Featured Resources

The Gold Road

For 6th to 12th grade teachers.

The Gold Road Interactive Map highlights the people, places, and items related to the medieval Sudanic empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai. Gold, the region’s most valuable resource, moved along regional and trans-Saharan routes reaching as far north as France. The Gold Road invites users to explore hundreds of topics related to the empires and their role in global history.

 

Fallou Ngom (PI), Mouhamadou L. Diallo, David Glovsky, Abubakar Jalloh, Elhadji Djibril Diallo, Ndieme Sow, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, and other contributors. 2022. “The Life of Cerno Ibraahiima Hoore Doŋol.”

Why Teach about Ajami literacies?

For 6th-12th grade teachers.

You will be interested in teaching about Ajami if you teach about:

  • The spread of Islam
  • Medieval West Africa 
  • Islamic cultures, literacy, and science (e.g. Timbuktu, etc.)
  • Global networks of trade and interconnectedness with Europe and Asia, and between North Africa & Africa South of the Sahara.
  • Literacy in Africa

Access our new Teaching about Ajami page here.

 

 

 

Global Literacy Exchange Curriculum about Ghana

For elementary teachers.

In the 22-23 year, we developed a curriculum for elementary teachers to engage students across two settings with three books: Gizo Gizo by Emily Williamson, Nana Akua Goes to School by Tricia Elam Walker, and Mama’s Amazing Cover Cloth by Ruby Aya Goka. Elementary teachers can use these lessons on the three books with theirrr own classrooms.  Check out our site for the curriculum and to see the children’s connections, collaborations and their meaning-making while reading and telling stories together.

 

South Africa: Confronting Apartheid E-Book

South Africa: Confronting Apartheid E-Book: This 4-chapter, open-source E-Book, developed by Facing History and Ourselves in partnership with the Boston University African Studies Center explores critical moments in South Africa’s history, including the period prior to European colonization, the period of colonization, the development of policies based on racial segregation, and the development of the apartheid state. It further discusses anti-apartheid movements and the institutions, policies, and principles put in place to facilitate the development of a non-racial democracy. Lastly, this resource includes both the growth of race rule and resistance to white rule.

 

Jephta Nguherimo surveys rusted implements at the site of the Battle of Waterberg [Hamilton Wende/Al Jazeera]

Resources on Teaching about Genocide in Namibia & Rwanda

In Massachusetts, the teaching about genocide is now mandatory. We have supported the update of the Brown Choices program curriculum on genocide, with content on Namibia and Rwanda. You can find this curriculum, as well as a list of other resources, documentaries, and links on our Teaching about Genocide page.

 

Resources on Teaching about Geography

We offer a whole page of lessons and useful links to teach about geography, whether at the elementary or secondary level, including our very popular How Big is Africa Map and accompanying curriculum.