So one of my post-reading activities was to have students corroborate the WWI information in the graphic novel with information their textbook with parenthetical citations. After conversations with the English teachers at my school, we have tried to design activities that teach students how to paraphrase and cite textual evidence. They struggled to annotate double entry journals in order to keep track of the individual characters and events in the story. I tracked their page numbers each day to monitor effort. Most of my high school students finished the graphic novel in five, 53 minute class periods. Although much has been written about The Harlem Hellfighters, surprisingly they are not even mentioned in my District supplied (2006) US or World History textbooks. This post shares some of my students’ work and how I used the graphic novel to engage history students in the study of World War I. I was inspired by a colleague from the National Council for the Social Studies, Tim Smyth (on Twitter and his story of using comic books in the classroom, which was covered by PBS. Many literacy experts have been espousing the use of graphic novels or comics in the classroom because they are high-interest and engage students (Yang, 2008). This lecture is open to the public, you can get tickets at the Southern California Social Studies Association web page. Just weeks earlier, the arrival of another African-American regiment sparked a race riot in Houston.I am preparing to bring my US and World History students to meet Max Brooks, author of The Harlem Hellfighters at an event at the Autry Museum on February 25th. Their first battle was during training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., in October 1917. But Sanders hasn't forgotten the unit's early history of fighting on the front lines in France and in the U.S.
Today's Hellfighters specialize in combat logistics in places like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Mali. "Our enemies gave us our name, is an honor." Reginald Sanders, a former commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, which descended from the original World War I unit. "We did not give ourselves our name ," says Col. As soldiers, the Harlem Hellfighters left their mark in the trenches of France. The syncopated stylings of their regimental band, led by James Reese Europe, introduced French listeners to American jazz. "The French called them the 'Men of Bronze' out of respect, and the Germans called them the 'Harlem Hellfighters' out of fear," explains Max Brooks, author of The Harlem Hellfighters, a new graphic novel about the first African-American infantry unit to fight in World War I. They returned home one of the most decorated American units of World War I.
The 369th Infantry Regiment served 191 days under enemy fire in Europe.
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