How Teachers Can Help...
Help your students learn about their peers in Uganda with these discussion topics, activities and suggested readings. If you like what you see and want to get involved with Building Tomorrow, contact us at info@buildingtomorrow.org for worksheets and other materials for your classroom!
Topics for Discussion
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“Africa is not a country” - Americans’ impressions of Uganda/Africa
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Comparing costs in the U.S. and Uganda
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“A day in the life” of a Ugandan student compared to a US student
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City vs. Rural life
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Negating stereotypes and cultural education
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Challenges faced by children in Uganda
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“How many languages do you speak?”
Activities
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Listen to Ugandan music
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Make a class book where each student writes/illustrates a page about something they learned (animals, food, schools, etc.)
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Read a Ugandan folk tale and have the children make puppets and act out the story
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Write letters to students in Uganda (Not necessarily to be sent to schools, but what might the students say to their peers in Uganda?)
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Sample Ugandan foods (plantains, cassava, mango, etc.)
Suggested Readings
Rotberg, Robert I. “Tutu, Desmond.” World Book Online Resource Center.
Greene, Carol. Desmond Tutu: Bishop of Peace.
Hansen, Joyce. “The Princess of the Mountains of the Moon.” African Princess: The Amazing Lives of Africa’s Royal Women. [suggested for upper-elementary]
“This Kid Rules” Scholastic News - Senior Edition. 3 December 2005, pg. 3.
