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UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS
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Learn how to build a kalimba with your students
Date: Tuesday September 21st, 2021
Time: 5:00PM-7:00PM ET
Online
Free
Are you looking for hands-on activities to do with your students? Are you seeking ways to bring African music and culture in the classroom? Join us to receive a kalimba building kit, learn how to build it, along with background information about the instrument in context. After registering on Eventbrite, attendees will gain access to Zoom details and will receive a free kalimba building kit.
Space is limited for this event.
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Centering Africa in STEAM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) Education:
A Workshop for Elementary and Middle School Educators
Date: Saturday, October 16th, 2021
Time: 9:30AM-1:30PM ET
Online
Free
The sciences and mathematics are fields that have often overlooked the importance of culture and context. This omission has greatly contributed to perceptions that science is an edifice of Western thought without any contributions from the rest of the world.
This event invites educators to think about science, math, environmental science, and literacy as they intersect with African Studies. Stories, and the stories we tell about science and math, will be central. In addition, in this workshop, participants will:
- Gain insights about African roots of the history of mathematics
- Explore new tools to teach science with African settings in mind
- Practice approaches to place-based education in Africa that cultivate environmental inquiry and literacy.
- Certificate of Participation or PDPs provided
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SAVE THE DATE
for the African Studies Association Annual
Teachers' Workshop 2021
Date: November 13th, 2021
For Elementary, Middle and Secondary School Educators
Online
***Teaching Africa Teacher Certificate Program Teachers receive free tickets to this event***
If you have any questions, please email africa@bu.edu
Check out https://www.asaoutreach.org/ for more information about the event.
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Teaching Nigeria in AP COMP GOV:
Current Events
Date: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
Time: 7:00PM-9:30PM ET
Online
Free
This event is offered as a collaboration between Boston University African Studies Center and the Choices Program. Teachers will gain knowledge and practical resources to teach about current issues in Nigeria in AP Comp Gov. Lead Scholar Dr. Nimi Wariboko will present key events, followed by a presentation of the Choices Program curriculum, Nigeria: History, Identity and Change.
For more information contact africa@bu.edu or Sean Jacobsen: sean.jacobsen@apcompgov.com
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Women and Masks: Global Masking Traditions in the Classroom:
A series of workshops for k-12 educators
Date: February 11th - 13th
Keynote speaker: Zina Saro-Wiwa
Free
Description: The weekend of workshops invites educators to engage with stories of global masking traditions, and provides critical thinking and pedagogical tools to rethink the pedagogical approach to masks from a culturally responsive perspective.
For more information and to register, see the conference website: https://sites.bu.edu/womenandmasks/events/accessing-conference-events/
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National Humanities Center Webinar Series
Teaching Language as Archive: Creole and Colonialism in Mauritius
Date: March 3rd, 2022
Time: 7-8:30 PM EST
Scholar Discussant: Dr. Elsa Wiehe
Free
Description: French language and world history teachers are often searching for entry-points to teach about questions of language, power and colonialism. Language is a frequently overlooked domain when studying larger historical processes. Using Mauritian Creole language – “Kreol” – as an archive, this webinar will provide a lens to understand language development under situations of settler colonialism, enslavement and indenture. It will also raise core questions to teach about Kreol’s relationship to French, asking: In which ways was language used as mode of domination of people’s identities? How did Kreol emerge as a respond to colonial language policies? How did the science of etymology contribute to the continued misrepresentation of Kreol? What are the continued struggles for the legitimization of Kreol and how do these connect to a larger project of decolonization?
For more information, email: https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/education-programs/webinars/
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AFRICAN LITERATURE BOOK GROUP DISCUSSIONS
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The African Literature Book Group Program for 2021-22:
Now in its 15th year, the book group engages readers of all ages and backgrounds to read and discuss novels by African authors.
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K-12 Francophile Educators:
Join Us For A Virtual Book Discussion in French on Frères D'âme by David Diop
Venez vous joindre à nous pour discuter ce grand livre qui a remporté le prix Goncourt des lycéens 2018 et qui a aussi remporté le prix Booker 2021 pour sa traduction.
Date: mercredi 12 janvier
Heure: 16H- 17h30 US-ET
Où: Sur Zoom
Gratuit
Résumé du livre: Un matin de la Grande Guerre, le capitaine Armand siffle l’attaque contre l’ennemi allemand. Les soldats s’élancent. Dans leurs rangs, Alfa Ndiaye et Mademba Diop, deux tirailleurs sénégalais parmi tous ceux qui se battent alors sous le drapeau français. Quelques mètres après avoir jailli de la tranchée, Mademba tombe, blessé à mort, sous les yeux d’Alfa, son ami d’enfance, son plus que frère. Alfa se retrouve seul dans la folie du grand massacre, sa raison s’enfuit. Lui, le paysan d’Afrique, va distribuer la mort sur cette terre sans nom. Détaché de tout, y compris de lui-même, il répand sa propre violence, sème l’effroi. Au point d’effrayer ses camarades. Son évacuation à l’Arrière est le prélude à une remémoration de son passé en Afrique, tout un monde à la fois perdu et ressuscité dont la convocation fait figure d’ultime et splendide résistance à la première boucherie de l’ère moderne.
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Want to learn more about the BU African Studies Center K-16 Education Program?
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