Somali

Clip one: black hawk down (Ashraf)

•http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265086/

News: pirates (Sherry)

Clip three: columbus case �(Jana)Hello Group! I have two different

possibilities for this:-An article from the Dispatch about a group of Somali Immigrants who were convicted of food stamp fraud-A blog post outraged by Somali-Muslims demanding (and being given) time to pray during Ramadan by a companyWhich do you think would be best?

What do you think or know about Somalia?

Write it on a post it!

The goal of the presentation

•For students and teachers: to facilitate the awareness and understanding of Somali culture and Somali people.• For teachers: to apply this awareness in creating a caring-centered classroom environment, to make Somali students more included.

1. History

1.1 History (Ashraf)

•general information (population, etc)•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COjYaINTgFs

•What did you learn as a teacher after watching it?

1.2 History (Ashraf)

•ongoing civil wars•destroy the education system•share one religion and one language-> for the first time they need to get used to the totally different environment with different people

Effects of Civil War•Deaths, loss of family•Somali diaspora•All public schools closed•Trauma (mental health issues)

•A Snapshot of Somali Immigrants in Columbus, Ohio

1.4 history

•resource: teenage refugees from Somali speak out (Renka)

Teenage refugees from Somalia Speak out

• Intermediate level reading • General information about the civil war • Personal stories of Somali teenagers

• Mohamud(16yrs) recalls his happy memories in Somali. He is happy to be in Canada with his sister but he cannot stop thinking about Somalia.

2. Muslim

2.1 Muslim (Talip & Renka)

•1. how religion affects the way of living?•2. the way they dress•3. relationship between men and women•4. role of males and females•5. more than 99% are muslims•6. cultures and customs

2.2 Muslim

•1. resource: culture and customs of Somalia (talip)

•2. Renka s experience visiting Somali �Women Center (situations in the States)

Somali Community Association of Ohio

• Interview • What do teachers know about Somali students the

most?• What is the role of women? • Is it okay for teachers to get Somali students in pairs

with student of opposite sex?• What is your expectation for education?

• Different hardship for Somali refugees and American-born Somali student

Address; 3422 Clevelnad Avenue Columbus OH 43224http://www.somaliohio.org/index.htm

3. collectivism

3.1 collectivism (Sherry)

•generosity/ hospitability•clan-based culture•role model of older relatives•Names (son of father and father s father)�

•video: Your guide to Somali Culture (1-2 mins)

4. Poetry

• A "Nation of Bards"• May seem like an unimportant point, but this is a point of enormous pride

for somalis. Poems are used in every aspect of life in Somali culture. A person might make up a poem while doing chores, or for a relationship. But political leaders will also hire poets to create poems for campaigns and political unrest was centered around the poet

• Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi': the Somali Shakespeare

• Many political activists are also poets

Why poetry?

•Rely on oral language rather than written language

•Attempt to adopt national language since the 20's and formally adopted in 1972.•that is not to say they didn't have written language, they just didn't have a universal one

•Folktales/ proverbs/ poetry

Constrainedby Hadrawi

ResourceThis is a book written about a Somali immigrant to Britain by a woman who is muslim and of Zulu and Scotitish ancestry but has spent much time interacting with Somalis and somali culture. This book illustrates the central role poety plays in many somalis lifes. Safie the protagonist is a teenage girl who is dealing wit changes in her family when her father who was belived to be dead returns to the family. This book shows how how Safie uses her poery to express herself and her confusion when dealing with changes in her family. It also has examples of poems written by famous somali poets. This is also a valuable resource for people who are unfamiliar with Islamic traditions this book can serve as a powerful tool to make the traditions understandable and relate-able.This is an excellent resource for teaching 7-9th graders and also for teachers who are teaching somali students but are feeling disconnected from them and their traditions.a

Answering Misconceptions

To be Culturally Responsive Teachers (Renka) �

1. parent involvement2. traumatic experience3. prejudice against Somali4. valuing culture of every student5. Looking for the “fund” instead of the

deficit•Resource: http://www.somalilife.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=90593

To be Culturally Responsive Teachers

• Encourage parental involvement• Be aware of traumatic experience• Get rid of prejudice against Somali• Value cultures of every student