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African American History Term #1

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● Media misrepresentations Students will be able to Books: Museum Visits: ​ ​ of Africa independently use their learning Visit to the African American to… Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe Museum of Philadelphia ​ ● Origins of humanity ​ ​ ● Identify perceptions of Africa New Dimensions in African Visit the Lest We Forget Museum ​ ​ ● Development of Nile Valley related to media influenced History, Dr. John Henrik Clarke ​ ​ civilizations perceptions. and Dr. Yosef ben-Jochanna. Visit the Egypt Exhibit at the Penn ​ Museum of Archaeology and ● African influence on the ● Analyze the relationship Let the Circle Be Unbroken: Anthropology ​ ​ ​ ​ development of world cultures between media portrayals of Implications of African Africa with historic context of Spirituality in the African Documentaries and Films: ● African cultural implications marginalization. Africa’s Greatest Civilizations ​ ​ Diaspora, Dr. Marimba Ani on the development of ​ Wonders of the African World complex societies ● Differentiate the theoretical ​ ​ They Came Before Columbus, concepts related to the origins of Ivan Van Sertima The Real Eve ● African presence in early humanity. ​ ​ America Stolen Legacy, George James Everyday conversations: ● Describe the major themes ​ Have conversations with your ​ ​ ● Analysis of different African related to the development of children about the lopsided ​ ​ Nile Valley Contributions to rulers civilization along the Nile Valley. depictions of Africa in the media. Civilization, Anthony Browder

● The African missing ● Evaluate the racial Work to point out broader ​ ​ ​ ​ element of World History differences between ancient narratives about the African groups through comparing the continent.

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depictions of ancient Egyptians. *here in this section I was Essential Questions Articles: thinking we list movies, documentaries, or other ● What images and ● Compare and contrast Africa: The Passing of the Golden ​ activities they can do like perceptions influence the differing civilizations that Ages, Dr. John Henrik Clarke ​ ​ ​ taking their students to vote or American perceptions of developed along the Nile Africa? Valley. Modern Real World volunteering, museum visits, Analyze the evidence Connections: etc. ● ​ ● What is the significance of related to African presence in ​ ​ Nile Valley civilization on the early America. Report by National Public Radio Discuss on media perceptions development of World ● Describe the similarities on the land dispute in South of Africans through movies History? between the Empires of Ghana, Africa 25 years after the end of after watching a modern Apartheid. Mali, and Songhai. popular film through clips ● Why are certain ● Create a griot story ​ ​ ​ (suggestions, Blood Diamond, information regarding the related to the life and legacy of Report by National Public Radio Constant Gardener, or other development of civilization in Mansa Musa utilizing primary on the role of China in Africa in relation to resource exploitation. films depicting Africa) then Africa left out of the World and secondary sources of ​ History narrative of watch this brief clip. Follow information to inform poem. ​ ​ advancement? Develop an Reuters Africa News Headline with a conversation on the ● ​ argumentative essay about who page with archive of past reports. implications of the films ● What is the relationship ​ ​ they view as best African ruler narratives and depictions with between the developments of based on reading griot stories. stereotypes of Africans. globalized economy on ● Summarize the main African civilization? points of an article by John Henrik Clarke about the

influence of Nile Valley civilizations on world civilization.