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