Tag Archives: cultural literacy

If you can use it–and I think it might be useful in a global studies class–here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Zimbabwe. This is a two-page worksheet with a reading of four sentences and nine comprehension questions. The reading includes material on the fact that Zimbabwe, when it was known as Rhodesia, (you know, the country Cecil Rhodes humbly named for himself) “was a a renegade state ruled by a white minority.”

In other words, there is room here to conduct an inquiry on the ugly nature of colonialism, particularly as a manifestation of white supremacy.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Should you need it, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Ghana. This is a full-page worksheet with a reading of three sentences and seven comprehension questions. The worksheet is heavy on geographic information about the greater region of West Africa, so it may well be appropriate for independent practice.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Kwame Nkrumah. This is a half-page document with a reading of two sentences and three comprehension questions. It’s a concise biography of this anti-colonialist statesman–but little more.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.