Africa In The Schools Residency Program

Batoto Yetu’s Residency Program offers the unique opportunity for schools and community centers to share in Batoto Yetu’s success. Multi-disciplinary by design, our program integrates history, social science, and the arts. This interdisciplinary approach supports important developmental

objectives while focusing on a keen awareness of African culture and its heritage through African dance, music, and storytelling. By participating in this residency, students will:

1. Discover a new capacity for achievement and self-expression
   in themselves through their active engagement in learning
   

1. Recognize the rich history and culture of Africa and its role
   in shaping many aspects of life in the Americas
   
   

2. Understand African dance as an art form and be able to
   respond critically to it within the context of performing
   arts and across disciplines.
   

Our curriculum is presented through four units:

1. UNIT ONE: Pre-Colonial Africa
   

2. UNIT TWO: Colonialism
   

3. UNIT THREE: The Slave Trade
   

4. UNIT FOUR: The influence of African Culture in the World
   

The depth in which each unit is explored depends on the length of the residency and the grade level of the participants. The recommended length is 20 weeks with 45-minute sessions per week or a two-week intensive with 1 hour sessions per day. An informal final presentation by the participants for a school assembly or the equivalent is optional.

Africa in the Schools.pdf