AFRICAN TRUTHS
Second semester, we began our study of Africa. During this unit, we approached the study of Africa, and grappled with a lot of the problems in the Western education system. Because so many high school curricula don't include African nations at all, or include a brief mention of "Africa" as if it was one country, it was a difficult unit to undertake. Every high schooler studied a few nations in depth, and as a class we learned and discussed Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and the Rwandan genocide of the 1990s.
Within this unit, I read Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles by Richard Dowden, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by Jean-Philippe Stassen, Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder, There is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene, Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan and Blue Clay People by William Powers. In the subpages are the projects we worked on in this unit.
Infographic: Senegal
An infographic to begin our foray into the study of African nations.
Research Essay: Ethiopia
A research essay on this history and contemporary times in Ethiopia.
Final Project: Liberia
A creative writing project focused on the country of Liberia, and the meanings of good activism.
Within this unit, I read Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles by Richard Dowden, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by Jean-Philippe Stassen, Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder, There is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene, Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan and Blue Clay People by William Powers. In the subpages are the projects we worked on in this unit.
Infographic: Senegal
An infographic to begin our foray into the study of African nations.
Research Essay: Ethiopia
A research essay on this history and contemporary times in Ethiopia.
Final Project: Liberia
A creative writing project focused on the country of Liberia, and the meanings of good activism.