Black Fashion Studies: RELOADED (FLEX)
In this 5-week course, students will explore the history of fashion and race within the Black community.
Mrs. Morgan
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5.0
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What's included
Homework
2-4 hours per week. Students should conduct independent research relating to their chosen topic and fully engage with course content to enhance their understanding of Black fashion history/studies. Throughout the course, students will create their own fashion exhibition, research Black designers, and develop contextual knowledge of how history informs fashion (and vice versa).Class Experience
US Grade 6 - 9
In 'Black Fashion Studies: RELOADED', students will explore the intersection of fashion and race across history. Each week’s themes will encourage students to interrogate various intersections of identity and culture, prompting thought-provoking discussions surrounding gender, sexuality, performance, and more. We will use our time together to routinely interrogate key questions that aim to support the increased understanding of how fashion is an integral aspect of the Black American experience. Through finely curated presentations, (featuring guest speakers, primary sources, and media content) interactive discussions, and engaging reads, this course will assist students in establishing a foundation into understanding how race and fashion intermingle, and how African American people have used style as a form of resistance and engagement throughout history. Additionally, students will learn about important research and design methodologies as they will be tasked with creating short presentations (individually or within groups) that dive deeper into an aspect of fashion & race history that is important to them. They will work on these presentations within Google Slides & Google docs. Their hard work will be ready to present during our final week together. Week 1: Introduction // Slavery & Clothing // The Role of Fashion in Black Freedom Movements (Civil Rights, Stonewall Rebellion, Black Is Beautiful & More) Week 2: Black Models & Media // Fashion & The Black Elite // Beauty Beauty Parlors: The Barbershop & Beauty Shop As Cultural Safe Havens Week 3: Fashion in the Black Music Industry // Regional Black Style Trends // What's Your Style? Week 4: Fashion & Politics // Black Fashion & Controversy Week 5: Mapping Black Designers// Final Presentations
Learning Goals
Students will be introduced to key concepts within the realm of Black fashion studies and leave the course able to successfully be identify how course themes intersect, and how race and fashion inform Blackness in America.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
YouTube: Pre-screened content from YouTube will be included in Google slide presentations presented to the class via screen-share.
The 1-2 hours of week outside of class are not to be spent working within Google Classroom/Suites, but to conduct independent research and exploration that will be brought to classed used to enhance your final presentation.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
Ain’t I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race by Maxine Craig
Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul by Tanisha C Ford
Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer
Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry by Tiffany M Gill
Joined July, 2022
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Morgan Jael is a graduate of Washington University in St Louis where she earned her Bachelors of Arts Degree in African/African American Studies and participated in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship where she surveyed the cultural experiences contributions of Black girls in the southern landscape in the 19th and 20th century.
She is a history/social justice educator who has worked in both public and charter K-12 school spaces, with in-person and virtual experience. Her proudest moments as an educator include the successful creation and implementation of a social justice/history curriculum that led to her creating Black Girls Know Best, a community non-profit organization that amplifies Black girls voice through creative mediums. Most recently, she worked with the National Park Service's African American Civil Rights Network and Junior Ranger program, curating relevant and informative history content that supported the Network's growth.
Here on Outschool she offers a wide range of classes including 'The Civil Rights Movement and Black Foodways' and 'Black Girl Magic: Introduction to Black Girlhood Studies', amongst many others. 'Follow' her profile to stay to up to date on 2025 course listings.Reviews
Live Group Class
$41
weekly6 weeks
Completed by 2 learners
No live video meetings
Ages: 11-16
