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                                  Teaching Resources for Series' Books
         These can be used independently or in connection to a visit from Dr. Winmilawe.

                                               On this page you will find:

                                        
Crafts that complement the books;
                                        Lesson plan ideas and a matching game;
                                   Common Core Standards that students can address.

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                                 Crafts        

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Shango's Son: Make a Bata Drum


1.  Take 2 paper cups [or yogurt or other containers], one smaller than the other.
2.  Cut out the bottoms.
3.  Tape the open bottoms of the cups together.  You can use masking or bandaging tape.
4.  Place wax paper on the top ends and secure the paper with rubber bands.
5.  Paint the cups (and tape) red [or red and white] for Shango.
6.  Use chopsticks for drum sticks.


                                                 For Obatala's Daughter Discovers True Friends: Make a Shekere

                              Click these words to see a different website that has various shekere instructions:) 


There are many craft ideas to do with the books.  See: ‘103 Things To Do With Readings’
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/82/    


                                                             
Lesson Plan: A Memory, Matching or Research Exercise

These are real life photos taken in or in reference to Yorubaland Nigeria.  Such photos inspired the illustrators to create different parts of the images.  They strove for cultural authenticity and you can learn so much from the details in the illustrations.  Can you find which pages these images match?  Can you find real life photos on your own that may have inspired the illustrators?  *The captions arise upon placing your cursor over the photo, use this feature only after doing the matching game or it may spoil the game!

Small mountain village outside of Ile Ife, Nigeria. Photo copyright Dr. Winmilawe, 2001.
Beaded Crown (Ade Ileke). Image courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art.
Basenji dog is native to Central Africa. Photo from petfinder.com.
Aso Oke, Yoruba woven fabric. Image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A 1910 Shango Shrine. Photo courtesy of Frobenius Institute, sourced from: Drewal, Pemberton, & Abiodun, "Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought."
Marketplace stall in Ibadan, Nigeria. Photo copyright Dr. Winmilawe, 2007.
There are many lesson plans that can adapt to these books.  See: ‘103 Things To Do With Readings’ http://www.readingrockets.org/article/82/  



    Common Core Standards that students can address with series' books:  

Grade                                    Common Core Standards students can address via Shango’s Son           

K5                                       Identify details and vocabulary. Compare with similar stories.

1                                          Discuss central message(s).  Note words that appeal to the senses.

2-3                                       Learn about a folktale from a foreign culture.  Describe character                                                        

                                                    responses to challenges.

4-5                                       Analyze text that uses significant mythological characters.                                                              

                                                    Compare traditional literature from diverse cultures.

6 - Graduate                       Example of a historically significant African culture before
1600. 
                                                     Research foundation for learning some “characteristics of culture[s].”




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