Week 5

Week five sees the unit coming to a close. Monday will be used for a final wrap up of presentations along with finalized preparations for group speeches. We will continue to assist students in whatever way possible. On Wednesday, each group will perform a 12 to 15 minute presentation on their topic in which every student in the group will speak for a minimum of 3 minutes. While students are presenting, their classmates will be filling in a guided outline for each presentation. This outline will allow for peer review of each presentation, and it will keep the students focused on the material each student is presenting. We will also be assessing each group based on a rubric provided here (LINK). During these presentations should should show understanding of research processes, synthesizing information, working productively in a group setting, and a knowledge of African from a non-western perspective. On the final day of the week, we will begin to discuss some of the topics, and how individual groups addressed these topics. We will facilitate a discussion and perhaps debate in which the students discuss the different African materials, the research process, and the different perspectives of Africa. The hope in this discussion is that the teacher has to do very little talking. the students should begin to discuss the topics among themselves, with the teacher merely acting as a moderator.

CHU - Planning Matrix - Week 5