Teaching Sizwe Banzi Is Dead | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Part 1. This section of the play is set in the photography shop owned by a young black man named Styles. The objective of this lesson is to use details of the opening scene and setting to make deductions about what the play might be about, and why.

1) 1. Opening discussion: What details about the opening scene can we use to get a feel for...
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