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Friday 4/29
View video--last 5 minutes Traditions & Customs in Kaffir Boy Understanding violence in Kaffir Boy Highlight in text Take Quiz over Chapters 11-20 at Quia Assignment: pp. 123-155 Chapters 21-24 South Africa today 2015 Documentary on Apartheid Previous Days' Assignments: Wednesday 4/27 Read a message from the author: If You Assign My Book, Don't Censor It View video--first 5 minutes Kaffir Boy Kahoot for Chapters 1-6 on Wednesday. Kahoot for Chapters 7-10 Fill in packet! Assignment for Friday: Chapter 11-20: 74-119--Read to END of Part I (fix bookmark pages!) Monday 4/25 All of this info today will be fair game for a quiz and/or test, so PLEASE stay focused for the 15 minutes this will take! Close laptop, put phones AWAY, and watch and listen carefully. I am starting with this and sharing this because as I was reading these first few chapters, I didn't understand WHY these raids were happening. Why--when they had already been forced to these shantytowns--were citizens further terrorized by nighttime raids? Why were the pass books so important? I found some of these answers in these short clips! Watch Apartheid: 46 Years in 90 Seconds (1:30) Then Read p. 5 together about Sharpeville Massacre View News footage of Sharpeville 1960 (57 seconds) View CBS 2013 special report on Sharpeville (2:48) Then Read p. 9 about Johannes' mother's passbook and pg. 21 about his father's View South African Passbooks (2:39) View Held Hostage to a Passbook (1:13) View Fear of Forgetting Passbook (1:50) On a lighter note, look how far they've come-- Being Mixed Race in South Africa We'll do Kaffir Boy Kahoot for pp 3-34 Chapters 1-6 on Wednesday. In your packet, fill in the tables with 4 themes. Assign each person one box in each category. We'll then compile and record. Now read for remainder of class Assignment: pp. 34-74 for Wednesday Thursday 4/21 Finish folk tale presentations Introduce Kaffir Boy Remember that EVERYTHING we watch, present or read is fair game for evaluation! Please listen carefully! View: Apartheid Documentary (9 min) View: Growing up in Apartheid South Africa (4 min) Go through Kaffir Boy Intro and Activity Packet See the Mathabane Slides in this PPT View Kaffir Boy (2:02) Kaffir Boy eNotes Apartheid Laws Read Preface Assignment for Monday: pp. 3-34 Tuesday 4/19 African folk tale keynote, notes & presentations Friday, April 15 Assignment: African Folk Tale Lesson African folk tales presentations to prepare for Kaffir Boy South African Myths View African folk tale Previous Days' Assignments: Wednesday, April 13 Finish Mao's Last Dancer Go to Ted.com . Click Sign Up and create a free account. Click the Save Password option. Then go to your email and open the Ted Lesson I sent you. Be sure you are logged in. Do Ted Lesson on Mao's Last Dancer and send response in email. Choose TWO of the topics to respond to in an email! Friday, April 8 Post Response Here Intro to Mao's Last Dancer Teach with Movies Read this article! Study Guide for Movie A Chinese Dancer's Odyssey into the Movies Making dreams come true Mao's last dancer tells his story Wednesday, April 6 Test over Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress Monday, April 4 Is abortion legal in China? Abortion in China is legal and is a government service available on request for women except in cases of sex-selective abortion. In addition to virtually universal access to contraception, abortion is a way for China to contain its population in accordance with its one-child policy. How many abortions are performed in China? New data published by China's National Health and Family Planning Commission indicates that there are more than 13 million abortions conducted in the country every year, highlighting the huge reliance on the procedure as it seeks to restrain population growth. Text to world connection: China's One Child Policy Abolished , Oct 29, 2015! Finish discussion questions Finish movie 1:04-1:43 Chapter 19 Kahoot Who Said It Kahoot Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress (bowerman) Kahoot Balzac & the LCS Quotes Part 3 Kahoot |
