K-12 Teaching Resources - Articles, Bibliographies & Videos

Below please find articles, bibliographies & videos which are helpful resources for teaching about Africa.

Videos

World-Area-Book-Awards-Postcard

Global Read Webinar Series - Children's Africana Book Award

Once a month, the World Area Book Awards sponsor a webinar. Each webinar features a presentation by an award-winning author with discussion on how to incorporate multicultural literature into the classroom. See the Africana webinars here. 
African Tea Traditions - Ataya Senegalese Tea Ceremony and Moroccan Mint Tea

African Tea Traditions

More widely shared than coffee or wine, tea is the world’s most socially shared drink. Join us for our event series to learn about African Tea Traditions.
Chimamanda-Ngozi-AdichieThe-danger-of-a-single-story

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story

TEDGlobal

Articles & Bibliographies

ididntknowtherewerecities

I Didn't Know There Were Cities in Africa!

by Brenda Randolph

Teaching Tolerance - A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Teaching-About-Nelson-Mandela

Teaching About Nelson Mandela, Apartheid and the Struggle for Freedom

Boston University’s African Studies Center

Africa Access Review
Alleged-Boko-Haram-leader,-Abubakar-Shekau

Boko Haram: Behind the Headlines

by Barbara B. Brown, Ph.D.

Boston University's African Studies Center
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Beyond Wildlife: Teaching about Africa and Stereotypes

by Barbara B. Brown and Alicia Carroll

National Council for the Social Studies
The-Trouble-with-Tribe

The Trouble with Tribe

by Chris Lowe

Teaching Tolerance - A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center