Emma Nelson

TEACH FOR A DAY activity list and time schedule

Time:
4 min

2 min

6 min

3 min

8 min

8 min

Activities:
Entering the room:
Have everyone pick up a piece of paper as they enter the room
On our PowerPoint presentation we will have a slide up, asking the
students to write their name and one thing they know about India
on the piece of paper they picked up as they walked in
Introduction:
Each teacher states their name
Explain that we are in the Academe for Global Studies Program at
Austin High School and that we will be teaching the class about
religious conflict/imperialism in India.
Activity 1:
Have definition of magical realism on PowerPoint and explain
Next show picture of Indian god (Ganesha, Vishnu, etc.) on the
PowerPoint slide
Ask students to write 5 observations/thoughts on a piece of paper
(provide paper as needed)
Rotation prep:
Explain both rotations
Leave time for students to divide up and begin rotations
Rotation 1:
Rotation 1 will consist of an explanation of the book, Midnights
Children, why we read it and what happened concerning religious
conflicts and imperialism (2 min)
Have students get with a pair and fill out a fill in the blank work
sheet over a reading that will be provided (reading will explain
religious conflict and imperialism in India) (3 min)
Have a matching game set up, ask students to try to match the
Indian god with the name of the god (3 min, if they dont finish
because of time then its ok)
This rotation will be run by Emily, Dayna, and Esperanza
Rotation 2:
Have game set up where there are two goals, split up the group
up into two teams, purposefully make the teams uneven with a
greater number of kids on one side and a lesser number on the
other. Give the larger team a greater number of objects to shot in
the goal and the smaller team a lesser number of objects to shot
in the goal. Giving them the same amount of time to throw most
amount of objects in the goal as possible, count up who
accumulated the most goals when the time is finished. Explain
that the larger team won because of their obvious advantage and
this tell them what this signifies (8 min)

Emma Nelson

3 min

9 min

3 min

Total:

This rotation will be run by Emma and Katie

Video clip:
Re-group and show short clip from Midnights Children (have
ready on PowerPoint)
Jeopardy:
Play jeopardy game with all students to review what they learned
(this is an opportunity to give out candy to students or teams who
answer questions right, during and or after the game)
Conclusion:
Thank the class for participating in activities ask if they have any
questions
Leave them a short amount of time to pack up towards the end, if
needed
46 min