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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Setting: Eatonville, Florida

For Students 9th - 10th
In this media gallery from the American Masters film Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun, students will learn about Eatonville, Florida-Zora Neale Hurston's hometown and the setting of her most famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God....
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Website
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Zora Neale Hurston

For Students 9th - 10th
This Barnard-educated writer, anthropologist, and folklorist grew up in Eatonville, Florida; the first all-Black city in America. Read a short summary of her life and accomplishments.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Com'on Down to Eatonville, Florida

For Teachers 9th - 10th
You are Mayor Joe Starks from the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and you want more people to relocate to Eatonville, Florida. Identify five amenities that may make Eatonville attractive to African-Americans...
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses recordings, documents, and photographs to tell the story behind the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God", by Zora Neale Hurston.