Lesson 4: Introduction to Africville
1.1 Identify physical and social needs of residents in an area (e.g., food, water, shelter, recreation, social interaction) Social Studies
Lesson Description:
- (10 Minutes) Explain to the students that Africville is a community within Canada located on the East coast in Nova Scotia. Two Black Canadians by the names of William Brown and William Arnold moved to Canada, bought 5 hectares of land in Halifax right on the waterfront of Bedford Basin and called it Africville (Welldon, 2009, p. 3). It was a community where everyone knew and would help one another. The people living in Africville had to do without a lot of things.
-Community did not have toilets inside or running water. Their water came from wells that they needed to fetch from the well daily. In our homes we turn on the tap or walk to the washroom inside. In Africville they needed to go outside in the cold and hot weather
-Homes in Africville did not have heat so they needed to use wood stoves. Are these safe? What could happen? The community of Africville did not have a fire department. What would happen to their houses? Is this fair? (Welldon, 2009, p.11-14).
- (20 Minutes) Show the students Aficville Nova Scotia Clip 1 and Africville Nova Scotia Clip 2
- (10 Minutes) Consolidation:
Discussion Questions:
-whose voices are heard? whose are not?
-what do you notice about the color of those in "power?" gender?
-in the video they state that if the minimal living capabilities are not there then people need help. What do you think people need to live? Did people in Africville have those things? Who controlled whether they had them or not?
-Community did not have toilets inside or running water. Their water came from wells that they needed to fetch from the well daily. In our homes we turn on the tap or walk to the washroom inside. In Africville they needed to go outside in the cold and hot weather
-Homes in Africville did not have heat so they needed to use wood stoves. Are these safe? What could happen? The community of Africville did not have a fire department. What would happen to their houses? Is this fair? (Welldon, 2009, p.11-14).
- (20 Minutes) Show the students Aficville Nova Scotia Clip 1 and Africville Nova Scotia Clip 2
- (10 Minutes) Consolidation:
Discussion Questions:
-whose voices are heard? whose are not?
-what do you notice about the color of those in "power?" gender?
-in the video they state that if the minimal living capabilities are not there then people need help. What do you think people need to live? Did people in Africville have those things? Who controlled whether they had them or not?
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Assessment/ Evaluation
- Oral discussion to determine what the students understood about the lesson and videos they watched.