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Recommended for: Grades 4-12

Resource: Gullah Music

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Media Type:
QuickTime Video

Length: 7m 16s
Size: 19.8 MB

This video segment from EGG, the arts show describes the community of Sapelo Island located off the coast of Georgia. The original Gullah/Geechee people of Sapelo were enslaved there, but when slavery was abolished the land on the island was abandoned to the slaves. Sapelo Island's valuable land is now threatened as it is the only Gullah/Geechee island to successfully resist real estate development. Each year island residents hold a festival. In order to preserve and educate people outside Sapelo, they bring people to the island to teach them about Gullah/Geechee life and culture.

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The following suggestions are best suited for elementary or middle school students using this video in an English language arts or social studies lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.

Frame (ELA) Have you ever attended a cultural festival? List some of the activities you took part in and the presentations you saw there.

Focus (ELA) Watch and list some of the ways the people of Sapelo celebrate their cultural day.

Frame (SS) What do you know about the Georgia Sea Islands? Why did slavery exist there? From where did the slaves originate?

Focus (SS) During the colonial and post-colonial period, the slaves of Sapelo Island or the Georgia Sea Islands developed their own distinct culture. While watching the video segment, think about what things or activities were important in the culture they established there.