Guide to children's literature on Africa. Reviews are written by univ. faculty, librarians, and teachers many of whom are in African studies or have lived in Africa. Use the Search to locate, for ex., Swahili culture. Has an Africana Book Buddies Club. Information on winners of the Children's Africana Book Awards (CABA). Edited by Brenda Randolph. [KF] http://www.africaaccessreview.org/
Directory of internet resources for contemporary and historical photographs of Africa. Maintained by Stanford University Libraries. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/photographs.html
Dr. Gloria Emeagwali, Professor of History, Central Connecticut State
University, provides citations to books and links to web sites relating
to the, "Background History of Africa, African Food Processing Techniques,
African Textile Techniques, African Metallurgy, Colonialism and Africa's
Technology, and Mathematics in pre-colonial Hausaland, West Africa. http://www.africahistory.net
Site for a festival in New York of music, dance, and theater from Africa and the African Diaspora. Has interviews with artists, a directory of web sites about Dance, Music, Literary Arts/Storytelling, Theater/Performance, K-12 teaching resources. [KF] http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/artsedge.html
Chronology with descriptions for Ancient Africa, African Empires, African
Slave Trade & European Imperialism, Anti-Colonialism, Post-Independence
Africa, plus Sources for Further Study. Site by Cora Agatucci, Associate
Professor of English, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon. http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm
"Africans in America will be the first comprehensive television
history of the international events leading to the growth of racial
slavery in the United States. The series opens in the 16th century
on Africa's Gold Coast with the European and African trade, and
ends on the eve of the American Civil War in 1865." Has a teacher's
guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/
The Teaching section, has a special membership plan for K-12 teachers, awards the Beveridge Family Teaching Award for distinguished K-12 history teaching, has a special web site for collaborative projects to strengthen history education for K-16 students, essays on teaching history, etc. Has a directory
of U.S. history departments. [KF] http://www.historians.org/
The College of Law, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law's Rwanda Commemoration Project: Genocide In Our Time produced a resource booklet (background, programming ideas, bibliography) , a lesson plan for high schools. Based in Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center/rwanda/
Site for Freedom Schooner Amistad and Amistad America. The Freedom Schooner
visits U.S. and international ports providing educational programs, interviews
with the captain or crew on the history and the significance of the Amistad
story, the transatlantic slave trade and present-day race relations. Recounts
the story of the 1839 Amistad incident. Extensive curriculum resource
center for elementary, middle school, and high school lesson plans.
Based in New Haven, Connecticut. http://www.amistadamerica.org/
Links to sites about the Amistad incident. Includes Exploring Amistad,
a web site, partially funded by NEH, which will have primary historical
documents. Also links to the Steven Spielberg/Debbie Allen film site which
has a slavery timeline and huge (9MB) film trailer/ads video clips. http://www.amistad.org/
Interactive atlas depicting changes from 1879 - 2002 in territorial names, conflicts, colonization and decolonization, post-colonial political developments, economic and demographic changes. Use through the web or download to your computer. Initiated by Professor Nancy Jacobs, Brown University. http://www.brown.edu/Research/AAAH/
For teachers, lesson plans. Organised by themes - Africa before the Transatlantic Slave Trade, through to Legacies in Africa, the Americas, Caribbean and Europe and Slavery Today. BBC African kingdoms timeline. Racist views of Africa, etc. "a joint initiative between UNESCO, Anti-Slavery International, the British Council and the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD)." Based in London, England. [KF] http://old.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/
In English and French. Annotated online resources about Canada's Black history. Mathieu Da Costa (a free Black African translator); Slavery in Canada; Timeline; Teachers' Section. "compiled by editors from The Canadian Encyclopedia (Historica-Dominion Institute) in consultation with
Rosemary Sadlier, President of the Ontario Black History Society." http://www.histori.ca/blackhistory.
"the history of the continent from an African perspective." "from
the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid" by
major African historians (Jacob Ajayi, George Abungu, Director-General
of the National Museums of Kenya and others). Includes audio of each segment
of the BBC program. (Requires sound card, speaker or headphone). Each segment
has a timeline, bibliography, useful links. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/
"Ruled by Emperor Haile Selassie, the ancient civilisation
of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) was situated between the two small Italian colonies
of Eritrea and Somaliland. Its lands were fertile and rich in mineral wealth,
two reasons why Italian troops attempted an invasion in 1896.
