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The Clotilda and How AfricaTown was Formed
Interweaving Community and Identity
Students in Grade 7 will identify different types of communities in different cultural settings in order to understand the role of cultural values in the lives of both the early residents of Africatown and their own lives today.
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 […]
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 […]