Imagining Our Futures: What If?
Students will explore Afrofuturism concepts and apply them to create monologues imagining their futures.
Multimedia for Storytelling
This lesson is an introduction to utilizing a multimedia approach to storytelling.
Technology in the Creative Writing Process
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Finding Your Character’s Voice
A Thousand Words
Hurdles
Students will be able to evaluate an excerpt from Between the World and Me that focuses on “The American Dream” and integrate their historical knowledge of United States policies to determine which policies may serve or have served as a hurdle in the way of achieving their American Dream.
Hurdles
Students will be able to evaluate an excerpt from Between the World and Me that focuses on “The American Dream” and integrate their historical knowledge of United States policies to determine which policies may serve or have served as a hurdle in the way of achieving their American Dream.
HBCU Bop
This lesson explores the historical context in which early HBCUs were established and the educational challenges Black people in America faced.
A Tale in Meritocracy
This lesson is meant to have your students investigate the meaning of “The American Dream” and create a group manifesto for an “American Dream” written in their voices.
Starting the Conversation About Race
Students will learn and assess the basic definitions of race and assess their own comfort level with discussing race through creating blackout poetry.
