Lesson ECP-1
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Lesson goals
Learn about ... and to ... and understand what ...
Lesson activities
Basic: warm-up
Intermediate: introduction lecture
Advanced: ...
During the course of this lesson, you will:
learn about The Color Purple and post-colonial theory.
Lesson outline
Part A. Introduction activity: this is fine
Part B. Lecture: The history of colonialism and postcolonialism
Part C. Postcolonial theory exercise
Exit ticket & homework
Part A and B: activities and lecture
Part C: postcolonial theory exercise
Which postcolonial theory?
Time for the activity: ~10-15 minutes
Look at the examples in order
Discuss them with a classmate and explain it using the postcolonial theory (found on the right)
Take notes as needed
Prepare to share your thoughts
Ambivalence
“The ambiguous way in which colonizer and colonized regard one another.”
Colonial education
“The process by which a colonizing power assimilates ... larger population to its way of thinking and seeing the world.”
Exoticism
”The process by which a cultural practice is made stimulating and exciting in its difference from the colonializer’s normal perspective.”
Hybridity
A mix of cultural, ethnic or social aspects, such as traditions from parents’ mixed background.
Otherness
“Ways in which one group excludes or marginalizes another group.”
Eurocentrism
A European western perspective is seen as the norm, in terms of world-view and culture.
Mimicry
“The means by which the colonized adapt the culture (language, education, clothing, etc.) of the colonizer.”
Homework
Read about post-colonialism and study the Quizlet.
Exit ticket
Today, I learned that ...