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Resurrecting Zora Neale Hurston | American Masters: Alice Walker

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Zora Neale Hurston, her life, her work as an anthropologist recording the customs and speech of southern Black people, and her novels would have remained largely ignored if not for the efforts of Alice Walker. An American Masters video looks at Walker's tribute to Hurston and the importance of her legacy today.

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Instructional Ideas
  • If you have projection equipment—before presenting the lesson, load the reading passages on your computer using a separate tab for each, then at class time, project the passages on a split-screen for learners to see as you read them aloud
Classroom Considerations
  • Set aside extra prep time to select the passages from The Color Purple and Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • One of five resources in the American Masters series
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  • Also included in the resource are teaching tips and discussion questions
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