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Colón-León, Vimari – General Music Today, 2021
Bomba is an emblematic Puerto Rican musical genre that emerged 400 years ago from the colonial plantations where West African slaves and their descendants worked. It remains one of the most popular forms of folk music on the island and serves as significant evidence of its rich African heritage. This article explores the main components of bomba…
Descriptors: World History, Slavery, Foreign Countries, Folk Culture
Dionne, Kim Yi – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
This paper describes a relatively new active learning approach--Design Thinking--and its adoption in two comparative politics courses. I draw on my experience using Design Thinking in political science courses to offer instructors another pedagogical tool in the active learning toolkit. I outline the rationale for adopting a Design Thinking…
Descriptors: Elections, Political Science, Teaching Methods, Design
Gregory Paul Glasgow – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book examines the pedagogical and professional experiences of a transnational group of teachers from the African continent and diaspora who made the decision to live and teach English in Japan. Through a layered analytical framework, it explores how these teachers struggle to negotiate their raciolinguistic identities in contexts that may…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Language Teachers, Minority Groups
Lyndon-Cohen, Dan – Teaching History, 2021
In this article, Dan Lyndon-Cohen makes the case that history departments should move from diversifying the curriculum to decolonising it. After reflecting on some examples of how he made the content of his lessons more representative, he explores how the influence of writers such as Michel-Rolph Trouillot and Emma Dabiri inspired him to find…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Course Content
Takayanagi, Taeko – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2019
"Informal Learning and Literacy among Maasai Women" highlights the importance and role of informal education in the emancipation and development of Maasai village women in Kenya. At present, knowledge and research on the impact of informal learning and literacy on community development is limited, and there is a gap between policy level…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Literacy, Literacy Education, Womens Education
Peck-Bartle, Shannon Marie – Social Studies, 2020
World history curriculum continues to be plagued by Eurocentric narratives and perspectives eliminating local and community agency in Caribbean history. Textbooks and curriculum standards exclude much of Caribbean history and marginalize the influence and contributions of the African Diaspora. Oftentimes, Caribbean achievements are attributed to…
Descriptors: World History, History Instruction, Blacks, Foreign Countries
Willis, Arlette Ingram; McMillon, Gwendolyn Thompson; Smith, Patriann – Teachers College Press, 2022
Drawing on the authors' experiences as Black parents, researchers, teachers, and teacher educators, this timely book presents a multipronged approach to affirming Black lives and literacies. The authors believe change is needed--not within Black children, but in the way they are perceived and educated, particularly in reading, writing, and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Literacy Education, African American History, African American Culture
Kennedy, Fen – Journal of Dance Education, 2020
The 1619 Project by "The New York Times" asks American History teachers to revise their history curriculum to recognize the influence of Blackness, and of slavery, as foundational to the development of the United States. In this article I share a practical approach, including lesson plans and learning activities, to a similar revision of…
Descriptors: Dance Education, History Instruction, United States History, Slavery
Price, Vincent – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2022
Having grown up Black in America, the author reflects on his limited exposure to African American literature in school as well as his even more limited opportunity to see himself reflected in the mirrors of those texts. The article then extends into a framework for expanding the inclusion of African American texts in educators' classrooms.…
Descriptors: African American Literature, African Americans, Guidelines, Teaching Methods
Allen Webb, Editor; Richard Beach, Editor; Jeff Share, Editor – Teachers College Press, 2024
Discover how English teachers and their students confront the climate crisis using critical inquiry, focusing on justice, and taking action. Working in today's politically polarized environment, these teachers know first-hand about teaching and learning in communities that support and resist climate education. This much-needed book describes…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Inquiry, Social Justice, Climate
Strait, John – Journal of Geography, 2012
This article offers a pedagogical module that explores the geography of blues culture across the Mississippi Delta. By focusing on blues culture, rather than simply blues music itself, this project provides a forum for understanding the broader geographical conditions from which this musical form emerged. This module utilizes place-based…
Descriptors: Music, Geography Instruction, Human Geography, Rural Areas
Baker-Bell, April – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2020
This essay asserts the importance for English/Language Arts educators to become conversant with the features of Black Language and the cultural and historical foundations of this speech genre as a rule-bound, grammatically consistent pattern of speech. These features go beyond grammar to include such conventions as a reliance on storytelling as a…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Black Dialects, Language Patterns, Grammar
Leonard, Stephanie – Arts & Activities, 2011
Part of the fourth-grade curriculum in the author's district is the creation of a self-portrait. This is always a challenge for both the students and the author, because it is so difficult for beginners to draw a satisfying drawing of a face, whether it is their own or someone else's. In the past the author tried many formats and materials to…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Portraiture, Studio Art, Art Activities
Scullin, Bethany – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2020
Among the many factors contributing to the historical lack of reading gains of our Black male students is the absence of texts accurately and authentically representing African American characters in today's schools. In addition, well-meaning educators are not adept in identifying and selecting these types of texts in order to provide African…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Reading Material Selection, Culturally Relevant Education
Gomez, Aurelia – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2009
Adinkra cloth is a stamped fabric that is made in Ghana, Africa. Symbolic motifs that represent proverbs are carved from calabashes, a type of gourd, and are dipped into a black dye made from the bark of the badie tree. Adinkra artists divide the fabric into squares and create patterns and repetitive designs using the inked stamps. When it is used…
Descriptors: African Culture, Design Crafts, Art Activities, Studio Art