1. Warm-up #1
If you were meeting an alien from another planet for the first time, how would you communicate that you are peaceful? How would you know if they were? How would you make sure the meeting went well?

2. Bob Goff, error in translation

3. Workbook pg. 8 Class Docs pg. 27
Meeting in the Congo
Workbook pg. 8
Class Docs pg. 27

4. Essential Question
How do language and culture affect our ability to communicate and relate with people that are “different” from us?

5. Setting the Stage
Dr. Livingston is a Scottish missionary and explorer who goes to the Congo in Africa and send letters home about what he finds. Inspires many Europeans to colonize in Africa based on his descriptions.
Disappears for 6 years.
Henry Stanley is commissioned by a newspaper to go find him.

6. Meeting in the Congo 1. “That Was No Welcome” (pg. 27) – 6mins
Read “That Was No Welcome” out loud with your partner.
Highlight: Words or phrases that make the natives seem “scary”
2. “That Was No Brother” (pg. 28) – 4mins
Highlight: Words or phrases that describe the “white men”

7. Assignment (Workbook pg. 9)
Fill in the table comparing the two accounts
What did they have in common?
How did they view the same actions differently?
What was included in one account but left out of the other?

8. Meeting in the Congo Analysis Questions
Answer 3 question on the back using 2-3 complete sentences for each.