English 12 · Week 13 · Ethics, Research, and Postcolonial Voices
Postcolonial Voices
Things Fall Apart and stories told from the other side of empire.
- Students will
- Students analyze how point of view and cultural context shape a story told from the colonized perspective.
- SEL skill
- Describe a story from the perspective of the colonized and name how it differs from the colonizer's view
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy by taking a perspective different from their own.
- Content focus
- Postcolonial voices and the other side of empire
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness is seeing a situation through someone else's eyes and caring about what they experience, especially when their background differs from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- RL.11-12.3: Reading: Literature, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 3
- RL.11-12.1: Reading: Literature, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 1
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.7 Evaluating language choices
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Any fiction
- Popular books named: Things Fall Apart, Heart of Darkness
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 12, Unit 2: The Human Condition
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 12 (British and World Literature), Unit 6: Finding a Home
- HMH Collections Grade 12, Collection 3: Voices of Protest
- HMH Collections Grade 12, Collection 4: Seeking Justice, Seeking Peace
- Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC), Module 5: Cambodia Remembers
- Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC), Module 21: On Leaving | On Staying Behind
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More social awareness activities for English 12
- Literary Criticism Lenses Social awarenessReading one text through multiple critical lenses.
- Poetry and Grief Social awarenessElegies and supporting others in grief.
- Civic Voice Social awarenessWriting to influence a local or state decision.
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