Imagining Our Futures: What If?

Lisanne Shaffer

level: Beginner

76 minutes

Afrofuturism

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Lesson Tool Kit

projector or display with speakers

laptop

Students will be introduced to Afrofuturism and how it is being used in art.

Students will learn what a monologue is and write one of their own.

Students will think critically about the future and what a future society could look like.

How can we imagine a future thriving society for African Americans and use this as a catalyst for artistic writing?

 Students will explore Afrofuturism concepts and apply them to create monologues imagining their futures.