Please contact us at how to include African art in your curriculum through consultations with museum staff about themes, STEM-to-STEAM methods, and strategies for museum and school partnerships. Visit the museum’s art carts! Stationed in the museum’s pavilion and throughout its galleries, carts are staffed by trained museum docents or educators and provide hands-on experiences with objects and more.Īrt Carts made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. A personalized bookplate for each child is included. The teacher of each classroom that successfully completes the ABC activities will receive books to distribute to students so they can start their own home library. storytelling podcasts (africa.si.edu/radio_africa/index.html), including The Leopard’s Drum by Jessica Souhami (Francis Lincoln Ltd, 1995) as told by Johnnetta Betsch Cole andĪnansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1972) as told by Diane Macklin.booklist, ideas for activities, and strategies for incorporating recommended books into classroom lesson plans, cross-disciplinary connections, and reading at home with family,. stickers to be awarded upon completion of assigned goals,.– John Eaton Elementary School, Washington, D.C.Īfrica Book Club is designed to excite reading readiness while it underscores the contributions of diverse populations in an increasingly global world. We had great success and we owe you a very big thank you for giving us the idea and the tools to get rolling!” served as the foundation of a home-reading initiative. “I wanted to share with you how we used the Africa Book Club passports that you gave to our first graders. A program designed especially for Head Start and Pre K is available upon request. This dynamic, interactive storytelling experience is seasoned with rhythm, sounds, and movement to ignite the imagination and take the listeners on an exciting journey. Building community through rich tales, storyteller Diane Macklin animates tales from different regions of the African continent.
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