Introducing Africa
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Introducing Africa

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Subject Social Studies
Grade Level Grades K-5
Resource Type Lesson Plan
Standards Alignment
Common Core State Standards
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About This Lesson

This kit is designed to unearth stereotypes about Africa and helps to teach about diversity. In the first lesson, students challenge their own stereotypes about Africa through a series of photographs. After discussing the photographs, students examine how media constructions of Africa helped inform their responses. The second lesson uses currency as the medium to explore individual African countries’ constructions of the continent. Aligned to Common Core Standards:

Lesson 1: SL.3.2, SL.6.2, RI.3.7, RI.6.7

Lesson 2: SL.3.4, SL.6.4, RI.3.7, RH.6-8.7

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Standards

Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.2
Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.2
Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7
Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.4
Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.4
Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7

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Very useful resources and lesson plans to support a unit on Africa.
mshields
mshields
November 23, 2013
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