Here are some activities that we think would be of interest for students either at home, at school, or at St. Augustine's College.

 

Research and read books on St. Augustine

  • "Having Our Say" by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth (Dell Publishing, 1993)
  • "The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom" by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth (Kodansha America, Inc., 1994)
  • "On My Own at 107" by Sarah L. Delany with Amy Hill Hearth (HarperCollins Publisher Inc., 1997)


(Language Arts & Social Studies)

Field trip to the radio station WAUG-AM 750

Field trip to the tv station
WAUG-TV 68
 

  • You need to generate a list of questions about information that you want to learn and how radio and television are broadcasted
  • You will need to come up with a creative way to share this information with your classmates (you can do a skit, create a poster, write a paper)


(Technology, Art, Drama, & Language Arts)

Design a map of St. Augustine's College. You will need to identify each building and write a description of each building. Then you need to choose one of the buildings (other than the dormitories) to write an essay about the historical significance of that building.

(Language Arts & History)

Build a replica of St. Augustine's College Chapel

  • You may choose your materials to build your chapel
  • Do research on the St. Augustine's College Chapel
  • Research the significance of the red door (Why is this particular door red?)


(Art, Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, & Science)

Interview or do research on an alumni from St. Augustine's College

  • Write a research paper on your interview
  • Reinact your interview with a group of classmates
  • Video tape your interview


(Language Arts, Technology, & Social Studies)

You can identify various flowers and plant your own garden
  • You will need to research the flowers (appropriate climate, soil, and depth of seed)
  • Determine if these are exotic or native to North Carolina
  • You can gather this information from the following book:  "On My Own at 107" by Sarah L. Delany with Amy Hill Hearth (HarperCollins Publisher Inc., 1997)


(Science, Language Arts, Math, & Social Studies)

Measure the distance between each building to establish the size of the campus.
 

(Math & Science)

Design your own fraternity/sorority shield or plot. Write an essay describing the features of your shield and plot, and how it connects and identifies with the community.

(Language Arts, Art, & Social Studies)

http://www.st-aug.edu/about/shield.htm

 

Research statistics of the CIAA championship wins 
  • Who had the most championships?
  • Who had the most losses?


(Math & Language Arts)

This tour through St. Augustine's College is brought to you by students in ECI 551 at NC State University.
(Jenn Cook, Lynn Tran, Robin Gibson, & Steve Robertson)
All images were created by authors, unless otherwise indicated.

Created on March 13, 2003. Last updated 5/1/03.