Our Hair Story: Black History [12-16]
In this one-time course students will learn about the history of African American hair, how the story started, where it was and where that story is headed.
Jada Singleton, M.Ed, ESL
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(201)
What's included
1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hoursAssessment
💞Short kahoot at the end of class. 💞It will be helpful if learners have a second device like a phone or tablet!Class Experience
US Grade 7 - 10
💞Students will be taught in a lecture and discussion style and towards the end there will be a short kahoot quiz for learners to see how much they learned. 💞We will talk about the significance of African American hair through the centuries, essentially seeing the events or time periods from the perspective of hair! We will start with African hair styles, move on to slavery, the roaring twenties, civil rights/black power movements, infamous court cases, pop culture and what America is seeing now in terms of natural hair.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
This course is considered a politically sensitive topic because we are talking about the politicization of African American hair. When African Americans wore their hair anyway that was not in the Eurocentric fashion, it was seen as almost a disrespect and a statement African Americans were trying to make.
The goal of this course is for students to understand the double standard of African American hair set by society.
Supply List
Kahoot! It might be helpful to use two devices, one for the Zoom meet and the other for the kahoot game.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
Please copy and paste the link to see all of the sources used to create this class. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oMX9NVxrazg-pDcz8Lk4e626UiA4dHapZ97dNKB-_Ss/edit?usp=sharing
Joined September, 2020
4.8
201reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Education from The College of New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree in History from The College of New Jersey
For my B.A in History, my Capstone (final paper) was done on the history of African American hair. The research paper was about how deeply tangled black hair was in American history.Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$14
per classMeets once
40 min
Completed by 53 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-16
6-10 learners per class
