Friday, April 26, 2019

92 minutes

MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR BOOK (Things Fall Apart) EVERY DAY

Learning Targets:

·         I can engage with historical and cultural concepts of slavery

·         I can provide textual evidence to support my claims

     1.   Finish watching and taking notes on AFRICA'S GREAT CIVILIZATIONS The Atlantic Age | Hour Five

Pay particular attention to the role of religions along with the portrayal of slavery.

    2.   Go back to the prompt that you responded to at the opening of yesterday’s class. Revise the prompt to reflect any new understanding that you have regarding slavery.

    3.    Intro to Things Fall Apart:

Chinua Achebe (16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) is a Nigerian writer and intellectual. He is known for his fiction, poetry and essays. He has won Great Britain's highest literary award (Man-Booker 2007) and is the author of the best-selling and most widely read novel written by an African writer, Things Fall Apart. He spent many years as a professor in the United States at both Bard College in New York, as well as Brown University in Rhode Island.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq1fr00Ru80

 

Opening Discussion: Turn to a partner and discuss whether or not you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Parents and grandparents have an enormous impact on a person's life."

All class discussion

Begin reading Chapter 1 in class and discuss.

Homework: Read up to chapters 1, 2, and 3 by the beginning of next class.