South Africa

Video that define Apartheid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7yvnUz2PLE

A short history of Nelson Mandela
http://www.history.com/topics/apartheid/videos

Extra:
What were the pass + what people did about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5VkWG6bSE8


Netflix movie: 30 for 30 : The 16th man

Questions for Journey to Jo'burg.
1- Find examples of discrimination against Blacks, report it on a sheet of paper + write page numbers.

Reading of chapter 8 of Journey to Jo'burg by the author Beverley Naidoo
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/britlit/journey-joburg
 2- Listened to ch. 8 (read by the author) and answer the following questions (on the same page as the previous activity):
1. Why, do you think, some people were running away from the police? (reference ch. 2)
2. What was 'the pass' and why, in your opinion, did the police want to see them? (see double page for reference + ch. 1 + ch.2)
3. Why did a boy say that he wasn't yet sixteen?
4. Why did the policeman let Naledi and Tiro go?
5. What was the boy referring to when he said "I'll burn his one day"?  Why did he say that?
 
Questions for other chapters:
Chapter 9: 
What happened to Dumi, and what is the reference of his situation in the double sheet about Apartheid?
Chapter 11:
Mm'a wants her children to go to school, but Grace thinks otherwise, why?
Chapter 13:
What is in the plastic bag, and why is Nadeli fixated by it?
Last chapter:
What happens to Dineo? 

Netflix movie: 30 for 30 : The 16th man

A situation in Africa to explore

Find a project
http://www.greenpeace.org/africa/fr/
Greenpeace Afrique

Liste des projets en Afrique
https://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/content/search.html?q=*&fq=region:Africa

Other ideas:
Girls empowerment
http://www.girlsdiscovered.org/
http://www.girleffect.org/

Water situations and solutions:
http://www.wired.com/design/2014/03/warka-water-africa

Cheetah's situation:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/endangeredspecies/cheetah/

Silk farming in Madagascar:
http://moneyformadagascar.blogspot.com/2012/01/silk-moth-rediscovered-by-sepali.html

http://www.rufford.org/files/African%20Farming%20-%20May.June%202013.pdf

Parc de Bemaraha à Madagscar (Tsingy)
http://www.tsingy-de-bemaraha.com/


Environment/health - Stove (many cooking stoves in Africa are inefficient. They burn a lot of wood, and with toxic fumes). 
http://www.biolitestove.com/homestove/overview/



Project
With one partners, choose a situation of concern in Africa you want to explore and learn about. Find at least 3 sources that describe the situation, what has been/is being done about it. You (your group) will write a report to present this situation and your findings, as well as your thoughts as to what was/is done.

The last step is a short presentation to the class to share your finding (a 3 to 5 minute presentation with at least 5 visuals - 5 slides on a keynote / 5 pictures presented on the doc camera - One has to be a map of the region). This step will take place after you turn in your report.

The report will be composed on Google docs (shared with me) and should contain:
• a title
• a paragraph or two exposing the initial situation (where, when, who, what, why)
• a paragraph or two exposing what has been done so far and how the progress is monitored (what, how, by whom, when,...)
• a paragraph exposing the follow-up regarding the situation (what, who, why)
• a conclusion presenting your own thoughts about the situation and the help that was/is provided (each member can have a different view)
• 3 visuals (1 has to be a map / pictures / drawings)
• the names of the participants
• a citation page (MLA format - easybib.com)

We will use 4 class time to work on this project + homework (Monday April 28th, Wednesday April 30th,  Friday May 2nd, Tuesday May 6th) - The report is due at the end of Tuesday class.

It is important to be productive in class, and use home time to find adequate resources. 

Water situation in Africa

In class on Thursday 24th ( as homework if you don't finish in class)

Watch this 10 minute video + answer the following questions:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/10/south_africa_th.html

1- Where does the video take us?

2- Throughout the video, note down 5 descriptions for this place (what you see, what you hear, facts that are given, etc….)

3- Give some facts about the situation the water there (where, how much, what kind, transport of it, its quality or lack of,...)

4- What is the "play-pump", and how is it suppose to help?  Give 5 facts about it (cost, where it is installed, how it works, looks (you can draw it), who uses it, etc…)

5- Give 5 facts about Trevor Field.

6- What action did the US take about this situation?

7- Who else is trying to help, and how?

8- How is this helping (meaning what is Trevor Field doing with the help he is getting)?

9- Do you foresee problems with this new system of getting water? Explain

10- What would you like to do about this situation?

