Vignette 7.1. Examining Diverse Perspectives in World Literature
Integrated ELA/Literacy, ELD, and World History in Grade Ten (cont.)Over the course of the unit, during their collaborative planning sessions, Ms. Alemi and Ms.
Cruz discuss how things are going in both classes so that they can continuously refine their
lessons. The teachers agree that, although their collaboration took a great deal of time and
effort, their students showed incredible growth in their understandings of the content and in
their abilities to discuss and express complex ideas. Importantly, they noticed that students
were highly engaged with the tasks and even asked to learn more about certain topics,
suggesting to Ms. Alemi and Ms. Cruz that they had attended not only to the students’ academic
and linguistic needs but had also paid attention to their interests and the things that motivated
them to learn.Resources
Achebe, Chinua.1958/1994. Things Fall Apart. New York: Anchor Books/Random House.
Annenberg Learner. 2013. “Course: Things Fall Apart.” Invitation to World Literature. WGBH Educational Foundation
with Seftel Productions for Annenberg Media/Learner.
“Map of Nigeria.” http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/things-fall-apart/explore/
“Experts’ View: Juxtapositions.” http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/things-fall-apart/read/look-closer.html
“Video Comments by Kwame Anthony Appiah on Things Fall Apart.” http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/
things-fall-apart/watch/
Lugard, Frederick J. D. 1922/1965. The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Frank Cass &
Co.
Thompson, Bob. March 9, 2008. “Things Fall Into Place: Chinua Achebe Remembers How He Came to Be the
Father Of Modern African Literature.” Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/03/07/AR2008030700987.html
Note: Other potential classroom resources are cited in the text of the vignette.Sources
Adapted from
Annenberg Learner. 2013. “Course: Things Fall Apart.” Invitation to World Literature. WGBH Educational Foundation
with Seftel Productions for Annenberg Media/Learner.
National Endowment for the Humanities. 2010. “Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’: Teaching Through the Novel.”
EDSITEment! The Best of the Humanities on the Web. Washington DC: National Endowment for the Humanities.
National Endowment for the Humanities. 2013. “A ‘New English’ in Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’: A Common
Core Exemplar.” EDSITEment! The Best of the Humanities on the Web. Washington DC: National Endowment for
the Humanities.Additional Information
Ode Ogede. 2007. Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Reader’s Guide. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.
Web sites- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. 2012. “Chinua Achebe at 82: ‘We Remember Differently.’” (http://saharareporters.
com/2012/11/24/chinua-achebe-82-%E2%80%9Cwe-remember-differently%E2%80%9D-chimamanda-ngozi-
adichie) - Brown University’s Tribute to Chinua Achebe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9qj8YUJRY)
- Literary Criticism about Chinua Achebe’s Work (http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Achebe.htm)
- TeachingHistory.org (http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials)
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