Summer Camp | Get Ready for 3rd Grade Black History
Our class provides an in-depth look into the history and culture of African Americans, helping students to be better prepared for our 3rd grade program at Culture Corner Academy.
Culture Corner Academy
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(55)
What's included
5 live meetings
3 hrs 45 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade 3
Get ready for 3rd Grade Black History with our summer class! This class offers an opportunity to not only MEET THE TEACHER but future classmates , which will give students a better foundation when going into the year long class. Our class provides an in-depth look into the history and culture of African Americans, helping students to be better prepared for our 3rd grade program at Culture Corner Academy. With an engaging and interactive curriculum, our class offers an enjoyable and educational experience for all. Our classes are fully interactive and use a variety of engaging activities to keep our students engaged. Take advantage of our summer program to get your learner ready for our full year courses that are uniquely made for each grade level. 🍁 Interested in taking the YEAR LONG course in the fall? 🍁 Register Here ⬇️ https://outschool.com/classes/homeschool-or-full-3rd-grade-black-history-curriculum-pod-NxkdQgLE?usid=TPiiMl9F&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link 📚 Class Information- Grade 3- Intro to African American Life & Culture The history of the United States is indelibly intertwined with the history of people stolen from the African continent and forcibly brought to the Americas to live in servitude. Discover how this early history of Africans in America later gave way to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and the demographics and culture of Black Americans today. Day 1 -Intro to Culture Corner Academy -Group Icebreaker Game -Introduce Camp Vocabulary Words -Decorate your Culture Corner Notebook Day 2 -Fun Ice Breaker Game -Compare Ancient Ghana, Mali, and Songhai to modern Ghana and Mali on a map -Discuss the trans-Saharan gold trade and its influence on the economy and culture of these regions -Describe the rise and fall of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires -Supplemental Video -Notebook Reflection Day 3 -Fun Ice Breaker Game -West African music is characterized by its distinctive polyrhythmic, or cross-rhythm structure, and is an important part of West African culture. Explore the music of West Africa, including its rhythmic pattern or drum beats or hemiola, and recognize what music means to the culture of West African nations. -Fun active warm up before dance video -Doing the video "Dance For Kids! | West African" which is an Intro the West African Dance through DanceNCulture (students will need a safe space to complete the video and a water bottle) Notebook Reflection Day 4 -Fun Ice Breaker -Intro to The Harlem Renaissance -Beginning of the Harlem Renaissance -"New Negro Movement" -Students will complete a fun art project inspired by the Harlem Renaissance that they can add to their notebook Day 5 -Fun Ice Breaker -Intro to the Civil Rights Movement -The Civil Rights Movement was a social and political movement where Black Americans fought to gain equal rights in the 1950s and 1960s. Spearheaded by leaders such as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement sought to end forced segregation, injustice. -Class Gimkit game (Fishtopia) to review weekly content -Notebook Reflection
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Topics touched on in this class include:
-Slavery
-Racism
-Discrimination
-Race
-Cultural Differences in regard to the African American culture
-Religions, church culture, in a non secular educational way (slavery era to current day)
Youtube will be used for supplemental visuals at times. Class is taught using slides via canva that I will present during class.
Please note this class uses many various 3rd party resources for instruction including: Youtube, Genially, Edpuzzle, Padlet, and Canva . Account creation is not needed to access materials but recommended for easy access at later times.
Supply List
-Notebook and/or 1-5 pieces of paper -Day 4- white paper and coloring materials
Joined June, 2022
4.8
55reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I have mentored over 200 teens over the past 6 years through my nonprofit on diversity and current events and continue to lead open group discussions regarding diversity and inclusion for individuals ages 5-18 as well as adults in a corporate setting. I have many years of experience facilitating difficult conversations regarding civil rights and African American History. I have been serving on the Women of Color Community Leadership Board for a Fortune 500 company in Diversified Outsourcing Services industry. This unique is group is a branch of their Diversity and Inclusion department. Through this position I have facilitated, created, and organized trainings on diversity and inclusion, anti racism, and holiday specific courses (history of MLK Day, Kwanzaa, Juneteenth, Indigenous Peoples' Day, and Black History Month) for the work place. In edition utilizing elective courses I have taken though my undergraduate and graduate degrees (World history, American history, North American Slavery) I also have extensively studied the books/textbooks for the purpose of teaching classes for school aged children for various non profit programs and after school organizations, and children on parents who are employed with above listed company as a company benefit on various African American heroes and events both virtually and in person. I have done various workshops through Learning for Justice Foundation. A handful of these workshops specialize on talking to children in grades k-12 about the hard topic of slavery. Reviews
Live Group Class
$50
for 5 classes5x per week, 1 week
45 min
Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-9
1-12 learners per class
