A-1 English                                                                                                      Name:______________________

Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe

Presentation Topics

 

 

Task:

 

Create a presentation on one of the following topics.

 

Each requires research, but you should be able to add your own voice, style, and/or opinion to the presentation.

 

This time you’re on your own.  No pairs or groups.

 

Presentation Date:___________________________________________________

 

 

Grading Criteria:

 

  • Finding and presenting interesting, relevant information.  (This contrasts with boring lists, unnecessary dates, or dull details.)
  • Your presentation style (your own interest and desire to share it; speaking to us, not reading to us; and a personal “flair”)
  • Relating what you’ve found to the novel Things Fall Apart
  • Use of spoken and written English

 

 

The Topics:

 

1.     The culture and traditions of the Ibo/Igbo of Nigeria.

2.     The life and influences of the author, Chinua Achebe.

3.     Christian Missionaries in Africa (especially Anglican English missionaries).

4.     Recent (post-independence) Nigerian history, and the political situation today.

5.     Recent (post-independence) history of any other sub-Saharan African nation.

6.     Find, read, and do an oral analysis of Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “The White Man’s Burden”

7.     Create and propose to me your own topic related to Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.