Tag: Africatown
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.
Africatown and the Satyricon
Students in Grade 10 and Grade 11 will make connections between the experience of Africatown’s founders and the depiction of Trimalchio in the Satyricon in order to understand the the resilience of emancipatedpeoples.
The Last Slave Ship: The Clotilda & AfricaTown
Students in Grades 10 through 12 will research the history of the Clotilda and Africatown in order to understand the ways in which different groups of people–specifically enslaved Africans and white Americans–experienced the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the period of American slavery.
How did Yoruba cultural values influence the building of Africatown?
Students in Grade 2 will study Yoruba 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 4 of a 4-lesson unit plan. See “What were the Yoruba cultural values and traditions that Kossula and his […]
Examining the Alabama Slave Codes from 1833 to 1865 and its impact on Black individuals and their culture
Students in Grade 4 will examine the Alabama Slave Codes in order to understand how they differently affected the lives of both enslavers and those enslaved–specifically the Clotilda Africans.
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 […]
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.