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Weather and Water in Ghana
Students research the rainy and dry season to investigate Africa's weather. In this African weather lesson, students use the given websites to research the rainy and dry seasons of Ghana in Africa. Students then read stories about life...
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Jazz in America
Students explore jazz and its origins by focusing on the people in which Jazz came from.
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American Culture in a Musical Setting
Students discover the significance of similarities and contrasts of three separate cultures of the United States through music. They take out maps and trace the expedition of the Spanish along the coasts of Mexico and North and South...
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The Museum Project
Students create an African Art Museum. Each group present art and information about that art on your wall of the museum.
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Realism in Music, The Underground Railroad
Students complete a unit of 9 lessons to learn about realism in music during the time of the Underground Railroad. In this music realism lesson, students learn about coded lyrics in the slave songs. Students complete 9 lessons using...
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Kwanzaa
Students explore African American holiday of Kwanzaa, orally share ideas about whom they want to invite to classroom Kwanzaa celebration, create and print invitation to Kwanzaa using Publisher or Print Shop, and share completed...
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African Masks
Young scholars make replicas of African masks. They also express what attributes they would want to have as an adult and put that into their mask.
Alabama Learning Exchange
African Internet Safari
Students write a mystery poem about an animal, which they share with others who try to guess the identity of the animal.
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Africans and African Americans Lesson Plan
Students read the narrative "African Immigration" and examine racism in America today. They discuss and investigate overt and subtle racist practices and behaviors.
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Creating Adinkra Symbols
Students discover examples of adinkra cloth. They explain the history of the symbols themselves. They create a larger pattern using geometric symbols. They discover how the symbols can be used to communicate with one another.
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Geography
Students work together in groups to research the cultural groups of West Africa, Sudan and the Guinea Coast. They compare and contrast each culture and locate the political and cultural boundaries on a map.
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Africans and African Americans
Students complete small group tasks related to racism as it applies to African Americans, African immigrants, and white immigrants. Through discussion of their findings, students explain of challenges in society that African immigrants...
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Not the Stereotypical Immigrant? Lesson Plan
High schoolers compare and contrast the differences in African immigrants and traditional immigrants using a Venn diagram. They read the narrative "African Immigration" and examine the goals of African immigrants.
Other
June Kelly Gallery: Norman Lewis
This resource offers a timeline format of the education and career of Norman Lewis.
Other
Wesleyan University: West African Music
This site talks about the African harp, guitar and several other instruments.
University of Pennsylvania
African Children's Literature for Elementary Grades
Here is a list of primary and elementary African children's books. Author, Title, subject, and a short summary are included.
Other
Confederation Africaine De Football (Caf)
Official web site of the African Soccer Confederation. Information, history, updated news, statistics, competitions, and rankings.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Literature Unit: The House of Dies Drear
"The House of Dies Drear," is a powerful novel by Virginia Hamilton.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute:visual Blues of Lawrence, Douglas, and Bearden
Within this lesson plan there is a nice introduction to Douglas' work.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
This site provides pictures and a brief introduction of ancient arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
PBS
Pbs: Confronting the Legacy of the African Slave Trade
PBS offers an excellent site with the description of some of the areas that supplied slaves.
Other
Regional Arts and Culture Center: Canto Do Brazil
This website is a beautiful travelogue of photos and narration about four sections of Brazil.