by boot | Mar 10, 2025
Show students some materials (photographs or videos) about genocides, or read aloud a passage from the book that describes a genocide (see pp. 7, 34, 38, 48, 66, 73, 84). Ask students to free-write about their thoughts and feelings after hearing and/or seeing the...
by boot | Mar 10, 2025
Introduce the book and your goals for studying it, and briefly outline the issues the book explores. Tell students that issues-based study raises varied opinions, and that, as a class, you will set some ground rules for maintaining a respectful and safe classroom...
by boot | Mar 6, 2025
The Africville of today is rather different from the Africville that the girl in the story imagined and longed for. Ask students how they think attending the Africville reunion festival made the girl feel: Sad? Grateful? Happy? Angry? What clues do we have in the book...
by boot | Mar 6, 2025
The Africville that the young girl was told about by her family was full of vivid colors and beauty, where people got to experience the different rhythms of nature more directly than in many cities today. Ask each student to draw a picture of their favorite scene from...
by boot | Mar 6, 2025
As a class, use the scenes and information from Africville to create a mural that features a panorama of the girl’s journey through Africville. To do this, divide the class into 8-12 small groups. Each group will be responsible for one of the scenes or places the girl...
