Lesson Plans
Lisa-Jane Shuman, a high school social studies teacher and alumna of ALBA’s Summer Teacher Institute, is the author of two lesson plans focusing on Paul Robeson and the fight in Spain.
The first lesson analyzes Paul Robeson’s decision to go to Spain during the Spanish Civil War and what his experiences reflect about African American Volunteers. The lesson makes use of the Robeson in Spain comic as well as multimedia resources from the web.
The second lesson aims to understand why the Spanish Civil War was viewed as an American problem by the people who went there. The guide makes use of the Robeson comic as well as ALBA’s Biographical Database of Volunteers.
Also available are topics for discussion, suitable for high school or college students.
Web Resources
Paul Robeson Biography (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson
Paul Robeson and the Spanish Civil War (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson_and_The_Spanish_Civil_War
Paul Robeson Chronology (Bay Area Paul Robeson Centennial Committee)
http://bayarearobeson.org/Chronology.htm
Paul Robeson Timeline (PBS American Masters)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/robeson_p_timeline_flash.html
Paul Robeson on the Web (Princeton Public Library)
http://www.princetonlibrary.org/robeson/links.html