CAN COGO TEACH
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO VOTE?
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Targeted Audience: 6-8 |
Areas of Integration: Civics, Geography and Reading |
Benchmarks Addressed: Civics 3 (Citizenship)
and Geography 1 (Maps) |
Workshop Description: This workshop
guides teachers through a unit on Apartheid in South Africa, emphasizing
the 1994 elections. It stresses the importance of using both expository
and narrative pieces, and active citizenship. Teachers will see
how the use of maps of what is being read will bring about a deeper
understanding of the text. |
Featured Readings:
The Day Cogo Went to Vote |
Presenter: Andrea Rashbaum |