Title: Touradas "Bullfight"
Ideas and values: Strength,
culture, group work, cooperation and courage.
Suggested Pre-Seminar Activities:
- Teacher will provide students with background information about bullfightes in various cultures.
- Students will complete a graphical organizer with reasons in favor or against bullfights. Graphic organizer
will be used as a T-chart.
- Students will watch several videos of bullfight and create a Jornal Entry with their feelings and thoughts
about bullfights.
Suggested Post - Seminar Activities
- Students will learn the major components of a bullfight
- Research the different types of clothes involved in a tourada.
- Students will create a poem in Portuguse about the feelings the have of a bullfight.
- Students will compare and contrast bullfight in Portugal and Spain
- Students will compare and contrast bullfight with the Rodeos in the United States
Seminar:
- Teacher will select a video from Youtube to show students and engage them in conversation
Opening Question - (Round Robin)
- Do you believe that the bullfight is a sacrifice?
- Do you agree or disagree with bullfights and why?
Core Question:
- What phases of the bullfight did you find intriguing? Why?
- What does this Youtube clip say about bullfights? Explain?
- What message is conveyed in the video clip? briefly justify your point of view.
Closing Question:
- How does the idea in the video clip relate to life?