You will use the Women Contributors Graphic Organizer (BLM #4) to document
the information that you will learn from the other experts.
Facilitation Note: Give students ample time to share in their groups, and
consider providing additional supports so that they are comfortable sharing
when they are not with their expert group (i.e., fact sheet, graphic organizer,
highlighted information sheet, etc.).
Jigsaw: Divide each of the women contributor expert groups so that there
are one or two students from each expert group in a new group. Therefore
there are one or two students representing each of the women contributors
in a group.
Select a woman contributor to start with and give students a specific
amount of time to share (e.g., 5 minutes per woman contributor). As each
woman contributor is shared, the other students are attentively listening and
completing their Women Contributors Graphic Organizer.
After all the students have shared, provide time for them to return to their
expert group, share their thoughts on the other women and complete their
Women Contributors Graphic Organizer.
Provide a time where learners share “glows” (something they did well) and
“grows” (areas to possibly improve) feedback to their peers.
ALTERNATIVE SUMMATIVE TASKS
The following are suggestions for summative tasks that your students can
choose for themselves. Add, delete or modify to best meet the needs, interests
and skill level of your learners. Have the choices posted or photocopied for
easy access for learners.
Choice Board
• Create a blog on your woman contributor.
• Create a dramatic presentation highlighting the major events in the
woman contributor’s life.
• Write a rap or song about your woman contributor.
• Design and create an original monument celebrating the woman
contributor.
• Create a comic strip highlighting the major event in the woman contributor’s
life.
• Create and perform morning announcements on a Character trait and a
woman contributor.
• Interview your women contributor and write the transcript of the interview.
Black Canadian Curriculum – Intermediate – ETFO – 2014