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Teaching Things Fall Apart in Wisconsin: A Resource Guide for Educators  Unit PlanTeaching Things Fall Apart in Wisconsin: A Resource Guide for Educators  Unit Plan
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University of  Wisconsin
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11th - Higher Ed
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English Language Arts
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Duration
21 days
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Year
2009
Unit Plan

Teaching Things Fall Apart in Wisconsin: A Resource Guide for Educators

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“There is no story that is not true, . . .” And uncovering the truths in Things Fall Apart is the focus of a 68-page resource packet designed to provide instructors with a wealth of materials that enhance understanding of Chinua Achebe’s tale. Objectives, lecture points, discussion questions, activities, project ideas, and assessment suggestions are included for nine different thematic approaches. A must-have for your curriculum library.

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chinua achebe, nigeria

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chinua achebe, colonization of africa, postcolonial african literature, nigeria, Igbo culture, english language arts

Pros

  • All the templates, maps and graphic organizers are also available online and links are provided
  • Teaching points are suggested for each of the nine thematic approaches

 

Cons

  • The packet is a collection of resources designed to be used with the novel; as such, no lesson plans are included

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Worksheet

Things Fall Apart: Bloom's Taxonomy of Thinking Processes

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One of the things that makes Bloom's Taxonomy so effective is that it works off different levels of understanding. Test your readers' knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation with these short questions....
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Things Fall Apart: Problematic Situation

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If you could pick characteristics you would want your child to possess, what would they be? To better understand Okonkwo, one of the key characters in Things Fall Apart, class groups engage in an activity that asks them to consider this...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
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Organizer

Things Fall Apart: Graphic Organizer

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Can two cultures live together successfully? After reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, have your class complete the graphic organizer included. They compare different cultures and brainstorm how different pairs could live...
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Activity

Things Fall Apart: Bloom’s Taxonomy

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Promote critical thinking and literary analysis with a short activity. Readers of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart respond to a series of questions modeled on Bloom's Taxonomy.    
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Activity

Things Fall Apart: Question Answer Response Theory

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Passages from Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart provide the text for a QAR: Question Answer Response comprehension activity. Readers respond to right there, think and search, on your own, and author and you questions.  ...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Activity

Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe

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Here’s a 19-page Things Fall Apart teacher resource packet from the UK that includes background information on Chinua Achebe, the culture of the Ibo people before and after colonization, and activities designed to prepare learners for...
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Activity

Things Fall Apart: Research, Writing & Presentation Project

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A great resource for your unit on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Small groups conduct research about related topics (list included), write papers, present PowerPoint slide shows, and take a student-created test. Fill in a few...
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Lesson Plan

A “New English” in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”: A Common Core Exemplar

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To examine the “New English” Chinua Achebe uses in Things Fall Apart, readers complete a series of worksheets that ask them to examine similes, proverbs, and African folktales contained in the novel. Individuals explain the meaning...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Interactive

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

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For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 short answer and essay questions based on Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the...
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