This lesson introduces the idea that people and communities are working to take back and reclaim lost languages. It opens up Ideas about language revitalization and ways that retaking language can help to empower people and communities. It also serves to help students with note taking strategies during listening tasks.
Learning Objective
1. SWBAT describe ways in which language is lost
2. SWBAT identify important information from a listening text
3. SWBAT take notes that will be of value to themselves
4. SWBAT possess an understanding of the work currently being done in language revitalization efforts
Full lesson plan on Google Docs:
Activity: Think Pair Share
Steps & Teacher Directions:
Bring up the questions from last lessons 4 corners wrap up activity
Give them a few 2-5 minutes to turn to a classmate and talk about the questions
Activity: Productive note taking
Steps & Teacher Directions:
Explain the guided note taking task
These aren't questions that need to be answered, but are things you should be thinking about and listening for.
Take notes on the information you feel is important
You don't have to use full sentences and the grammar doesn't have to be perfect, these notes are for your use and you need to be able to understand them
How the activity is going to go
I'm going to give you a minute to read through the guiding questions on your own.
We’re going to listen to the video once. And you will be taking notes. The first time
Then we are going to come together as a group and talk about it
After you have spent some time talking about it time permitting, we are going to listen to it again.
CCQ’s
What is the point of the guiding questions?
What will you be doing when we watch it for the first time?
How many times are we going to watch it?
Give them the handout.
Give them 1 minute to read through it.
Play the video
Come back and spend a few minutes answering questions.
Watch it a second time, this time they take notes.
Come back and as a class spend 5-10 minutes discussing the video, use the worksheet as a guide of what to talk about.
Activity: Information Synthesis
Steps & Teacher Directions:
On a piece of paper or a notecard, have each student write one negative consequence of language loss and one possible solution.
In small groups, have students share these points and discuss which negative consequence is most significant and which solution seems most promising.
Have a representative from each group present to the class on their choice, providing reasons and allowing for agreement or disagreement from other students.
Appendix A: Ted Talk
How to save a language from extinction
Appendix B: Note taking handout
Appendix C: PowerPoint Presentation
Appendix D: Additional resources