Who Are The Afrolatinos?

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Students were tasked with finding out the answer to the research question: “Who were the Afrolatinos?” Since Afrolatino populations exist in many countries and each population has a different story, students in each class selected a country to research. They created questions to guide their research. Students used a wiki organized by country to collaborate and compile information across classes. Students were aware through previous training of how to vet websites and use appropriately licensed materials to populate the wiki. Students synthesized information from the wiki to create a multimedia presentation answering the research question. Students were given the opportunity to use tools of their choice to create the presentation.

Students collaborated accross class periods to gather facts, create a multimedia presentation, and write and original story in the style of historical fiction. Students in each class selected an Afrolatino conutry to research. Student groups were naturally random as they were comprised of those who selected like countries in each class. Students used a wiki to collaborate online across class periods and outside of class to compile researched facts about a selected country. Students used wiki facts as a springboard to create an informative multimedia presentation the country.

Students created research questions and compiled and evaluated information on a wiki with the guiding question: “Who are the Afrolatinos?” Students synthesized this information to create a multimedia presentation using tools of their choice explaining the origin and history of Afrolatinos in their selected country. They also used that information to compose an original historical fiction story with a main character that is from the region. Students wrote and read these stories aloud in Spanish.

This lesson is in the lower approaching category. Students were tasked with creating and sharing a multimedia presentation using digital tools of their choice to illustrate their particular population. Students also composed an original meaningful original story in Spanish about a fictional Afrolatino character based on their research. They combined their knowledge of the language with facts learned in the research to make a final products. Students had the choice to present it to the class in person or record themselves telling the story and this recording was presented to the class along with the written version and any accompanying student-created visuals.