TEACHER RESOURCES
SEQUENCE TWO
ROUGH SEAS COMING UP AHEAD AIMS To explore the concept of leaving home to journey into the unknown. To explore the idea of ‘working together or going it alone’. To gather stories to add to the story box.
RESOURCES Audio recording 2 (resource three), ‘Brother Anansi and Brother Snake’ episode, video of actor Afia, pencils, paper and crayons, story box.
STRATEGIES Group improvisation, learning a song and actions from the story, mapping the journey, writing and drawing.
INTRODUCTION This sequence develops the metaphor of the journey by sea, as an opportunity to develop the idea of having to leave home and travel into an unknown future.
ACTIVITY ONE: CONTINUING THE JOURNEY Teacher note: The narrative and metaphor of the journey will hold the history of British colonialism in this part of the world in a safe way through the exploration of the idea of home and travelling into the unknown.
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