Please note, this class is 1 of a 6 part grade level series from Culture Corner Academy. Each class provides a full year of instruction. After completion of Part 1 a private registration link will be given to returning families who wish to move on to Part 2. Each grade level provides more in depth or different material. Ages are flexible, however please attempt to keep kids within 1 year of the age range for socialization purposes. 

📕 Class Information- Grade 7- Black Influence from Ancient Africa to Modern Times

Welcome to Culture Corner Academy! The ULTIMATE interactive FLEX experience! Upon enrollment get access to our virtual school. Each week enter a different area of the school to learn your tasks for the week. All weeks are posted in the platform so you can work at your own pace. Work ahead, take your time, the choice is yours! We also will host fun interactive games and activities  including: 

-Game of the Week in the Gym (GimKit, Kahoot, Blooket, etc) 
-Create Your Own Lunch Tray in the Cafeteria! (virtually)
-Decorate Your Desk
-Read of the Week in the Libray 

Flexible Schedule Information : This flexible schedule class will mirror the live class offered with a few difference due to its flexible schedule. This class will be hosted by me on a various 3rd party sites to help build engagement through out the semester. The class will mainly be ran through an interactive site called Genially.  Learners will then be able to self direct their learning by completing different tasks set out. Examples of these would be direct instruction/lecture (by me recorded with slides using Canva and ED puzzle), supplemental videos via Youtube or a other site, discussion questions which should be answered via the Outschool classroom, Warm Up/Ice Breaker Questions using Padlet. Account creation is not required for any of these 3rd party materials. Direct instruction lessons via Ed puzzle will contain check for understanding questions throughout. 

In this class students will explore the black influence from Ancient Africa to Modern Times. We will be exploring the origin of Africa and its impact on modern day culture. Come engage in a learning journey that includes the importance of health and well-being through the lens of African society; the Transatlantic Slave Trade; African American contributions during the Civil War;  and the establishment of historical institutions.   

Week 1-4: Ancient African Empires 

Long before Europeans arrived in Africa, great kingdoms and empires ruled over many parts of the continent. Their rulers presided over magnificent courts where art, music, and dance flourished. Their rulers presided over magnificent courts where art, music, and dance flourished. Their merchants traded in gold, salt, and other goods with faraway countries. The last of the powerful African kingdoms came to an end during the colonial era. Some kingdoms, however, still exist on the continent today. 

Week 1- Northern Africa (Ancient Egypt and Kush Empire) 
Week 2- Western Africa (Ancient Ghana and Mali Empire)
Week 3-Eastern Africa (Buganda and Rwanda)
Week 4- Southern Africa (Zulu and Ndebele Kingdom)

Week 4-8: Transatlantic Slave Trade 

- Students will learn how slavery and the slave trade were central to the development and growth of the economy across British North America and, later, the United States.
-Students will be able to describe the slave trade from Africa to the Americas.
-Students will learn the origins of the practice of slavery in Africa, Middle East, and Europe 
-Students will learn why the Atlantic slave trade was called the Triangular Trade
-Students will learn about the Atlantic Slave Trade and the journey those who were enslaved faced 
-Students will learn about the Trial of the Zong  
- Students will learn the story of La Amistad and Sengbe Pieh (supplemental video)
-Students will explore the Middle Passage and the autonomy of a ship journey for those captured
-Students will learn about the English Quaker efforts in regard to slavery 

Week 8-12: COLONIAL AMERICA 

-What were "slave codes"? 
-Protections for slavery were embedded in the founding documents; enslavers dominated the federal government, Supreme Court and Senate from 1787 through 1860 (supplemental video) 
-Students will learn about the practice of slavery in comparison with colonial British America's economic system 
-Students will learn about Indentured Servants, their role during this time period, and contrast their experience with someone who was enslaved of African descent 
-The story of John Punch, a black indentured servant who ran away from his boss along with two white indentured servants in 1640 
-Partus sequitur ventrem 
-The story of John Casor, an indentured servant who had fled from his boss, who had also been among those first African captives brought to the 13 colonies. 
-The story of Elizabeth Key (supplemental video)
-The story of Antonio/Anthony Jackson 

Spring Semester (PART 2/New Registration)
*New private registration will be given for spring semester for those who complete Part 1 in the fall*


Week 1-4: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

- Students will learn about The American Revolution and its affect on the practice of slavery 
- Students will learn how people of African descent played an important role in the war effort and how they did so
-Students will learn how the end of the war changed America and what changes those who were enslaved were faced with
-Students will learn that enslavers exploited the many types of highly skilled labor of enslaved people for their own profit.
-Students will learn that many people worked individually and in groups to end slavery.

Week 4-8: DAILY LIFE 

-Students will learn about the harsh reality of the daily life of someone who was enslaved 
-Students will virtually visit an example of living conditions of someone who was enslaved 
-The black woman's experience under slavery 
-Students will learn about forms of punishments for infractions and the differences of these punishments between those under indentured servitude and those who were enslaved. 
- Students will learn of the duties given to an OVERSEER and DRIVER
- Students will learn about "SLAVE CODES," which outlined the rights of those who were enslaved and the acceptable treatment and rules regarding those enslaved. 
-Students will learn about events leading and after Nat Turners Rebellion (short supplemental video)
-Students will learn about the practice and history of lynching 
-Students will watched a virtual tour of the Mount Vernon Planation and learn about the daily life of those who were enslaved by George Washington. 


Week 8-12: CIVIL WAR

-Students will learn about the ideology of Alexander Stephen (Vice President of the Confederacy)
-The events of Fort Sumter 
-The Confiscation Act- WHO, WHAT, and WHY
-The life of Susie Baker King Taylor 
-Harriet Tubman's role in the Civil War as a spy 
-The union's events at Combahee River 
-The reasoning and reasons that led Lincoln to pass the Emancipation Proclamation 
-Students will learn about the holiday Juneteenth and the events leading up to this day and years after. 
- In the more than 150 years since the end of the Civil War, there have been many attempts to litigate the reasons for the war, but the reality is that the root of the division was slavery. The Black Americans experience in that war is particularly interesting. During this lesson, we'll learn about how Black people fought and participated in the war, the Emancipation Proclamation, and  more.
-Students will learn that national disagreements about slavery became so strong that 11 states seceded from the United States to form their own country, leading to the Civil War.