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Analyzing Birmingham Church Bombing: Randall's 'Ballad of Birmingham' & Modern Ballad, Exams of Literature
In this lesson, students delve into the history of the Birmingham Church Bombing in 1963 and analyze Dudley Randall's poem 'Ballad of Birmingham'. They will also create their own ballads about modern-day incidents with similar themes. Students are encouraged to use various databases and news sources to find relevant articles.
What you will learn
- How can students create a modern day ballad based on a news article?
- Is Dudley Randall's 'Ballad of Birmingham' a traditional ballad?
- What is the significance of the Birmingham Church Bombing in 1963?
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Birmingham
9th
This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.
Background...
- In this lesson, we are going to look at literature related
to an event that happened in our own state in 1963. Go
to Birmingham Church Bombing. Read the article to
learn about this tragic event and why Birmingham was
known as "Bombingham" during the civil unrest of the
1960s. Click on the photo at the top of the article to
play a video about the bombing of the 16th Street
Baptist Church.
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- Complete 3.08 Ballad of Birmingham
- Locate an article on a modern day incident similar in nature to the tragedy of the bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. After studying the article, compose a ballad about this modern day incident. Your ballad should include several details about the incident. At the bottom of the ballad, provide the link to the article OR download the article and submit it to the dropbox along with your ballad.
- To find a news article:
- Go to AVL and select a database to search, such as 'EBSCOhost Search', 'Newspaper Source', or 'Ethnic NewsWatch'.
- You may also use Pew Research Center to find articles.
- Another option is using a news aggregator like Google News.
- At this point, you should begin working on your final submission for your collaborative project. Here are the guidelines.
- Submit as a five-paragraph essay.
- Introduce the topic in an introductory paragraph and include purpose for the research.
- Include a paragraph that discusses similarities/uniqueness/prejudices of traditions.
- In a couple of paragraphs share some traditions you learned about from your interviews that you found to be engaging, odd, or humorous.
- For the fifth and final paragraph, conclude your essay by reviewing the contents of the other paragraphs.
- On a separate page include a graph or table to demonstrate how you compiled the data.
- Remember, since you are working as a group, you should divide up the parts of the essay, decide on the basic similarities/uniqueness/prejudices that you will discuss together, and decide on the unique examples to share.