While the actors do the reading, the video shows the illustrated pages and subtitles appear on the bottom so that students can follow along in their own books or read together from the screen.
In addition, there are activities and questions for each book. The site is out of funding, so they probably won't add any more books, but they have a nice little collection.
To Be a Drum can still be used in my high school class because it's a nice companion piece to Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy," and it works as a hook to give them some background knowledge to start their research on slavery in America.
Thanks Esther for sharing this resource. If you find resources that would benefit other teachers, let us know. We'd love to hear from you.
