African Diaspora Fellows Program

These Curriculum Resource Guides were designed by the 2016-2017 African Diaspora Fellows. Each Curriculum Resource Guide is crafted around a topic that focuses on the cultures, politics, and/or economics of the African diaspora and includes:

  • Topic description
  • NC Standards aligned to the topic
  • Key concepts
  • Generalizations
  • Inquiry questions
  • A list of annotated resources

Pan-Africanism and Black Internationalism

The Haitian Revolution: Its History and Connection to the Negritude Movement

Created by: Diane Smith, East Mecklenburg High School
Grade/class level: French 4 or 5 AP or IB
Subject areas: World History; History of the Americas; World Literature; French; Global Politics
Tags: The Haitian Revolution; Transatlantic slave trade; Negritude Movement; Toussaint Louverture
Tags (French): La revolution haïtienne; La traite transatlantique; La Négritude; Toussaint Louverture

Power, Home and the Quest for Stories

Created by: Jennifer Mont, Weaver Academy
Grade/class level: English II, EII
Subject areas: English Language Arts; Social Studies
Tags: Storytelling, Power, Home, Implicit Bias

Social Movements, Resistance
& Activism

Afrolatinx Identity and Resistance Through Music

Created by
: Jamie Shell, TC Roberson High School
Grade/class level: 9th-12th grades
Subject areas: Spanish
Tags: Maintaining identity, resisting assimilation, African roots of mainstream music, societal erasure

Equal Protection Under the Law

Created by: Angela Kitchen, Craven Early College High School
Grade/class level: 9th-12th grades
Subject areas: English Language Arts; Social Studies
Tags: Justice; Democracy; Citizenship; Suffrage; Legal Protections; Rule of Law

Resistance Rhetoric: Analyzing Activist Texts from Abolition to #BlackLivesMatter

Created by: Holly Jordan, Hillside High School
Grade/class level: 9th-12th grades
Subject areas: English Language Arts; Social Studies
Tags: Rhetorical analysis, Social movements, Black Lives Matter, Activism, Text Comparison,
African-American history, African-American literature

 

Slavery and the Transatlantic
Slave Trade

African Slave Trade

Created by: Lauren Boop, Hilburn Drive Academy
Grade/class level: 8th grade
Subject areas: Social Studies
Tags: Slavery, Migration, Trade, Racism, Oppression

“I am Unbreakable”: Developing and Maintaining Identity and Other Forms of Resistance to the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Created by: Savannah Cutrell, Gates County High School
Grade/class level: 10th, 11th, & 12th grades
Subject areas: American History: The Founding Principals, Civics & Economics & American History I
Tags: Methods, Slavery, Resistance, Slave Songs, Quilting Code, Language Use, Identify Development, Enslaved Culture, Enslaved Adaptation

Transatlantic Slave Trade

Created by: Sashir Moore-Sloan, Lowes Grove Magnet Middle School
Grade/class level: 7th grade
Subject areas: Social studies
Tags: Forced Migration, Slavery, Resistance, Racism

Transatlantic Slave Trade: The Bina Project

Created by: Michael Williams, Warren New Tech High School
Grade/class level: 9th-12th grades
Subject areas: Social Studies; World History; American History
Tags: Slavery, Music, Oral History, Resistance & Rebellion, History