Lesson+2+-+Bintou's+Braids

** Objective: ** To find similarities and differences between cultures To understand character actions and intentions – characters may act different from own group of peers,  and that privileges and responsibilities of childhood vary from culture to culture.   ** Materials: ** *Tumblebooks (Pierce Co. Library website []  ,go to Reading/Books, click on TumblebookLibrary, Tumble TV, A-G, Culture Playlist.) // *Hairs=Pelitos // – Cisneros ( Hispanic ) // *I Love My Hair // – Tarpley ( African-American ) *Worksheet for response to // Bintou’s Braids // *Laptop, projector, screen <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Procedure:  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. Watch a video presentation from the Tumblebooks Library of the story // Bintou’s Braids // by Diouf, looking for items in the illustration that show that the setting is not in the U.S. Prompt with, “When we read // The Gardener //, we could tell that the story happened in the past because of the clothes and cars that were in the illustrations. I’d like you to look carefully at the illustrations in this story to see if you can tell whether or not the setting is in the United States. Also, listen for a goal that the main character wants.” <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. Stop the story when Grandmother starts fixing Bintou’s braids. Ask, “What do you think Grandmother is doing?” Answers will likely include that she is putting braids in Bintou’s hair. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. After the story, ask, “Why didn’t Bintou get her braids? Is that fair? Why is she happy at the end if that isn’t fair?” Point out that in her culture, it was very important that girls wait until they are older to get braids. Sometimes people in other cultures do things differently that we do. Grandmother made her hair look pretty, which satisfied her. She is learning to wait until she is older for something she wants. Students may have trouble understanding why Bintou is happy when she didn’t get her hair braided. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4. “Do you have something that you want that you have to wait for?” Have students think/pair/share how they enjoy having their hair and if there is something that they want that their parents are making them wait for, such as ear piercing. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5. “Why do you think the author wrote this story when the character didn’t get what she wanted?” What parts of the story supports your choice of author’s purpose?” <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6. “Now think about the illustrations. Did this story happen in the U.S.?” They will likely answer no. “On this sheet, please write down at least three things that you remember from the illustrations that show that the setting was not in the U.S.” Collect papers. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7. “Now Adriana is going to help me read another story about hair. It is called // Hair=Pelitos // by Cisneros. I will read the English part and Adriana will read the Spanish words that mean the same thing. Let’s see if we can find some similarities between the two stories.” <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">After reading, ask for volunteers to state some similarities. Some students may include differences as well. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8. Ask students to go home and ask their parents about special hair styles that they had (either as children or any time). Ask if they ever had any rules about their hair, such as having it be a certain length, using hair dye or not, getting a permanent. Some students may know some of their parents “hair stories” already. Let them share. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Worksheet: (copy and paste to fit three on a page) Name ___________________________ Date __________________ After watching // Bintou’s Braids //, list ** at least 3 things ** that show that the story’s setting may not be in America. <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1.5pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: windowtext 1.5pt solid; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 1pt;"> <span style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1.5pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1.5pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-border-between: 1.5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 1.5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-border-between: 1.5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 1pt;"> ** Possible answers:  ** fabric of the dresses chickens walking around huts – grass roofs boy rolling a wheel Grandma’s hat hats at the celebration naming ceremony names of characters foods friend from America who talks with an “accent” village hairstyles <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson 2 – Bintou’s Braids and Hair=Pelitos **