April 14, 2021
During February, eighth-grade students at Gentry Middle School embarked on a project to bring the story of a notable Black person, past or present, to the forefront. Individually, students chose the person or group they intended to research for the project.
English/Language Arts (ELA) teachers Christie Robertson and Kaela Rodgers presented their students with a unit on research that not only taught them research skills but sparked an interest in the importance of the contributions of black people who impacted American history many years ago as well as those who continue to impact history today.
Robertson said, “Through research, students discovered past cultures as well as historical events and became more aware of how black people like Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Martin Luther King impact our lives today.”