primary sources in the study of local history.3. Understand how individual and group decisions a�ected the lives of African-Americans.

VocabularyVocabularyabolitionist

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artifactCivil War

emancipation entrepreneur

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plantations secedeslavery

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African-AmericanHistory Trail

901.636.23623050 central Avenue • MEMPHIS, TN 38111WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG

As a free citizen, Louis Hughes published his autobiography Thirty Years a Slave.

George Washington Lee, a WWI hero, wrote books about Beale Street and has an avenue near there named in his honor.

Ida B. Wells was a Memphis school teacher.

PINK PALACE MUSEUM • 3050 CENTRAL AVE. • MEMPHIS, TN 38111WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG

RESERVATIONS: 901.636.2362

Book our traveling Pink Palace Museum Suitcase Exhibits. Book our traveling Pink Palace Museum Suitcase Exhibits. Civil War features maps, Union and Confederate uniforms, and paper money for object-based learning by K-8 students. Native Americans contains Museum artifacts including a ceremonial pipe, projectile points, rabbit pelt and deer hide for grades K-8.

1. Research African-American newspapers of Memphis, especially Free Speech & Headlight, and editor, Ida B. Wells. Don't miss her handwritten letters in our Historic Black Memphians gallery. 2. As a class, read about Louis Hughes in Memphis. His autobiography, Thirty Years A Slave, is available online. http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/hughes/hughes.html Chapter II page 59 "Removal to Memphis"3. View a �lm about slave life. These may be in your library. HBO Special - Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives PBS Special - Slavery and the Making of America PBS Documentary - Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery

1. Using their Museum timeline handouts, students creatively express their thoughts on the lives of the African-American Memphians introduced in the Museum program. Suggest that students compose a song, poem, skit, oral monologue or poster board project to share with their school. 2. Compare and contrast the lives of free and enslaved African-Americans to other nationalities who immigrated to Memphis in the early development era. 3. Students form an imaginary public forum in which the debatable issue of slavery versus emancipation is discussed.4. Research and then take a Social Studies Field Trip to local African-American historical sites. Tour the National Civil Right Museum, Elmwood Cemetery, Beale Street, and the Cotton Museum.

Be sure to tour the continuation of Memphis history, From the Boss to the King, 1900-1950 gallery, located upstairs in the original Pink Palace Mansion. View photographs of local cotton farming. See a trumpet played by Beale Street's "Father of the Blues", W.C. Handy.

Tennessee Historical Society http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=M074Melrose Interactive Slavery Environment http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/Library of Congress slave narratives http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/historical maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historic_us_cities.html