Students in Grade 6 and Grade 7 will study the ways in which African cultures, values, and innovations have contributed to the contemporary United States and other countries.
Lesson Plans
What were the Yoruba cultural values and traditions that Kossula and his community members learned as children?
Students in Grade 2 will study Yourba and West African cultural values in order to understand how Kossula’s cultural values helped him to survive enslavement and led to the creation of Africatown. (Note: This is Part 2 of a 4-lesson unit plan. See How did Yoruba cultural values influence the building of Africatown? from Laurie […]
Raising Awareness of Cultural Proficiency
Educators for grades K through 5 will engage in guided reflection and discussion about the concept of culture and the elements of culture in order to recognize some cultural proficiencies and ensure they are planning lessons that are aligned to the state standards for understanding process for historical change.
Revisiting the Controlled Narrative
Adult learners will engage with the laws, customs, and power-dynamics that controlled the lives of those enslaved on plantations in order to build research skills that center the lives, experinces, and agency of Black folks during America’s plantation years.
To what extent is Africatown America’s greatest success story?
High school students will engage with readings and videos about Africatown’s founders and the community’s founding in order to appreciate how the community is one of America’s greatest success stories.