ENG 1010 Evaluation Essay Assignment - Black Heritage Project

* for ENG 1010 Evaluation Essay Assignment

Designed for on ground courses, but may be adapted for online courses by using the Nutmeg Pulpit Virtual Experience.

Please do not use this assignment in courses other than ENG 1010.

Created by Jeffrey Partridge, Ph.D., CT State Community College Capital

Introduction

The Black Heritage Project here at Capital has unearthed some amazing information about the formation of the Black community in Hartford that occurred literally at our doorstep. The Nutmeg Pulpit Exhibit in our college lobby by the Main Street revolving doors is a monument to the people of color who stood against oppression in the decades prior to the Civil War and gathered to form a strong and positive community that is a legacy to us and our students. The Nutmeg Pulpit: Hartford's Talcott Street Church and Black Community Formation is a permanent exhibit. This exhibit is available as an in-person experience and a virtual experience.

Resources

• Steps for Teaching BHP Evaluation Assignment

• Essay Prompt & Directions for Students

• Video on Background Info – Talcott Church History

• Worksheet for Old State House Visit – Practice Evaluation

• Student Sample Essay

• Excerpts from Hope and Expectations: Origins of the Black Middle Class in Hartford

• Hopes and Expectations Title Page

*Lesson plan developed as part of the HHP’s Black Heritage Project, paid for by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.