In class work with a partner - Tuesday 22nd:  
 http://projecthumanity.org/water-problem/
1. Cite 6 statistics about water in Africa (death by contamination / diseases / time and effort to fetch it /  etc...)

Now read Clean Water Saves Lives: http://projecthumanity.org/clean-water-saves-lives/ 
 1) Explain why it is very important to train a community about the maintenance of a well, and why the community needs to feel responsible for it. 

2) Could your family afford clean water if the cost were similar to the one for these people?

Extra:
Read the 2 blogs at the bottom: 
http://projecthumanity.org/lwala-water-project/
http://projecthumanity.org/layik-water-project/
Report the information (where / what / how). 

Homework for Monday 28th
Read this article :  http://www.waterforpeople.org/extras/playpumps/update-on-playpumps.html

1. What organization took over the playpump project, and why?
2. What is the main goal of this organization?
3. How are the ambition and philosophy of this organization different from Trevor Field's, and how are they similar?
4. What are the limitations of the playpump that Trevor Field didn't see?
5. Name at least 3 modifications that have been made to the original design of the playpump.
6. For what situations will the playpump be kept?
7. There is a reference to child safety, what do you think it means? How is the playpump dangerous to children?
8. Overall, what lessons did we (future inventors/investors) learned from this story?


 

Feliciano Dos Santos: Guitar Hero

Listen to this 11 minute video,
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/watch/player.html?pkg=704_moz&seg=1&mod=0

Answer the following questions:

1- Where does it take place?
2- Who is Dos Santos? What does he do for a living?
3- What kind of song is he singing in this village?
4- What does he want to "teach"?
5- Why is it an important lesson/ Give several examples.
6- Explain how the EcoSan works. Give details.
7. What motivated Santos to help in that area?
8. Explain how hard his life was/is because of his handicap. 
9. What other topics has Santos put to his music?
10. What is life expectancy in this place? And why is it so low?
11. Is Santos and his NGO Estamos recognized and popular? Give justification to your answer. 

To view the documentary that we watched in class:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNYfCaRlMy0

Check this link to observe closely details of the plaques - Draw a few of the motifs used
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/rmAT6B7zTZCGAC

Waiting for others to be done

Find a project to support
http://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/content/browse.html


t's World Health Day, and we'd like to share a video about our work in Shinshicho, Ethiopia — an impoverished region of 250,000 people with only one small health clinic. In 2010, we partnered with the people of Shinshicho to build a hospital that could offer advanced medical care. Today, we are thankful that the hospital is very near completion, and soon the community will have access to life-saving medical care for the first time. If you would like to bring medical care to a child in need, consider giving a Gift of Hope today. https://www.holtinternational.org/gifts/goh.php#section4

Let's write a song!

Write new lyrics to one of these songs to summarize what you learned about Africa.

Use this karaoke version to help you synch your lyrics: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBLux5fICo


Wavin' flag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTJSt4wP2ME

Each student will write at least these 3 verses to cover 1 topic
Oh, oh, oh, oh ,.....

Give me freedom, give me fire,

Give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now,

You define us, make us feel proud

In the streets our heads are lifting,

As we lose our inhibition,
Celebration, it's around us,

Every nations, all around us

Singing forever young,

Singing songs underneath that sun
Let's rejoice in the beautiful game,

And together at the end of the day we all say,

The group will work together to write the chorus
[Chorus:]
When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me 'Freedom', just like a wavin' flag

When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me 'Freedom', just like a wavin' flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back, and then it goes...
Oh, oh, oh, oh ,.....

Shosholoza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aFlQS4k3wo

South Africa!

Netflix movie: 30 for 30 : The 16th man

Questions for Journey to Jo'burg.
1- Find examples of discrimination against Blacks, report it on a sheet of paper + write page numbers.

Reading of chapter 8 of Journey to Jo'burg by the author Beverley Naidoo
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/britlit/journey-joburg
 2- Listened to ch. 8 (read by the author) and answer the following questions (on the same page as the previous activity):
1. Why, do you think, some people were running away from the police? (reference ch. 2)
2. What was 'the pass' and why, in your opinion, did the police want to see them? (see double page for reference + ch. 1 + ch.2)
3. Why did a boy say that he wasn't yet sixteen?
4. Why did the policeman let Naledi and Tiro go?
5. What was the boy referring to when he said "I'll burn his one day"?  Why did he say that?
 
