Authority Is Constructed

Topic: The Impact of Bantu Education on Society

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this lesson, students must be able to...

• Define different types of authority, eg. subject expertise (scholarship), society position (public office/title), or special experience (participating in historical event)
• Use markers of authority to determine the credibility of sources
• Recognise that authoritative content may be formal or informal and may include audio-visual and non-print sources.

Activities:

1. Based on preliminary examples, students will work in groups of 2-3 and will be asked to locate at least 1 scholarly article, 1 report given by an education specialist (or website) and an interview/documentary with an individual who has been affected by Bantu Education.
2. Using the collected sources, students will be asked to critique and answer a series of questions (based on the CRAAP scale) about author/spokesperson and context of the information sourced. 
3. Students are required to consult social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, YouTube, etc. to sources information for their research. 

Relation to Knowledge Practices:

1. Students will be taught to identify different different types of authoritative sources of information.
2. Students will learn to evaluate information sources for reliability and credibility.
3. Students will be able to recognise the value of various information sources based on their needs, even though they might not be formal sources, or that sought from academic platforms.

Dispositions:

Activity 1 and 3 will help students maintain an open mind when consulting various sources of information and information platforms. They will also be taught that different types of information can be more or less valuable based on the initial need of the research.