The Last Sleigh Ride: A Detroit Folk History - Softcover

Robert K. Jones

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615397646 ISBN 13: 9780615397641

Publisher: Burning Viper Productions, LLC, 2010

Synopsis

Comes with Teacher's Guide. In this literary jewel, twenty-six powerful vignettes introduce twenty-six longer, illustrated stories that make up a riveting, Depression-era folk history. With war, race, sex and poverty as backdrops, author Robert K. Jones explores the life and times of an isolated black community in northwest Detroit between the years of 1937 and 1957. This exciting presentation of an historic slice of Detroit makes for an outstanding read for all who are interested in the social transitions within the arching American culture and the Great Lakes region. A companion teacher s lesson planner is available with the Folk History and is designed to assist the teacher in extending the students knowledge about this singular and exciting time in Detroit s past. These lesson plans will provide the teacher with ideas on how to use the Last Sleigh Ride in the classroom as they read and enjoy this social and geographical transformation with their students. While the Planner is centered in the field of Detroit history, it uses the wide contents of The Last Sleigh Ride to provide the opportunity to expose the student to other areas containing significant social and cultural collisions which provide for understanding and growth in modern America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Burning Viper Productions, LLC
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0615397646
• ISBN 13: 9780615397641
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176