"My Family's Not from Africa--We Come from North Carolina!": Teaching Slavery in Context

Autor/in	Mbatha, Waahida
Titel	"My Family's Not from Africa--We Come from North Carolina!": Teaching Slavery in Context
Quelle	In: Rethinking Schools, 27 (2012) 1, S.37-41 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-6855
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Middle School Students; Grade 7; Slavery; Resistance (Psychology); History Instruction; Units of Study; Student Research; Research Projects; Foreign Countries; Algeria; Cote d'Ivoire; District of Columbia; Eritrea; Ghana; Lesotho; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Sklaverei; Resistenz; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Lerneinheit; Studentenforschung; Forschungsvorhaben; Ausland; Algerien; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The author knew that most of her students viewed Africa as a homogeneous place and, moreover, a place that they wanted no connection to. She wanted to be sure that she presented Africa in a way that empowered students and made them proud of their ancestry, as opposed to leaving them feeling the shame and humiliation that she once felt. She wanted to show them the beauty and diverse realities of Africa in order to shift their perceptions, but she also wanted to give an honest representation of some of the struggles. In this article, the author, an African American middle school teacher, describes how she changed her African American students' understanding of Africa and their own history. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10