Day 5

My Children! My Africa! Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Debate

    Kind of Activity:

    Performance

    Objective:

    To present and defend well-reasoned arguments to an issue addressed in the text.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.B; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.3

    Structure:

    Context (5-30 min depending on length of debate example clip you share)

    The play opens with Thami and Isabel having a debate arguing whether a statement is true or false. This is a style of debate popularized by the Oxford Union debating style. You can read more about them here: https://www.oxford-union.org/debating

    For additional context, you can show an...

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