Multiple
Media - Getting Beyond the Text
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Leader: This activity is split into three time periods.
Please help participants keep track of the time and facilitate
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The
classroom lesson we just saw focused on the land allocation
group activity. In an earlier part of this lesson that was not
shown, Maureen Spaight had her students listen to part of an
audio recording of Alan Paton reading from his book, "Cry
the Beloved Country," in order to help them better understand
the history of South Africa. Maureen has also used popular films
such as "Out of Africa" and novels such as "Animal
Farm" to introduce concepts relevant to the study of Africa
and colonization.
Take three
minutes to list as many specific examples as you can of
similar types of media -- poetry, music, films, novels, etc.
-- that you might use to introduce and/or reinforce a lesson
about South Africa. Please be specific, e.g. the film "Biko."
Now, take
two minutes to choose one of your examples and briefly
explain why it would be an effective classroom tool - how does
it connect to the subject and how does it help connect your
students to the subject?
For the
remaining 10minutes, share and discuss your ideas, keeping
this question in mind: How does using multiple media appeal
to different styles of learning?
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