The document discusses a pedagogy exercise for a class on the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. Students are asked to trade discussion questions with another group and brainstorm how they would answer the questions and teach the answers to their peers. They are then to write an outline for a learning activity that would help teach the answers, considering how the classroom would be organized, what students and teachers would be doing, if any tools or multimedia would be used, if new skills need to be learned, and how long it would take. The activity is also to explain what the book teaches about American identity.

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Pedagogy Exercise

2. “The Art and Science of Teaching”
Debate
Mapping
Charts Multimedia
Lecture
Socratic
Method
Small
Groups Peer Review
Reflection
Presenting
Games and
Movement
Analysis

3. HeLa: Thinking About How We Learn
1. Trade your HeLa discussion questions with
another group.
2. When you receive a new set of
questions, brainstorm both how you
would answer those questions, and how you
would teach those answers to your peers.
3. Write an outline of a pedagogical or
learning activity that you think would
help the class learn the answers to these
questions. Consider:
 How would you organize the classroom?
 What would the students and teacher be doing at
any point?
 Would your activity involve any extra tools or
multimedia?
 Would students have to learn any new skills or
technologies?
 How long would it take?
4. Make sure your activity would also explain
what this book has to teach us about
American identity.
5. We will vote on the most successful lesson
plan!