The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963- By C.

Gossett Frit 7233 Spring

-2015
Audience: Middle school students age 11-13 Social Studies Class
Subject Civil Rights
Frame 1
Images: Picture of Cover of the book The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963 in front of a blue
screen with faded map background screen.
Design: USA map with details of road trip highlighted with red line start and end point along
with authors name and the credits from book. A picture of Christopher Paul Curtis, the author
will be included.
Audio: Sam Cooke I Was Born by the River background music (playing softly).
Narration: The questions: Do you like road trips? What do you think about when you hear
ROAD trip?

Frame 2
Images: Brown Bomber, African American families in the 60s, United States Map, Civil Rights
from the south in the 60s
Design: Sky blue background, faded map of United States, Large Bold Text
Audio: none
Narration: A summer to remember that would change the way the character thought about
himself.

Frame 3
Images: Carrie Gossett (student) live video
Design: seated in front of a book shelf
Audio: none
Narration:
How would you like take a trip to the past, traveling in a brown bomber (Packer car)?
The story details the road trip of a family from Detroit, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama
during a rough time in America; when the fight for rights of African Americans from the Jim
Crow segregation took place. This book details the views from the eyes of a young African
American boy from Detroit who was sent to visit his grandmother for a summer. His
experiences would forever change his life and how he viewed others. He would quickly learn
the reality of southern culture during a time of change. What would make you want to change
how you think? What could you have done that might have caused you to fear for your life
when you were visiting your grandmother in Birmingham Alabama?
This book is for all students and will help you travel back to 60s.

Frame 4
Images: Pictures of characters from the story. Pictures from life and family during the 60s
Design: Pictures fade out and run down to next slide
Audio: "This Land is Your Land by Pete Seeger (Folk Singer)
Narration: None

Frame 5
Images: Title Page, pictures of different book covers over time, picture of our current President
and has family
Design: Large Font in black color the title of the story and the authors information
Audio: At Last by Etta James
Narration: A blast of the past where a change took place allowing for the right to be equal
and the freedom to be who you want to be regardless of the color of your skin. We as a country
have come a long way and still have some issues that perhaps one day, you can help change.

Frame 6
Images: American Flag
Design: Blue Background
Audio: This Land is Your Land by Pete Seeger
Narration: Reading is a way to move back in time and experience the way it was. Read so the
mind can expand!