The most dangerous ways to school
Authored by Veronica Castillo
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on comprehension and recall of specific details from a documentary film titled "The Most Dangerous Ways to School," which follows indigenous Raramuri children in Mexico navigating treacherous journeys to receive their education. The content is appropriate for grades 9-12, as it requires sustained attention to detail, cultural awareness, and the ability to process complex narrative information from a documentary source. Students must demonstrate literal comprehension skills by identifying specific facts about characters (Teresa, Angela, Filomena, and Lorenzo), their daily routines, cultural practices, and the educational challenges they face in remote mountainous regions. The questions assess students' ability to extract and retain factual information about indigenous culture, including traditional footwear (huaraches), food customs, family structures, and the significant physical and logistical barriers these children overcome to attend school. This material develops students' documentary analysis skills while building cultural competency and global awareness. Created by Veronica Castillo, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 9-12. This quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool following a documentary viewing experience, allowing teachers to gauge students' attention to detail and comprehension of cultural content. The quiz works effectively as a post-viewing activity to reinforce key details about the Raramuri people's educational challenges, or as a review tool before discussions about global education inequality and indigenous cultures. Teachers can use this for homework assignments to encourage careful viewing habits, as warm-up activities to refresh students' memories before deeper analysis, or as part of a larger unit on global perspectives in education. The detailed factual questions support Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.7 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.2, which emphasize analyzing diverse media formats and integrating multiple sources of information presented in different formats.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the indigenous people the girls belong to?
Raparuri
Rararimi
Rapahuri
Raramuri
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.K.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Do the kids in the film attend a boarding school?
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What time do the girls get up?
6:30 am
7:00 am
5:30 am
6:00 am
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What are the names of the girls?
Teresa,Klara, Filomena
Filomena, Rachel, Angela
Teresa, Angela, Filomena
Teresa, Patricia, Angela
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
How many chickens does one of the girls feed every day?
10
15
20
5
Tags
CCSS.3.OA.A.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What time does the class start at girls' school?
7:30 am
8:00 am
8:30 am
9:00 am
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What do the girls wear on their feet?
croissants
huaraches
kukaraches
crocs
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
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