Afrikan History
Explore Black American histories, African histories, Caribbean histories, and wider diaspora connections. Investigate particular people and communities, ask what sources tell us, and make room for more than one perspective.
Ancient kingdoms to the present day, across the continent and the diaspora. Start with the people who built them.
What kids actually do here
Ask questions, explore sources, and discover the people and places behind each story.
Walk the timeline
Explore selected moments on the timeline and ask what the evidence helps us understand.
Open the timeline →02Explore the maps
Tap a place across Africa, the Caribbean and Black America to meet its people and achievements.
Open the maps →03Ask Bo about roots
Try Bo’s pilot lesson about using objects, records, and conversations to investigate family history.
Meet the explorer →04Read a story that remembers
Read an original fictional story situated in a Gullah Geechee community, with a certificate at the end.
Start the story →Where to start, by age
Every learner enters this subject from a different door. Pick the one that fits.
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Visit Little Minds →3rd to 6thFind current resources
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Explore the catalog →TeensPrograms
Bold Rites of Passage for ages 13 to 16 is in development.
See the programs →Courses in this subject
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This subject connects to
History is never only history. See where else this story shows up.
For parents
Learning sticks when it comes home. Here is how to keep the conversation going.
At the dinner table
- Which person from our history would you most like to have dinner with, and what would you ask them?
- Where does our family story begin, and who can we ask to tell us more?
- What is one story from our history that you think everyone should know?
What your child builds
- Pride in where they come from, built on real people and real places.
- The habit of asking who, where, when and how do we know.
- A map in their head that runs from Africa across the diaspora.
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