Power Sentence Lesson-Contemporary Indigenous Peoples

Contemporary Indigenous Peoples of Latin America: Power Sentence Lesson

Reorder

Reorder the following

• These

• indigenous

• peoples

• have long and rich histories

• of their own;

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• and although

• European culture

• has had

• a dominant influence

• on Latin America,

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Reorder the following

• indigenous groups

• have kept

• their cultures alive

• in the centuries

• since colonization.

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Reorder the following

• These indigenous peoples

• have long and rich histories of their own;

• and although European culture has had a dominant influence on Latin America

• indigenous groups have kept their cultures alive

• in the centuries since colonization.

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Multiple Choice

Who or what is this sentence about?

These indigenous peoples have long and rich

histories of their own; and although European culture has had a dominant influence on Latin America, indigenous groups have kept their cultures alive in the centuries since colonization.

• These indigenous peoples

• European culture

• colonization

• rich histories

Multiple Choice

What does indigenous mean?

• belonging to a particular place rather than coming to the place from somewhere else

• coming to a particular place and belonging to another place

• Belonging to a particular group of people

• Coming from a foreign country

Multiple Choice

How many ethnic groups in a geographic area is the author referring to?

These indigenous peoples have long and rich

histories of their own; and although European culture has had a dominant influence on Latin America, indigenous groups have kept their cultures alive in the centuries since colonization.

• more than one

• one

Stop and discuss

Why does the author use the plural form of “history” here?

These indigenous peoples have long and rich histories of their own; and although European culture has had a dominant influence on Latin America, indigenous groups have kept their cultures alive in the centuries since colonization.

Multiple Choice

What does “although” at the start of a clause tell you?

These indigenous peoples have long and rich histories of their own; and although European culture has had a dominant influence on Latin America, indigenous groups have kept their cultures alive in the centuries since colonization.

• The author is about to introduce a fact that makes another fact surprising.

• The author is about to introduce a fact that contradicts another fact.

• The author is about to introduce a fact that supports another fact.

• The author is about to introduce a fact that is unrelated to another fact.

Stop and discuss

Why does the author use the present perfect, “has had”, here instead of the past tense, “had”?

These indigenous peoples have long and rich histories of their own; and although European culture has had a dominant influence on Latin America, indigenous groups have kept their cultures alive in the centuries since colonization.

Multiple Choice

What does dominant mean?

• most important, most powerful

• least important, least powerful

• equally important, equally powerful

Exit: Stop and discuss

What does influence mean? Who or what has had an influence on you?

These indigenous peoples have long and rich histories of their own; and although European culture has had a dominant influence on Latin America, indigenous groups have kept their cultures alive in the centuries since colonization.