Use
the template Summarizing
Internet Resources when visiting links. Print it and make
copies as needed. Visit as many links as you can in the time you
are given or as your teacher directs. There are 27 links
to review for this role.
Now
investigate what has happened in recent years to the Gullah community
and people's responses to the changes. In Preserving the Culture,
there are 9 links to review.
QUESTIONS
TO THINK ABOUT WHILE REVIEWING THESE LINKS
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Statement
to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights
Gulllah
representative speaks to the U.N. about current threats to the
culture. A long but useful document.
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Gullah/Geechee
Sea Island Coalition
Provides
many links to various Gullah projects.
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2000
Gullah/Geechee Accomplishments
Summary
of year's achievements from the Gullah queen.
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Penn
Center, St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Gives
history of most important organization serving the Gullah community.
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The
Gullah Sentinel
A
new newspaper is serving the Gullah community.
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Gullah
Tours
Tour
company with Gullah owner and guide. Click on "Sites/Locations"
to learn about places on the tour.
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The
Changing Face of America-Carolina's Coastal People,12:30 minute
audio segment on All Things Considered, NPR, Wednesday,
August 30, 2000
Discusses
the massive, rapid resort development that has altered life
on the Sea Islands.
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Review
of Film Family Across the Sea
Review
of film that documents the 1989 homecoming trip made by a delegation
of Gullah people from South Carolina to their ancestral homeland
of Sierra Leone.
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Review
of Film The Language You Cry In
Film
tells the scholarly detective story that documented the links
between 18th-century Sierra Leone and today's Gullah community.
