Facilitation Notes: Display the Black Canadian Women Contributor Posters
for all the students to see. Use one to focus on the text features and layout
of the posters. You may choose to use the poster of Viola Desmond to
consolidate the learning from the previous lesson, or another poster to
compare Viola Desmond with.
Read the captions and information about one of the women and make
connections to Viola Desmond and the contributors that students shared in
previous lessons. Invite questions and comments based on what is shared
from the reading and viewing of the poster.
Step C:
Assessment
for Learning
CONSOLIDATING THINKING TO BUILD NEW KNOWLEDGE
Teacher Talk: Now that we have been introduced to these incredible
women, additional information will allow us to learn more about them, their
contributions and the impact they have had on society.
You will have the opportunity to select a woman contributor that you would
like to learn more about. In a small group, you will learn more about the
person you have selected and independently conduct “rapid research” to
document your thinking.
Rapid Research: Create a meeting place in the classroom for each of the
women contributors from the posters, where students can work collaboratively.
Have students select a woman to learn about and move to that area of the
classroom. With the other students who have selected the same woman
to focus on, they work together to read and discuss information from the
Black Canadian Women Contributor Information Sheet to include on their
individual Rapid Research Graphic Organizer.
Facilitation Note: Ensure that students in their self-selected research
groups have access to the relevant poster and information sheet along with
their Rapid Research Graphic Organizer. You may choose to include Viola
Desmond as part of the rapid research for those students who would like
to learn more about her or to support those students who may find rapid
research challenging without prior experience with the topic.
Teacher Talk: Now that you have had an opportunity to read the information
sheet and have discussions with those in your group, you may begin
working on documenting your thinking on the Rapid Research Graphic
Organizer. Remember: even though you are completing your rapid research
independently, you can discuss ideas and your thinking with others to help
you do your best on your research.
Lesson Note: For this lesson, the focus of the rapid research is the individual
Black Canadian Women Contributor Information Sheets. The rapid research
can be extended to include students doing additional research using online
and/or text resources.
Black Canadian Curriculum – Junior – ETFO – 2014