Teaching
& Learning
Strategies
• Activating Prior Knowledge: Partner Reading
• Shared Reading and Documentation of Thinking: Black Canadian Women
Contributor Posters
• Consolidating Thinking to Build New Knowledge: Rapid Research
• Consolidating the Learning Experience: Ticket Out the Door
Background
Information
for Teachers
Before Lesson
• Post Learning Goals and Success Criteria for this lesson.
• Have copies of Black Canadian Women Contributor Information Sheets
available for small groups.
• Have technology and text resources available for research (extension
suggestion).
• Have spaces available for small groups to meet, discuss and complete
research.
• Have the Anecdotal Observation Template (BLM #2) ready on a clipboard
to use while students are working collaboratively.
• Have the Ticket Out the Door Template enlarged onto chart paper and
posted.
Step A:
Assessment
as Learning
Lesson Note: This lesson starts with a review of Lesson 3, Canadian
Contributors to Society. 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 learned about the contribution that Viola Desmond made
to society, and we had an opportunity to write a journal entry about the
impact that her contribution had. Let’s take some time now to reflect on the
impacts that you wrote about.
Partner Reading: Have students pair up and find a space where they can
listen to each other read their journal entries. Encourage them to make
connections between the impacts that they share with each other while
reading their journals.
Step B:
Assessment
for Learning
SHARED READING AND DOCUMENTATION OF THINKING
Teacher Talk: As we discussed yesterday, there are some Canadian
contributors that are very famous or popular. We see and hear about them
through websites, books and various other media. There are other Canadians
who have made very significant contributions to society but may not have
received the same recognition as others. We are going to learn about some
amazing women that fit into this category.
Black Canadian Curriculum – Junior – ETFO – 2014