Teachers' Workshop: The Invention of African Traditions

Organized and supported by the University of Illinois' Center for African Studies, Department of History, the Center for Historical Interpretation

Monday, October 11, 2010
6:00-8:30 pm
Venue: Champaign Curriculum Center, 405 N. Randolph, Champaign, IL
2.5 CPDUS, curriculum resources, and lesson ideas will be provided.
Food will be provided as well.

American students have little opportunity to learn African societies, history and art. The focus of this workshop is to examine how teachers can bring the idea that African cultures are dynamic into their classrooms.

The prominent and path-breaking scholar, Prof. Terence Ranger, Rhodes Professor of Race Relations, Oxford University, and co-author of The Invention of Tradition will be participating inthe workshop. Dr. Jonathan Zilberg, an anthropologist trained at the U of I and creator of "Power and Beauty: A Learning Module on African Art and Culture," will present curricular and pedagogical approaches to teaching the dynamism of African culture, art and history. A locally-produced film aimed at young people on the topic of African masquerades will be shown.

REGISTER by emailing: jmcgowan@illinois.edu

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