Accessible Africa : Teaching and Learning About an Unfamiliar Past / Michael G. Panzer & Todd Cleveland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleveland, Todd, author.

Panzer, Michael G., author.

Series:

Teaching History Today and in the Future.

Teaching History Today and in the Future

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

History.

Africa--History.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Accessible Africa: Teaching and Learning About an Unfamiliar Pastprovides educators ranging from middle school to high school an accessible account of the major developments in African history, paired with pedagogical strategies and approaches related to teaching the continent’s past. Based on decades of teaching African history at the collegiate and high school levels, it became clear to Cleveland and Panzer that most students had learned very little about Africa – beyond the Transatlantic Slave Trade – prior to arriving in their classrooms. This absence is not surprising, as educators readily admit that they do not feel comfortable teaching about Africa because they feel both unqualified and uninformed. Accessible Africa addresses these issues by providing both accessible content and associated teaching strategies related toroughly the past 5,000 years of African history, up to and including contemporary developments on the continent. Major historical themes include trade routes, slave trades, imperialism and colonialism, decolonization, and modern Africa.

Contents:

List of figures List of maps Introduction Chapter 1: Ancient and Medieval Africa, c. 3000 BCE-1500 CE Chapter 2: The Slave Trades in African History Chapter 3: The Gradual, then Rapid, European “Scramble” for Africa Chapter 4: Consolidating and Maintaining Control in African Territories Chapter 5: Decolonizing Africa Chapter 6: Africa in the late Twentieth Century, 1960’s-1990s Epilogue: Africa in the 21st Century: Which Way Forward

ISBN:

9798881843434

OCLC:

1583182850