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Thematic Unit/ South and Central American Authors.
Introduction (Two days) Major Concepts _____ ...
Submitted by suek on May 10, 2006
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Introduction
(Two days)
Major Concepts _________________________________________________________
Familiarizing ourselves with South American and Central American literature is a worthwhile endeavor because:
a. It is a way to experience other cultures without traveling.
b. Millions of South and Central Americans live in our country today.
c. South and Central American literature often displays magical realism a device rarely used in traditional American literature.
d. It will offer students an opportunity to learn history, geography and sociology from literature.
Students should be reminded that this unit is merely a small introduction to a vast amount of literature written by South and Central American authors
Main Resources for introduction_____________________________________________
(2001-2006). Immigration Demographics. Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees. w ww.gcir.org
Roe, B. D., B. D. Stoodt and P.C. Burns (2004). Secondary school literacy instruction: The content areas, 8th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. (pp449-454).
Education Place. (2006). http://www.eduplace.com
Power point presentation (appendix A)
Blank geographic maps of South and Central America (appendix B )
Statistical immigration fact sheet (appendix C)
Instructional Activities__________________________________________________
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( standards 1 and 4)
Teacher- should be wearing bright colors
After the students are seated pass out the blank maps of South America and Central America and a KWL worksheet. (KWL is appendix D)
Introduce Power Point presentation
For example
We are going to read a series of literature written by South and...
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