Sharecrop Companion Guide

by Claudia Stack, Kathryn Wall

Overview

The SHARECROP Companion Guide provides historical context and lesson plans about sharecropping in the United States. This book can be used alone or in conjunction with the SHARECROP documentary (Stack Stories LLC 2017). SHARECROP features oral history of ten individuals who were involved in sharecropping during the segregation era. Sometimes called the "forgotten farmers," sharecroppers were vital to American agricultural production prior to mechanized agriculture. The film and companion guide explore what life was like for cotton sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta and Appalachia, as well as tobacco sharecroppers in the Carolinas. Support for the SHARECROP film and companion guide was provided by the Middle Road Foundation. The guide's introductory essay provides historical context for the stories, and each chapter focuses on one individual. Common Core standards alignment and lesson plans and project suggestions for grades 5 to college level are included.
See stackstories.com to view film trailer, view at home via Amazon Prime Video, to purchase the DVD for classroom use, or to arrange public screenings.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164764982
Publisher:	Claudia Stack
Publication date:	12/11/2020
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

My background includes a B.A. from St. John’s College (1988) and an M.E.d. from Harvard University (1992). I have worked for over twenty-five years in education with a focus on at-risk and first-generation college students. My publications include numerous articles on African American school history and on rural life. In 2009, I organized the inaugural conference about African American educational history at UNC Wilmington. With my colleague Dr. Richard T. Newkirk, I present professional development entitled “Lessons from the Rosenwald Schools: Appreciating African American School History and Pedagogy.”

My documentary films about historic African American schools have earned awards and were screened at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s conferences about Rosenwald schools in 2012 and 2015. They have also screened at film festivals, colleges, libraries, and many other venues. In Fall, 2017 I completed SHARECROP and SHARECROP: DELTA COTTON, documentaries that showcase oral history of the South’s “forgotten farmers.” These films have screened at festivals in major cities including London, Atlanta, Detroit. The 2018 National Council for Black Studies conference featured SHARECROP, and I developed a companion teaching guide for the film. The SHARECROP project was made possible by the generous support of the Middle Road Foundation.