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ACTIVITY: Introduction (WH)

Project: Can We Overcome Racism? A Case Study of South Africa

SUMMARY

Goals

 

Details

Duration: 60 minutes

Assessments: Student discussions

Materials: Images of South Africa from Teachers' Curriculum Institute

 

Description

The purpose of this activity is to benchmark students' initial knowledge of South Africa and to give them a glimpse of South African history through images to spark student-generated questions that will guide the unit of study.

* Gallery Walk – Images of South Africa
* Students write questions on butcher paper based on images
* Students brainstorm what they know and want to know about South Africa
* Share out student responses

This should happen at approximately the same time as the English Language Arts Introduction Activity.

ACTIVITY RESOURCES

(e.g. rubrics, examplars, websites, etc.)


Gallery Walk Images
Photopied images of South Africa using Teachers' Curriculum Institute's Modern Africa Unit and Modern Europe Unit (2.2G ...
http://www.teachtci.com/resour...

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ALL PROJECT ACTIVITIES

  1. Introduction (ELA)
  2. Introduction (WH)
  3. Questioning #1: 4 Types of Questions (WH)
  4. Questioning #1: Kaffir Boy (ELA)
  5. Questioning #2: Mini Poster (WH)
  6. Questioning #2: Gallery Walk (ELA)
  7. Questioning #3: Prep for Socratic Seminar (WH)
  8. Questioning #3: Socratic Seminar (ELA)
  9. Content Study (WH)
  10. Content Study (ELA)
  11. Content Study (SCI)
  12. Exhibition Overview
  13. Exhibition Preparation (ELA & WH)
  14. Reflection of Exhibition