Black History Month: reading

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

English class

week 7: reading comprehension, Black History Month

What to do today?

- go through planning

- Black History Month: let's celebrate and learn! 

- reading comprehension: To B, or not to b?

- conclusion

Planning 

Zie Teams voor planning

Stuur mij een mail als je vervroegd examen wilt doen!

[e-mail]

Vermeld: 

- je klas

- je resultaten

Black History Month: let's learn and celebrate!

Choose a Black person you want to celebrate this month. This could be anyone: a celebrity, a historic figure, a politician, a family member etc.

Every lesson we will listen to four students who will share something about the person they’ve picked to celebrate. Prepare to talk about them in English for about 1-2 minutes. Make sure to tell us why you picked this person.

Reading comprehension

Tips: 

Scan de tekst eerst

Zoek gericht (namen, nummers, kopjes)

Ga uit van de tekst, niet wat je zelf denkt

Nederlandse vraag = Nederlands antwoord!

kids.nationalgeographic.com

What is the main reason Black History week was brought to life?

1. to teach people about Black history.
2. to fight the lack of information about the accomplishments of Black people.
3. to celebrate the birthdays of important abolitionists like Douglass and Lincoln.

Black History week was founded by Carter G. Woodson.

true

false

Black History month was founded in:

1. 1915
2. 1926
3. 1976
4. 1960

Noem nog drie landen die Black History month vieren.

Wat en hoe zet Black History month tegenwoordig door?

eu.northjersey.com

Waar gaat de tekst over?

What does McCarter say about capitalizing the B?

1. that it's not that important
2. if we capitalize the B, we should also do W
3. there's an urgency to capitalize it
4. we should change it to honor George Floyd

Wat is hier het argument om de B wel als hoofdletter te schrijven?

Is Khadijah White voor of tegen de verandering? Leg je antwoord uit.

What does “to be leery” mean?

1. to be distrustful, suspicious
2. to be against something
3. to ignore an issue

What does John Daniszewski say about capitalizing the W in white as a news outlet?

1. it might make people think they agree with white nationalists
2. it risks making Black people upset
3. it spreads the beliefs of white nationalists

Wat wordt er in dit laatste stuk gezegd?

Do you agree with the change to the big B?

agree

disagree

Next class

Before class: 

Prepare to do the Black History Month assignment (see Teams)

See planner homework assignments

During class: 

Listening comprehension