Ultimately, the Italians suffered an humiliating defeat." Tutorial
with photographs, excerpts from documents. Questions,
activities for students. Learning Curve is a free online teaching
and learning resource, [from the British National Archives] following the
History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/heroesvillains/mussolini/default.htm
Pre-colonial history. One page each on Mali, Songhay, Great Zimbabwe,
Kush, Ghana, Islamic invasions, Swahili kingdoms, Hausa Kingdoms, Kanem-Bornu. "...designed
as a learning module in the form of a "research textbook." Part of the
Washington State University World
Civilizations web site. Text by Richard Hooker. Some links are not
accessible. http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAFRCA/CIVAFRCA.HTM
Mike Dowling teaches at Roosevelt Middle School in West Palm Beach, Florida. "The
Electronic Passport is a collection of the lessons I have written for my
students." Includes Ancient Africa, Colonial Africa, Africa Today.
http://www.mrdowling.com/
Earth & Sky is a daily radio program on science topics. Includes short
pieces on Africa's climate 1 million years ago, the largest meat-eating
dinosaur found in Africa, the ancestors of modern humans traced back to
Africa, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. Provides citations to related books and articles. Sponsored by the
National Science Foundation and the Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
The program can be heard in the US and on Voice of America. http://www.earthsky.com/
Print magazine on African & African American history for middle school
children (ages 10-14). Has a full text article on Africans
in the United States, by Harvard Prof. J. Lorand Matory. Each
issue of the magazine focuses on a different theme.
Has teachers' guides for its Liberia issue
by Jo Sullivan, for the Mansa
Musa: King of Mali issue, Published by Cobblestone Publishing, Peterborough,
NH. http://www.footstepsmagazine.com
Combines satellite imagery & maps. Need to download the software which is free for personal use. (See computer requirements, need Windows 2000 or XP, 400 MB disk space minimum). For African cities (such as Dar es Salaam) does not show detail, only an "airplane" view; but you can "fly" from city to city. See the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. [However you can't fly to Kisangani, DRC or Darfur, Sudan yet.] Click on the Borders check box to see country borders. Very useful for seeing the location of lakes, bays in relation to cities, etc. The Keyhold Community site has an Education discussion area for teachers and students using the maps. [KF] http://earth.google.com/
Includes The Bristol Slavery Trail. The British port town of Bristol
was involved with the Transatlantic slave trade "just over 150 years
from around the 1660's to the early 1800's. History as "told
through historical documents (in Archive section), illustrations, photographs,
video clips, with activity sheets for young people. There are teachers'
notes. "The Slave Trail web was commissioned in 2001 by the Victoria
County History Project based at the Institute of Historical Research at
the University of London..." [KF] http://www.historyfootsteps.net/
An introduction to the history of Sudanic Africa (the states of Songhay,
Kanem-Bornu, and Hausaland.) Discusses trade and Islam. Photographs by
Lucy Johnson illustrate - Images of Islam (Grand Mosque at Jenne),
River Scenes, Daily Life, The Dogon, Traditions and Beliefs, The
Desert. Has multiple-choice tests. Project arises from a Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation grant to Xavier University's Center for the Advancement of
Teaching (New Orleans, LA). Site by J. Rotondo-McCord. http://webusers.xula.edu/jrotondo/Kingdoms/
Accounts of archaeological excavations and information on the people
and culture of Jenné will be posted to this site from Jenné, Mali January
18-30, 1997. The project leaders include Rod and Susan McIntosh from Rice
University's Anthropology Dept. U.S. 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from a Texas
school district will email messages to Mali and receive replies from the
project participants. A goal is to save archaeological information from
destruction by erosion. Jenné is the earliest known urban settlement south
of the Sahara and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Has photos, news, teaching
resources, information on Mali and archaeology. http://anthropology.rice.edu/maliinteractive.html
African map game using Macromedia's Flash. Drag the name of the country
to its correct location on the map outline. Check your score. The Maps.com
site also has a black and white map of the African
continent. http://www.maps.com/learn/games/africa.html
A team from the U.S., Botswana, and South Africa hunt for fossils
in Botswana, Sept.-Oct. 1998. How to interpret findings, why
is Africa a hotspot for hominid development, classroom ideas for K-12,
links to related sites. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/outpost/
History of Nubia the area partly in southern Egypt and partly in northern Sudan. Articles such as "How Much Can We Trust the Writen Record?" and "Where does Nubia fit in the Context of Nile Valley Civilization and the Ancient World?" Section for kids. Links to related sites. Conceived by Northeastern Univ. Professor Ron Bailey and Marcia Baynes. Produced by Education Development Center, Newton Massachusetts. [KF] http://www.nubianet.org/
Find resources by global region, country, subject, resource
type, time period, grade level, instructional strategy.
News for teachers. Supported by "120[U.S.] federally-funded
National Resource Centers (NRCs) based at 146 universities, focusing on Africa,
Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the Pacific
Islands and International Studies, and 42 Language Resource Centers (LRCs)
and Centers for International Business and Education Research (CIBERs) based
at 44 universities and dedicated to promoting foreign language study and international
business." Based in Van Nuys, California. [KF] http://www.outreachworld.org/
Authoritative historical essays, by Professor Parsons of the University of Botswana, History
Department. Includes primary documents. http://www.thuto.org/ubh/bw/bhp1.htm
Grade Level 9-12. "Students will understand how relations between countries change over time in response to both domestic and international pressures. They will think critically about factors affecting U.S. foreign policy toward Liberia and analyze the comparative weight of historic ties, historic debts, pragmatic political alliances, and human rights." Video clips of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Liberia trip, a meeting of President William V. S. Tubman with President John F. Kennedy, President Samuel Doe, commentary by Herman Cohen. Use the PBS search box to find other stories about Liberia. [KF]
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/liberia/educators/history/lesson1.html
Dr. Schmidt was the former Africana Librarian, Indiana University.
