by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Ask students whether they think the story takes place in the past or the present. There may be differences of opinion; encourage students to defend or support their answers with examples from the book. In actuality, Africville is a story that mixes past and present...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Ask students to imagine a place — in real life or in their imagination — where they feel at home. What does that place look and feel like? Who else is there with them? Why do they feel at home in this place? Have they ever been to this place before? Now instruct...
by boot | Feb 18, 2025
Africville is about home in many ways. In the story, the Africville that the young girl visits is much different than it was many years ago. We don’t know if she has ever been there before, yet it still seems like a place where she feels at home. Ask students...
