SET THE SCENE:  The teacher and the students should bring in artwork, photographs, books and music that can be displayed and played in the classroom while the class works on the projects for this unit.

DOWNLOAD A MAP OF SIENNA'S TRAVELS OR CREATE YOUR OWN:  Download Sienna's map HERE, or put up a giant map of the United States on a large bulletin board and have kids create visual images and written explanations to mark each location that Sienna visited.

CONNECT PERSONAL FAMILY HISTORIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS EVENTS:  Have students interview their parents and grandparents about their family histories and create a class map that shows where students' ancestors and present day family came from and events they participated in, as well as all the locations mentioned in Sienna's Scrapbook. Discuss where and how the students' histories intersect with Civil Rights history. Certain events in families' lives will spark interesting conversation. For instance, in one teacher's classroom a parent had ancestors who had been slave owners in the 1800s, but the parent himself had been a Civil Rights worker in the 1960s. The map should foster discussions about race, racism and Civil Rights through the ages in the USA.

PLAN YOUR OWN AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TRIP:  Students can interview their parents and teachers, go online and use other books to plan their own African American tour.

Are there places they would choose to go other than the ones mentioned in Sienna's Scrapbook? Are there sites in their own home state, their own city or town they would like to visit? How and why would they plan their trip differently? Create a map pinpointing locations you would visit.

MAKE YOUR OWN SCRAPBOOK:  Have students create a scrapbook about one person mentioned in the book. Similar to a research project, but using mainly photos, illustrations and captions, students can explore one Civil Rights hero in more depth by creating a scrapbook visually similar to Sienna's Scrapbook.

CREATE A GIANT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TIMELINE:  Have each student choose an event or person from Sienna's Scrapbook. Have him/her create a visual image and blurb to represent his/her selection. Make sure the date(s) of the event or birth and/or death dates are clearly noted. The teacher should create a timeline on a long piece of butcher paper to display on a classroom wall that spans from the earliest date mentioned in Sienna's Scrapbook to the latest. Students can then place their work in order on the timeline and share their work with the class.