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Staging a Conversation between Cudjo Lewis and Zora Neale Hurston
Freedom, Enslavement, Resistance
The Whippets Den: Homemade Museums as Expressions of Care and Continuity
This is My Name
The Power of Oral Storytelling in Teaching Tough History
The Clotilda and How AfricaTown was Formed
The Middle Passage: Universally Shared if Not Individually Experienced
Students in Grade 11 and Grade 12 will read and compare three narratives of enslaved people–Venture Smith, Olaudah Equiano, and Kossula–and create projects based on their experiences in order to understand the details andcultural significances of the Middle Passage and its lasting impact.
The Clotilda: Ship of Greed, Wealth and Enslavement
Students in Grade 8 will construct timelines about the history of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Clotilda‘s voyage in order to understand the causes and effects of the slave trade and enslavement in the United States.
AfricaTown: Food, Identity, and Resistance
Students in Grades 9 through 12 will learn about food traditions from West Africa and trace their evolution and connection to well-known, traditional Southern dishes in order to understand food as an expression of culture and the influence of West African and African American traditions on Southern food culture.