Published in Phyllis M. Martin and Patrick O'Meara
(eds.), Africa.
Third edition. ( Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1995, pp. 413-434.) " The author would
like to point out that this essay, published in 1995 and written a year
before, does not reflect some more recent publications and web resources." http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1000297
PBS television series (first aired Feb. 9, 2005). "four-part series
documenting the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British
colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War
Reconstruction."
"Episode one opens in the 1620s with the introduction of 11 men of African
descent and mixed ethnicity into slavery in New Amsterdam." Chronology,
resources for teachers, annotated
book list for students, virtual
museums prepared by four groups of students, on-line
resources. See also a review of
the TV series by David W. Blight, "America:
Made and Unmade by Slavery" in The Chronicle Review, Feb. 4,
2005. [KF] http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/
Site for a permanent exhibit at the Museum in Washington, D.C. Attractive
site featuring master sculptors (Lamidi Fakeye), a history moving timeline,
society, metalworking, clay pottery and a master potter, an annotated bibliography.
Uses Flash software; some captions are difficult to read. http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
"video footage documenting mass resistance and police repression, historical documents, rare photographs, original narratives and essays" "interviews with 45 South African activists"; biographies; maps; "designed especially for high school and undergraduate students." Includes Black Consciousness Movement, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, post-apartheid era. Has a 3 minute preview video. An Educators section uses primary materials. Maintained by Michigan State University MATRIX (matrix.msu.edu) and the MSU African Studies Center (africa.msu.edu). http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu
The site maintained by the African National Congress has the full-text
of primary documents - speeches by Albert J. Lutuli, Oliver Tambo, Mandela,
G. M. Naicker, Yusuf Dadoo, Olof Palme, documents from Umkhonto we Sizwe,
the OAU and the UN, documents concerning women in the struggle, the text
of leaflet bomb fliers, biographies of leaders, etc. http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/
An NGO, people's history online, based in Sunnyside, South Africa. Has
a History of Film in South Africa (including a chronology),
a history classroom section, This Day in History, a chronology
of South African history, biographies, topics (African
independence, Black Consciousness, Black education, Gandhi, Paul Kruger,
Mandela, Umkhonto we Sizwe, passive resistance, the United Nations and apartheid,
etc.). [KF] http://www.sahistory.org.za/
The Online Wall of Remembrance has biographies
/ photographs of anti-apartheid leaders, a list of banned
people. "We are inviting you to help us with biographical details,
letters, diaries, articles, photographs and reminiscences on those South
Africans, people in your family communities people who played a leading
role in the struggle."
"(SPICE) serves as a bridge between Stanford University and K-14 schools by developing multidisciplinary curriculum materials on international themes." Sells curriculum units with Africa-related topics. http://spice.stanford.edu/
British
Empire. with a sections on "The Rise of the British Empire," "Living
in the British Empire," "End of the British Empire (Ghana)" including case
studies on Africa (documents, worksheets, quizes, photos).
Lesson
plans on Kush (from a newsletter, Wide Horizon, Nov. 1999)
produced by Wide-Horizon Education Resources, San Diego, Calif. WER,
headed by Dr. David Mollet. Uses the Waldorf
approach to education. Has an article about the lesson plan from Social
Studies Review. http://members.cox.net/waldorfedu/weredu/index.html
A great collection of scanned images of African and other paper money.
Dates vary for each country, some from 1919 to the 1990s. See French West
African currency from the 1930s and 40s or Biafra's currency. Many have
portraits of African leaders. Ronald Wise, Jr. works at Indiana University
- Purdue University Indianapolis. http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/notedir/africa.html
Covers Black Pharaohs, Meroe, Gedi, the Swahili People, Zanzibar, the
Ashanti and Dahomey (Benin) Kingdoms, Aksum, Gondar, the Churches of Lalibela,
the Dogon, Grand Mosque of Djenne, Empires of Mali & Ghana, the Tuareg,
Great Zimbabwe, a 1,000 year old South African city - Mapangubwe, the Shona
People, etc. Site based on the TV series hosted by Prof.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Harvard Univ.) Includes a kids' activity page,
teachers' lesson plans, audio clips. http://www.pbs.org/wonders/
Tutorial by Professor Joni Seager, University of Vermont. Provides an analysis of the “Africae novo” map, from the early 1600s. Annotated bibliography, directory of on-line maps. The World History site is created by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. [KF] http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/unpacking/mapsmain.html
The "Center seeks to promote a better understanding of all aspects
of the Atlantic Slave System, including the Africans' resistance to enslavement,
the black and white abolitionist movements, and of the ways in which slavery
finally came to an end." Includes a Classroom section with a Lesson Plans on the Amistad Case (with narrative, timeline,
documents) and on The Gullah: Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection.
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