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Jackson, Jarvais; Collins, Saudah N. T.; Baines, Janice R.; Boutte, Gloria Swindler; Johnson, George Lee, Jr.; Folsom-Wright, Nichole – Social Studies, 2021
Africa is the cradle of civilization, yet its rich history and culture is undertaught--especially in elementary P-5 classrooms. In this article, we share Adinkra symbols from West Africa which can be used for interdisciplinary instruction and classroom management. We offer Adinkra symbols as an organizing theme for teaching in the spirit of not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Culture, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Frieson, Brittany L.; Scalise, Makenzi – Bilingual Research Journal, 2021
Drawing on translanguaging and raciolinguistics frameworks in an ethnographic case study, this article contextualizes how young Black American children engage in rich literacy practices to validate their cultural and linguistic identities in an elementary, two-way immersion bilingual program. Findings demonstrated that despite teachers' perceived…
Descriptors: African American Children, African American Culture, Cultural Influences, Black Dialects
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Shollenbarger, Amy J.; Robinson, Gregory C.; Taran, Valentina; Choi, Seo-eun – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2017
Purpose: This study explored how typically developing 1st grade African American English (AAE) speakers differ from mainstream American English (MAE) speakers in the completion of 2 common phonological awareness tasks (rhyming and phoneme segmentation) when the stimulus items were consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant (CVCC) words and nonwords.…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, African American Students, Black Dialects
Squire, Michelle Suzette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research study is a case study of the development of an African-centered school over a 20-year period. The study describes how the kindergarten-through-eighth-grade institution was established. Interview questions focused on: 1. Establishment of an African-centered institution 2. Challenges of setting up an African-centered institution 3.…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, African Culture, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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McCreight, Jennifer – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2011
The following article will address the need for classrooms to promote the use of children's literature whose characters speak in a dialect other than Standard English (specifically African American Vernacular English, or AAVE). It will begin by drawing attention to the lack of authentic representation of African Americans in picture books…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Picture Books, Black Dialects