Teaching 
& Learning 
Strategies

• Activating Prior Knowledge: Revisit Perseverance Graphic Organizer
• Consolidating Thinking to Build New Knowledge: Jigsaw
• Consolidating the Learning Experience: Reflection Form

Background 
Information 
for Teachers

Before Lesson
• Post Learning Goals and Success Criteria for this lesson.
• Have spaces available for groups to meet, plan and prepare the 

summative task.

• Have the Anecdotal Observation Template (BLM #2) ready on a clipboard 

to use while students are working collaboratively. 

• Have copies of Reflection Form available.

Step A:
Assessment
as Learning

Lesson Note: This lesson starts with a review of Lesson 6, “Canadian Women 

Contributors, Part 2.” Please review that lesson to get some background on 

and insights into the learning experiences that this lesson will build upon.

ACTIVATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Teacher Talk: We have been working hard both collaboratively in your 

expert groups as well as independently on your Rapid Research and 

Perseverance Graphic Organizers on your woman contributor. You now 

have lots of information to share with our class and school community about 

this important person in our past or current history. 

Revisit Perseverance Graphic Organizer: Have students in their women 

contributor expert groups discuss Perseverance and evidence of it from the 

research they have done. 

Facilitation Note: Keep the sharing to within their expert group at this time 

as there will be an opportunity to share with the class community later in the 

lesson.

Step B:
Assessment 
for Learning

CONSOLIDATING THINKING TO BUILD NEW KNOWLEDGE

Teacher Talk: You are going to have the opportunity to share your woman 

contributor to a small group. Remember that you are the experts on your 

contributor and you will therefore need to be prepared to not only share, 

but answer questions about them, their lives and how they demonstrate the 

Character trait of Perseverance.  

With your expert group, you are going to discuss all that you know and 

understand about your woman contributor. Consider questions that may be 

asked about your contributor, evidence of Perseverance, interesting facts 

that others would be interested in and what your audience may want to know 

about your contributor. Use the My Woman Contributor Graphic Organizer 

(BLM #3) to take notes on what you will share.

Black Canadian Curriculum – Intermediate – ETFO – 2014