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Additional Search Results 1 - 10 of 48 for Jamaica
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1. Graphing Rhythms
...eives an index card and a pencil or crayon. Each student writes his/her name on the card. 3. Working by group, help students write the rhythms of their names on the cards, using quarter and/ or eighth notes. Some examples are: Troy = quarter Jamie = quarter quarter Stephanie = eighth eighth quarter Jamaica = quarter eighth eighth Adriana = quarter quarter quarter quarter The rhythm depends on where the stress comes in the name. For example, Stephanie and Jamaica are different, because the stress for Stephanie is on the last syllable (the quarter note), and the stress for Jamaica is on the first syllab...
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2. Movie
...ovie that relates to the Caribbean or was filmed in the Caribbean. Time: two hours Resources/Materials: television, VCR movies - please see The Video Source Book by Anjanelle Klisz under the Caribbean section to select a video, one option could be Cool Runnings which is a comedy that takes place in Jamaica Procedure: 1. The teacher will introduce the movie as a fun activity for the students to just sit and enjoy. 2. The class will watch the movie. Assessment: The students will be assessed by their cooperation in watching the movie. Curricular Strands: This will depend upon the movie. Possible Extensio...
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3. Reggae Music
...ll play instruments to accompany their singing. Materials: keyboards chromatic melody instruments percussion instruments Musical Score Musical Score in .pdf format; requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click the icon to obtain the free Reader. Vocabulary: 1. Reggae - A style of music associated with Jamaica. 2. Jamaica - An island in the Caribbean Sea, formerly a colony of England. 3. Rastafarianism - A religion practiced by people of African descent in Jamaica. 4. Steps - The distance between adjacent notes in a musical scale. 5. Half Steps - The smallest interval, or space, between notes in western m...
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4. Black History Month - Mary Seacole CV
...t and celebrate the achievements and contributions of the black community in the UK. It's a bit like the way the Mobo music awards celebrate the contribution of the black community to popular music. Music This lesson will enable children to understand more about Mary Seacole, a famous nurse born in Jamaica in 1805. Click here for hundreds more lesson plans Learning aims Video clips To develop skills of biographical writing in role by for teachers preparing a CV. TV/ Film Introduction Click below to read the story: Student Mobo Awards 2006 quizzes Animals DIVERSE WORLD GUIDE Educational Planet Earth ga...
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5. Africans in the Caribbean
...h materials, computer access, library, pens, paper, Caribbean literature book - Afro-American Folktales by Roger D. Abrahams Procedure: 1. Begin the lesson by reading a selected short story or tale from Afro-American Folktales. A suggestion would be "Anansi Climbs the Wall." This short tale is from Jamaica and was told among Africans stemming from their culture in Africa. Colorful reading will help the students become interested. 2. When you finish reading one (or more) stories, ask the students to write down what they think the story means to them. Then ask them what it might have meant to Africans i...
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6. Once Upon a Time
learning/teacher/bg_teacher.gif) Back to Main Daily Lesson Related Article Plan Islander Once, Now Lesson Plan Voyager Archive By JAMAICA KINCAID News Snapshot Issues in Depth (Go to Article.) On This Day in History Crossword Puzzle Get Our Lessons By E-mailPrinter-friendly Version Campus Weblines Education News Newspaper in Education (NIE) Teacher Friday, September 22, 2000 Resources Classroom Once Upon a Time Subscriptions Writing S...
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7. The Rain Forest
...Lesson>> Print Lesson Teachers.Net Nav Chat Center Teachers Administrators Grade Level Subjects States Interest Groups Projects Classified Ads Help Wanted Email: State: 397. The Rain Forest Social Studies, level: all Posted Thu Apr 16 10:47:09 PDT 1998 by Myra ( myra@escape.com). The Summit School, Jamaica Estates, New York Materials Required: Art supplies, encyclopedias, CD-Rom programs, Internet Activity Time: Long Term Concepts Taught: Research and Reproduction This project is long term and the culmination is the creation of a "Tropical Rain Forest" in the classroom. We had the students do research...
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8. Objectives and Topics
...the Caribbean?" 3. Ask the students "Why would it help to know some of characteristics of the Caribbean?" The idea here is to facilitate a class goal to go to the Caribbean. The instructor may choose some appealing travel brochures of the Caribbean to generate excitement among the students such as Jamaica, Bahamas, and Puerto Rico. NOTE: This is assuming that a real class trip is actually possible, otherwise the intention of the unit is to plan an imaginary trip or plan a trip outline for future use. 4. Stemming off of student ideas, include ideas and topics that will be covered - people/ culture, ma...
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9. Explorative Active Learning
...to have fun and experience different aspects of the Caribbean. 2. The goal is that students will have a first hand experience and then allow feedback at the end of the lessson. Time: 3-3 1/2 hours Resources/Materials: Transportation to museums, game boards, TV/VCR, informational videos on nations - Jamaica, Bahamas, documentaries discussing wildlife in the Caribbean - National Geographic, treasure maps, rewards for activities - food/beverages Procedure: 1. Begin this lesson by offering the students choices of activities that they would like to participate in ( or describe the activity(s) that they wil...
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10. Resources and Letter Writing
...and where to stay. 4. Explain to the students the standard format of a letter requesting information from a professional organization - date, to whom and what they represent, introduction, body, conclusion, from whom and placement of these elements. 5. Next give a list of places in the Caribbean - Jamaica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Cayman Islands. This is to get them thinking of where they might want to write to. Give a list of travel agencies and touring companies for the students to write their first letter requesting information about the Caribbean in general. 6....
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