Knowledge/Skill Building
🧩 Affinity Map from Refugee Stories
Content Expertise
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Effective Communication
Collaboration
Submission Required
Students use sticky notes, interview notes from guest speakers, kickoff poems/images, and source summaries to cluster evidence into themes such as belonging, displacement, language, family, and resilience. The class practices separating direct evidence from assumptions, then identifies which patterns matter most for an audience at the library exhibit. Each small group produces one labeled affinity map and a short claim about a community need their art could address.
Plan day
Day 3
Duration
45 min
Grouping
Small Group
Steps
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