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Herman, Henrietta, Ed. – 1969
The contents of this annotated bibliography, prepared as part of an E.S.E.A. Title III project, are divided into three sections: (1) The role of the Negro in the historical development of the United States; (2) The Negro in family, school, and community life in contemporary America; and, (3) Highlights in African history -- past and present. All…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, American History, Annotated Bibliographies
Hymes, Dell H. – 1968
This report describes the steps by which ethnographic literature was explored for cross-cultural differences in the role of language with particular reference to its acquisition and use by children. The exploration is put in the context of ongoing work in the development of a systematic guide to field studies of this sort. A principal effort of…
Descriptors: African Culture, Anthropology, Child Language, Comparative Analysis
Oliver, Donald W.; Newmann, Fred M. – 1968
See TE 499 864, above.
Descriptors: African Culture, Colonialism, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
Johnson, G. Wesley; And Others – 1971
This unannotated bibliography lists over 340 books and articles, written between 1920 and 1970, concerning francophone African elites. It contains three sections; the first covers "Conceptual and Comparative Literature on Elites;" the second lists books and articles written by elite members; and the third includes books and articles written about…
Descriptors: African Culture, Anthropology, Bibliographies, Black Culture
Hedrick, B. C. – Grambling College Liberal Arts Bulletin, 1967
This paper treats the Afro-Brazilian fetish cults found throughout Brazil and examines the syncretism of these cults with Catholicism. The religious practices of the "macumbas" (deities of the Afro-Brazilian cults), ritual music, and the ethnicity of the Negroes from both southern and northern Brazil are discussed. Frequently, excerpts…
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Studies, Christianity, Cultural Context

African-American Inst., New York, NY. School Services Div. – 1975
This module contains a description of the Tuareg society in Africa, a list of resources for teachers and students to learn how the African drought is affecting Tuareg life-style, and a lesson plan with eight questions for class discussion. The social strata are described within the Tuareg, ranging from nomadic herd-tending nobles to servants who…
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Climate, Cultural Awareness
Zinn, Carrie – 1999
In this lesson, students create an African Art Museum. Student teams research the culture and art history of particular regions in Africa. They collect art images for the museum, studying aspects of each artwork's creation and its relation to the culture. Each team will give the class a guided tour of its wing of the museum. Teams consist of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, African Culture, Anthropology, Area Studies

Zaslavsky, Claudia – Arithmetic Teacher, 1981
Introducing network theory to schoolchildren is promoted as a way of encouraging students to deal with new situations, be unafraid of challenges, and learn to think. Several applications, methods of analysis, and suggestions for further activities are provided. (MP)
Descriptors: African Culture, Cultural Awareness, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education

Azibo, Daudi Ajani ya – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1991
Reports a study with 38 African Americans investigating own-race preference and own-race maintenance as defined in a metatheory of African personality. The experiment's complex methodology involved deception and intricate procedures around a photograph selection process. The results support the metatheory's own-race maintenance. (JB)
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Attitudes, Black Students, Cultural Traits

Burstein, Stanley M. – Social Studies Review, 1993
Maintains that the challenges of multicultural education include providing reliable information about civilizations for which reliable information is difficult to find. Offers an overview of the history, culture, and significance of the ancient African civilization of Kush. Provides a list of student and teacher references. (CFR)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Afrocentrism, Black History

Devlin-Gascard, Lorettann – Art Education, 1996
Utilizes a 17th-century Italian sculpture and an African fetish figure to illustrate essential qualities and characteristics of figurative sculpture. Points out the extreme differences and the many similarities between the two and offers explanations. Includes a process for leading students through "reading" the sculptures. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, African Culture, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Gilbert, Erik – History Teacher, 2002
In this article, the author looks closely at the recent history of the East African coast and the Swahili people who live there. In doing so he hopes to highlight the inadequacy of the area studies/continentalist approach to studying and teaching the Swahili and to propose a different way of considering their past. His contention is that one can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Historical Interpretation, History Instruction, African Culture
Tibbitts, Felisa – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
This article presents an innovative professional development project, "Facing the Past-Transforming Our Future," developed collaboratively by the Western Cape Educational Department, the Cape Town Holocaust Centre (CTHC), and the US-based teacher professional development organization Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO). "Facing the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Jews, Death, War
Gallo, Ralph; Davis, Ronnie – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
The authors conducted a formal research study to investigate the perceptions of faculty, staff, and community residents regarding town-gown relationships and the sustainability of African American communities as related to educational benefits, home ownership, employment and job training, earning potential, and graduation rates.
Descriptors: African Americans, Graduation Rate, Ownership, Educational Benefits
Boutte, Gloria Swindler; Strickland, Jennifer – Journal of Negro Education, 2008
This article provides a conceptualization for including African and African American history in early childhood classrooms. An example of a kindergarten teacher's efforts to counter negative depictions and frequently omitted information in her classroom is shared. While many early childhood educators avoid discussions of history because the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Curriculum, African American Culture