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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER African Resources for the Classroom, BU Boston University African Studies Center 270 Bay Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 617/353-7303 Outreach Program Handouts: a sampling (Others available at our Resource Library.) 1. Mutual Misperceptions: how Americans and Nigerians see each other. 2. African Literature in Your Classroom. 3. Let's Critique African Materials. 4. Boston-area African studies resources. 5. Teaching a ...


America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's Guide for using the content of the Web site and television series in U.S. history courses. The Terrible Transformation: Narrative | Resource Bank | Teacher's Guide 1450-1750 Revolution: Narrative | Resource Bank | Teacher's Guide 1750-1805 Brotherly Love: Narrative | ...


African-American Content 15-373 Black Literature in America PlattevilleEnglishLaura Wendorff, Assistant Professor 106-100 Black Reality: Survey of African-American Society MilwaukeeAfricologyJoyce F. Kirk 106-111 Introduction to African-American History to 1865 MilwaukeeAfricologyWinston Van Horne, Professor 106-300 Urban Violence MilwaukeeAfricologyWinston Van Horne, Professor 106-322 Order and Disorder: The Quest for Social Justice MilwaukeeAfricologyWinston Van Horne, Professor ...


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Black Saga The Competition School systems, large and small, are making great strides in enriching their social studies curricula to reflect the histories of people who settled in this country. Most educators agree that social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ways that human beings view themselves in and over time. Students need to answer key social studies questions: What happened in the past? How am I connected to those in the past? How can the ...


A Black Studies Self Study Program Some Online Historical Overviews An Overview of Black History The African Americans: Search for Truth and Knowledge A Black Perspective of American History The following books are suggested reading. At least two in each phase should be read and those in bold are considered classic reading material. AFRICAN HISTORY The first phase should be devoted to reading about the history of Africa. It should begin with the evolution of ma ...


The History of African American Cooking African Heritage (300-1619) Back in this era, most African men were farmers, cattle raisers and fishermen. Planting, sowing and harvesting crops were considered women's work. Cooking was one of the most important skills a young girl needed to learn. One traditional dish called fufu was made of pounded yams. Fufu was served with soup, stew, roasted meat and different sauces. During this time in history, cooking was done over open pits. Africans were v ...


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join the discussion . are we better off? . audio excerpts . charts, graphs & analysis . interviews booker t & w.e.b . a glimpse of history . readings & links synopsis . tapes & transcripts . press reaction wgbh . frontline online . pbs online web site copyright 1995-2006 wgbh educational foundation The Two Nations of Black America Today, America has the largest black middle class in its history, yet half of all black children are born into poverty. Have the wal ...


Part 1: 1450-1750 Part 2: 1750-1805 Part 3: 1791-1831 <---Part 4: 1831-1865 Narrative | Resource Bank | Teacher's Guide People & Events Harriet Tubman c.1820 - 1913 Resource Bank Contents Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors." During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. And, as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass, in all of her journey ...


Introduction Imagine what it would be like to be captured and enslaved. How were you captured? How were you torn from your tribe and family? What horrors would you experience as you crossed the Middle Passage aboard your slave ship? What thoughts were going through your mind while being sold at the slave auction? What happened to your family? How do your new owners treat you? What are your working conditions on the plantation? If you resist your treatment, how would ...


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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER K-12 African Studies K-12 Teachers Workshop, 10-11 November 1999 African Curriculum Materials African Dance in the Diaspora African Resources for the Classroom, BU African Science in School Curriculum African Social Studies Program Afrocentric Racism Ancient Egyptian History/African Literature Activity Arabic Letters for Kintergarten Bantu Farming BDPA Philadelphia NIIT Announcement Become a Reporter for Global Vill ...


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A Multimedia Teaching Case Project Cape Town is a multimedia teaching case designed to encourage reflective practice in teachers. The case draws its material from three schools that were among the first to become integrated in South Africa. The events were filmed in November 1993 immediately before the approval of the constitution that governed elections which brought Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress into parliamentary control. Main Menu Introduction Informat ...


A 2 hour Webquest for 5th Grade Social Science/History Classes designed by Wendy F. Brenstuhl Introduction/ Tasks / Process / Evaluation / Conclusion Introduction Before the Civil War ever began, the North and South were divided in their ways of thinking. The customs, lifestyles and especially their differing attitude toward slavery, pulled them apart. The South needed slaves to work the fields where the North was more industrialized and didn't need free labor. Slaves were a ...


SPECIAL EVENT Volunteers and Internships Contacts| Help| Privacy| Copyright Contact the Webmaster Last Updated: Wednesday, 5/10/06 1:47 PM s the Smithsonian Institution's museum of African American history and culture, the Museum explores American history, society, and creative expression from an African American perspective. The museum encourages the collection, protection, and preservation of materials that reflect the history and traditions ...


Using Coded Messages An Underground Railroad Activity Classroom Using actual code words once used in the Underground Railroad, students will create a coded song or nursery rhyme using a familiar song’s tune. Materials: Copies of original nursery rhymes and song books Paper and pencil List of code words Example: Three Large Bundles (using tune of Three Blind Mice) Three large bundles, three large bundles, See how they move! See how they move! They all float down the river y’all To the house that has the big stone wall Did you ever see such a wonderful haul As three large bundles? Some coded words and phrases from the Underground Railroad






Underground Railroad: Conductors and Travelers Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion Introduction: Welcome to the 1850's in America. You will learn about the important players on the Underground Railroad--the travelers and the conductors. The Task: Choose either travelers OR conductors. You will work with a partner to research and take guided notes. At the end of your research, you and your partner will use your guided notes to complete one ...


All Aboard A WebQuest for Eighth Grade (The Underground Railroad) Designed by Karen Harris Karen_Harris@catawba.k12.nc.us Introduction | Task |Resources|Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Teacher Page Introduction What would life have been like for slaves? To avoid this harsh treatment, what alternatives would you try? The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad, but a secret escape route for fugitive slaves to f ...


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