Questions for other chapters:
Chapter 9: 
What happened to Dumi, and what is the reference of his situation in the double sheet about Apartheid?
Chapter 11:
Mm'a wants her children to go to school, but Grace thinks otherwise, why?
Chapter 13:
What is in the plastic bag, and why is Nadeli fixated by it?
Last chapter:
What happens to Dineo? 


Video that define Apartheid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7yvnUz2PLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5VkWG6bSE8
http://www.history.com/topics/apartheid/videos

Situation in Africa to explore

Water situations and solutions:
http://www.wired.com/design/2014/03/warka-water-africa

Cheetah's situation:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/endangeredspecies/cheetah/

Silk farming in Madagascar:
http://moneyformadagascar.blogspot.com/2012/01/silk-moth-rediscovered-by-sepali.html

http://www.rufford.org/files/African%20Farming%20-%20May.June%202013.pdf


Environment/health - Stove (many cooking stoves in Africa are inefficient. They burn a lot of wood, and with toxic fumes. 
http://www.biolitestove.com/homestove/overview/

Girls empowerment
http://www.girlsdiscovered.org/
http://www.girleffect.org/

Find a project to support
http://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/content/browse.html

With one or two partners, choose a situation of concern in Africa you want to explore and learn about. Find at least 3 sources that describe the situation, what has been/is being done about it. You (your group) will write a report to present this situation and your findings, as well as your thoughts as to what was/is done.

The last step is a short presentation to the class to share your finding (a 4 to 6 minute presentation with at least 3 visuals - 3 slides on a keynote / 3 pictures presented on the doc camera). This step will take place after you turn in your report.

The report should contain
• a title
• a paragraph or two exposing the initial situation (where, when, who, what, why)
• a paragraph or two exposing what has been done so far and how the progress is monitored (what, how, by whom, when,...)
• a paragraph exposing the follow-up regarding the situation (what, who, why)
• a conclusion presenting your own thoughts about the situation and the help that was/is provided (each member can have a different view)
• 3 visuals (maps / pictures / drawings)
• the names of the participants
• a citation page

We will use 4 class time to work on this project + homework (Tuesday January 28th, Thursday January 30th, Monday February 3rd, Wednesday February 5th) - The report is due at the end of Wednesday class.

Water in Africa

In class work with a partner - Friday 24th:  http://projecthumanity.org/water-problem/
1. Cite 6 statistics about water in Africa (death by contamination / diseases / time and effort to fetch it /  etc...)

Now read Clean Water Saves Lives: http://projecthumanity.org/clean-water-saves-lives/ 
1) Explain why it is very important to train a community about the maintenance of a well, and why the community needs to feel responsible for it. 

2) Could your family afford clean water if the cost were similar to the one for these people?

Extra:
Read the 2 blogs at the bottom: 
http://projecthumanity.org/lwala-water-project/
http://projecthumanity.org/layik-water-project/
Report the information (where / what / how). 


In class work - Wednesday 22nd:
Read this article :  http://www.waterforpeople.org/extras/playpumps/update-on-playpumps.html

1. What organization took over the playpump project, and why?
2. What is the main goal of this organization?
3. How are the ambition and philosophy of this organization different from Trevor Field's, and how are they similar?
4. What are the limitations of the playpump that Trevor Field didn't see?
5. Name at least 3 modifications that have been made to the original design of the playpump.
6. For what situations will the playpump be kept?
7. There is a reference to child safety, what do you think it means? How is the playpump dangerous to children?
8. Overall, what lessons did we (future inventors/investors) learned from this story?


Homework for Wednesday 22nd (if you didn't finish in class)

Watch this 10 minute video + answer the following questions .  http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/10/south_africa_th.html

1- Where does the video take us?

2- Throughout the video, note down 5 descriptions for this place (what you see, what you hear, facts that are given, etc….)

3- Give some facts about the situation the water there (where, how much, what kind, transport of it, its quality or lack of,...)

4- What is the "play-pump", and how is it suppose to help?  Give 5 facts about it (cost, where it is installed, how it works, looks (you can draw it), who uses it, etc…)

5- Give 5 facts about Trevor Field.

6- What action did the US take about this situation?

7- Who else is trying to help, and how?

8- How is this helping (meaning what is Trevor Field doing with the help he is getting)?

9- Do you foresee problems with this new system of getting water? Explain

10- What would you like to do about this situation?

Kingdoms of Africa: West Africa

If you want to watch part of the documentary, here it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNYfCaRlMy0
Our first class went to minute 11:20
Our second class to minute 30:12
And we started our 3rd class to minute 30:12