Teaching Guide

Strong Men & Women: Excellence in Leadership

Welcome to Dominion’s Strong Men & Women: Excellence in Leadership Teaching Guide. We've partnered with the educational community to provide our youth with positive role models, African-American men and women whose accomplishments and determination demonstrate true excellence in leadership.

Provided below are teaching materials related to the Excellence in Leadership series. Feel free to print or save these materials as needed.
 

Table of Contents

• Teaching Guide Introduction

Elementary Lessons

• Elementary Lesson - Red Tail Night Fighters
• Elementary Lesson - In Honor of Strong Men & Women
• Elementary Lesson - Maya Angelou, "Life Doesn’t Frighten Me"
• Elementary Lesson - Strong Men & Women Compare and Contrast
• Elementary Lesson - Strong Men & Women Venn Diagram
• Elementary Lesson - Notable Firsts of Strong Men & Women

Secondary Lessons

• Secondary Lesson - Tuskegee Airmen "Red Tail Night Fighters"
• Secondary Lesson - Maya Angelou, "A Phenomenal Woman"
• Secondary Lesson – Maya Angelou, "Alone"
• Secondary Lesson – Writing Activity – Rubric 
• Secondary Lesson – Comprehension Strategy

Activities for all ages and grade levels 

• Benjamin Carson, M.D. - Activities/Discussion
• Benjamin Carson, M.D. - Cloze Passage
• Ralph A. Hunt - Editing Exercise
• Mae C. Jemison, M.D. - Editing Exercise
• Annie Brown Kennedy - Editing Exercise
• Ruth Coles Harris, Ph.D. - Editing Exercise
• Paul B. Higginbotham - Editing Exercise
• Corrections to Editing Exercises
• Ben Carson - "Gifted Hands" Quiz by Dan Brown
• Answers to "Gifted Hands" Quiz

Supplementary Activities for all ages and grade levels

• Exploring Careers
• Civil Rights Activity
• Who Am I?
• KWL Chart
  
• Puzzles
  • Crossword #1 (puzzle) (clues) (answers)
  • Crossword #2 (puzzle) (clues) (answers)
  • Crossword #3 (puzzle) (clues) (answers)
  • Crossword #4 (puzzle) (clues) (answers)
  • Name Search #1
  • Name Search #2
    
• Daily Writing Prompts
  • Prompt #1
  • Prompt #2