Beyond the Zombie Wars

Day 2

Have students finish working on their posters. After students have completed their posters, hang them around the walls of the class. Show slide 15 and have each group choose a spokesperson to stand beside the group's poster. The spokesperson's job is to explain the poster points—the previous country, the new settlement location, the cultural elements that were kept and those that were changed, as well as the group's reasons for keeping or changing elements. This person should be able to explain the poster in detail to the rest of the groups.

Once a spokesperson has been chosen for each group, display slide 16. Give each group a small stack of sticky notes. Have them write the name of their country at the top of each sticky note. For example, "The feedback provided is from Russia."

The spokesperson stays with their group's presentation while the rest of the group participates in the Gallery Walk strategy, visiting each poster in a clockwise rotation. Have the rotating group members bring their completed PERSIA graphic organizer with them. Use the 5-minute timer on slide 16 to help students manage their time. After they listen to the spokesperson explain the poster, the visiting group uses a Picture Notes strategy to write three comments about the poster, as described on slide 16. The first sticky note lists a difference in culture compared to their own country. The second sticky note lists a similarity about this culture to their own. Finally, the last sticky note lists something that the visiting group particularly likes about the presentation. Attach the completed sticky notes on the edge of the poster.