{"id":381,"date":"2013-07-24T19:59:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T19:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/?page_id=381"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:01:38","slug":"for-teachers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/collections\/digital-archives-project\/for-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"For Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm17311.contentdm.oclc.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-660\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/620\/files\/2013\/09\/MWalker-FINAL-Horiz-Rectangle-Hi-RES.png\" alt=\"MWalker-FINAL-Horiz-Rectangle-Hi-RES\" width=\"540\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">For educators looking for guidance in how best to use our digital materials in their classrooms, we have included lesson plans and reading and writing prompts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" title=\"Lesson Plans\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/collections\/digital-archives-project\/for-teachers\/lesson-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Plans<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" title=\"Reading and Writing Prompts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/reading-and-writing-prompts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reading and Writing Prompts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/collections\/digital-archives-project\/for-teachers\/using-primary-documents\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Using Primary Documents in the Secondary Classroom<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Plus, be sure to take a look at these free and engaging opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience and learn more about art, writing, and social justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/2026\/02\/19\/case-fest-qa\/\">Creative Arts and Scholarly Engagement (CASE) Festival<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">: Annual two-day student conference in the spring showcasing students&#8217; research, creative works, presentations, and more. Also includes an opening panel, luncheon, and keynote conversation with a special guest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/catherinecoleman\/\">Catherine Coleman Initiative<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">: Week-long residential summer program at Jackson State that invites emerging Mississippi high school students to participate in writing workshops and learn more about food justice and the history of social justice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Some background on Margaret Walker (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/620\/files\/2013\/09\/Appendix-H-MW-bio.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Biography<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">) may also prove helpful. As a teenager in New Orleans in the early 1930s, Margaret<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\">Walker began her writing career and had the opportunity to meet Langston Hughes who encouraged her and suggested that she leave the South for her education. In 1935, Walker graduated from Northwestern University, her father\u2019s alma mater. While in Chicago, she met Richard Wright and joined his Southside Writer\u2019s Group, which she led after he moved to New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">By 1937, Margaret Walker had written her seminal poem, \u201cFor My People,\u201d which served as her master\u2019s thesis at the University of Iowa and won the Yale Younger Poets Award. She was the first black woman to be so recognized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">In 1949, Walker began her career as an English professor at Jackson State University and, while in Mississippi, finished her dissertation: a neo-slave narrative based on the memories of her maternal grandmother, Elvira Ward Dozier. Published in 1966, <em>Jubilee<\/em> represented over thirty years of research and reflection. Two years later, Margaret Walker founded the Institute for the Study of the History, Life, and Culture of Black People, which today bears her name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The power of education, especially through reading and writing, launched Margaret Walker\u2019s career. Her personal journals that are found in our<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm17311.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/uy\">digital archive<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\">chronicle that story in Walker\u2019s own words and provide a valuable resource for researchers and educators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We hope that you will be able to incorporate these lesson plans and reading and writing prompts in your classes and share Margaret Walker\u2019s life-long love for learning and literature with your students. Below you can also find additional educational resources from other organizations that may be of interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdek12.org\/EC\/Guidelines-and-Standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Mississippi Department of Education Standards<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncte.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Teachers of English<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.socialstudies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Council of Teachers of Social Studies<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.literacyworldwide.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Literacy Association<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"col3\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Please do not hesitate to contact the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"mailto:mwa@jsums.edu\">Margaret Walker Center<\/a><\/span> with any questions, concerns, and ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For educators looking for guidance in how best to use our digital materials in their classrooms, we have included lesson plans and reading and writing prompts: Lesson Plans Reading and Writing Prompts Using Primary Documents in the Secondary Classroom Plus, be sure to take a look at these free and engaging opportunities for students to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_mc_calendar":[]},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5385,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/381\/revisions\/5385"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}