Of your lesson plan with us, including possible sources, cases, methods, one or two questions to facilitate participation, and length (20 min or more, depending on what else is planned for that week and the wider success of the session). Your facilitation may draw on a range of academic, creative and activist formats and techniques. It may include a short reflection on the readings of your selected day, including how they relate to current activism and our ongoing discussions in class. Avoid reading out long passages but, rather, see how you can bring alive selected arguments (rule of thumb: one from each text). Think of ways to invite classroom members to engage in and become familiar with the readings. You are welcome to use any methods, including creative ones. You’re the expert, so see how you can help others learn and participate (see above on participation)! After the session, share your PowerPoint and any other resources with the group.
Please keep your session to 30 min maximum unless otherwise agreed - appointing a timekeeper will ensure everyone will get to present their input and no one will be cut off. Other rules of thumb:
- please incorporate a land acknowledgement (if it seems appropriate) and incorporate the community agreements (how is up to you - some groups like to read it out loud at the beginning)
- make sure you have transitions between presenters and that your presentations speak to each other as otherwise it becomes hard to focus and follow
- make the texts come alive: try not to regurgitate the texts but see how you can apply the authors' main argument as you understand it to something that people can relate to. You're the experts!
- make sure your activities and materials are in line with the community agreement (e.g. fair division of labour, no oppression porn)
- less is often more: groups frequently run over time, so have a plan A and a plan B with activities you are willing to shelve if you don't have enough time to get through everything