Pre-Departure-+Class+Sessions


 * //April 1, 2011: Conference at USC//**

//**USC School of Law Conference**//

//**Pre-Departure Class Session 1: April 7, 2011**//

**Fullbright Preparations** [|Fulbright.Preparations.pdf]

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 * [|sankofa.overview.pdf]**
 * Reflections **

// **﻿Pre-Departure Class Session 2: April 14, 2011** // **Power Point Presentation** __**[|sankofa.overview.pdf]**__

Video: //The Danger of the Single Story// to discuss the purpose of the Sankofa project: To learn about Sierra Leone’s dimensions/stories so we can create curriculum accurately. Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story L anguage Study: African American Vernacular English: History, legitimacy, heritage.

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__**Articles**__ __**[|ARTICLE wheeler.code.switching-1.pdf]**__ __**[|ARTICLE Ladson.billings.But That's Just Good Teaching!.pdf]**__ __**[|ARTICLE Boutte and Strickland making.african.am.culture.central.pdf]**__

// **﻿Pre-Departure Class Session 3: April 21, 2011** //

Orientation to curriculum development: Basic tenets of culturally relevant curriculum and why it is important for the achievement of all children. Curriculum: Where do we need to do a better job in the education of all students about African American history? Who are the students least well served?: Discussion of //The New Diverse Majority// report Social Studies and English Language Arts Standards: Potential for curriculum development based on the study of Sierra Leone?

Preservice Teacher Education: What is missing from the curriculum? What potential do we see based on the study of Sierra Leone? media type="youtube" key="YsADGAO3n8c" height="390" width="480"

** Journal Reflections **
// **Class Session 4 - Penn Center: April 29, 2011** // // **[|Penn Center]** //

//Class Session 5: May 5, 2011//