Beyond The Lion King:
Teaching about Africa through Film
Eileen Mattingly, Journeys in Film
www.journeysinfilm.org
The true “Lion
King” of Mali
Teaching about Great African Civilizations
http://www.pbs.org/video/2365943916/
Origins | The Cross and The Crescent |
Empires of Gold | Cities | The Atlantic Age |
Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsK
9Y9_WnDk
Discussion Guide
• QUEEN_OF_KATWE_DISCUSSION_GUIDE_V6.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtLg
XlJ03xA
Pre-Viewing Lessons:
Lesson 1: Social Studies
Apartheid and South African History 19
Lesson 2: Social Studies
Pandemics and Epidemics 37
Lesson 3: World History
HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa 51
Lesson 4: Media Literacy
Viewing the Film Beat the Drum 65
Lesson 5: Language Arts
Musa’s Heroic Journey 73
Post-Viewing Lessons:
Lesson 6: Cross-Cultural Understanding
Affirmative Action in South Africa 85
Lesson 7: Cultural Studies
Zulu Cultural Traditions 99
Lesson 8: Media Literacy/Service Learning
The Language of Persuasion 117
Lesson 9: Visual Arts
Zulu Basketry: A Tradition of Coiling 131
Lesson 10: Health
Chronic Illness and Disability in the Classroom 141
Elements of a Lesson
Lesson-7-Cultural-Studies-Zulu-CulturalTraditions.pdf
Lesson-1-Social-Studies-Apartheid-&South-African-History.pdf
Lesson-6-Cross-Cultural-UnderstandingAffirmative-Action-in-South-Africa.pdf
Dan Eldon – Dying to Tell the Story
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