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.

Faces From the Past

Leaving Home, An Inspired Mixtape

 Using Jacob Lawrence’s online gallery of art inspired by the historical Great Migration, students will investigate the feelings involved with leaving home and create a “mixtape” to help them through an imaginary journey of their own.

The Year: 2050

Lights Up! A Guide to Using Theater in the Classroom

Reading Between the Redlines

This lesson explores the history of Redlining in America.

Pictures of the American Dream

This lesson is a introductory lesson to the theme of The American Dream presented in Between the World and Me.

Dear Body

This lesson explores the rules and limitations society puts on bodies based on race, particularly the Black body. This will engage students to think about the Black body as it relates to their own body.

A Letter of Wisdom

This lesson gives students an opportunity to write their own letter of wisdom to someone they choose.