Category Archives: Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Africa in the Global Fashion Industry: Beyond masks, safari coats, and romance

February 3, 2016 – 1:20 pm

Wendy Potter, Family/Consumer Science, David Butler High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, Colonialism, fashion design, globalization, High School, textiles | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Exploring Africa through Reading

February 3, 2016 – 1:15 pm

Sade Wright, Third Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, Botswana, Cameroon, Compare, Comparison, Comprehension Skills, Contrast, Countries, Create, Difference, Economics, Egypt, Elementary School, Games, Ghana, Goods, Holidays, Kenya, Language Arts, Location, Malawi, Map, maps, Meals, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Recipe, refugee, Schools, Services, Similarity, South Africa, Tanzania, United States | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Words of African Wisdom through Leuk the Hare in a French Immersion Classroom

February 3, 2016 – 1:10 pm

Pamela Shembo, Fifth Grade, Waddell Language Academy

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags African culture, baobab, Birago Diop, close reading, Elementary School, folktale, French Immersion Program, griot, hare, reader’s theater, storytelling | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Connecting Children to Four African Cultures through Musical Experiences

February 2, 2016 – 3:05 pm

Lana J. Withrow, Music, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, children, Dance, drums, Elementary School, folktale, Games, Kenya, Language, Mali, marimba, masks, mbira, Music, singing, South Africa, stories, Zimbabwe | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Forensic Anthropology: Stories in Bone

February 2, 2016 – 3:00 pm

Jackie Smith, Science, William Amos Hough High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags anthropology, bones, Civics, forensic anthropology, forensics, High School, International Criminal Court, mass graves, mitochondrial DNA, Science, skeleton, world history | Permalink | Comments Off

Fresh off the Boat: Helping Immigrants and Non-Immigrants Unpack the Stereotypes that Affect their School Experience in America

February 2, 2016 – 2:53 pm

Justine Busto, ESL, East Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, African Americans, Africans, Asian Immigrants, ESL, Ethnicity, High School, Immigrants, Language Arts, Latino Immigrants, Minorities, Psychology, race, race relations, School Experience, Social Studies, Sociology, Stereotype Threat, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

Accuracy in Africa: The Causes of the Sierra Leone Civil War as a Lens for Stereotypes of African Conflicts

February 2, 2016 – 2:48 pm

Ian Joyce, Social Studies, Eastway Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags A Long Way Gone, African Conflict, Causes of Sierra Leone Civil War, civil war, English, globalization, Language Arts, literacy, Middle School, Sierra Leone, Social Studies, Stereotypes of Africa, Urbanization | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Understanding Food Choices in Africa

February 2, 2016 – 2:43 pm

Darrmetacia Winston, Family Consumer Science, Olympic High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, Food Influences, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), geography, History, Hunger, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

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Category Archives: Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Africa in the Global Fashion Industry: Beyond masks, safari coats, and romance

Exploring Africa through Reading

Words of African Wisdom through Leuk the Hare in a French Immersion Classroom

Connecting Children to Four African Cultures through Musical Experiences

Forensic Anthropology: Stories in Bone

Understanding Food Choices in Africa

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