19 “THE COUNTRY OF AFRICA”: KEEPING THE AFRICAN SURVEY COURSE LIVELY AND INTERESTING

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION: TEACHING AFRICA IN A NEW MILLENNIUM 1
5. PART 1 THE ARTS AS RESOURCES FOR TEACHING
6. 1 TEACHING CULTURE AND POLITICS WITH AFRICAN CINEMA 11
7. 2 TEACHING AFRICAN RELIGIONS THROUGH ART AND LITERATURE 23
8. 3 AFRICAN “TRADITIONAL” RELIGIONS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND MULTIMEDIA APPROACH 33
9. 4 THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE: TEACHING AFRICA THROUGH MUSIC 47
10. 5 TEACHING AFRICA THROUGH LITERATURE 59
11. PART 2 CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS AND CURRENT ISSUES
12. 6 TEACHING THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE WITH DOCUMENTS 67
13. 7 TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT ETHNICITY IN AFRICA 79
14. 8 CONFRONTING STEREOTYPES ABOUT HIV/AIDS AND AFRICANS 89
15. 9 CONTEXTS, CONTROVERSIES, DILEMMAS: TEACHING CIRCUMCISION 103
16. 10 STUDENT PROJECTS FOR LEARNING ABOUT GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT 119
17. 11 TEACHING AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING, PEACEMAKING, AND PEACEBUILDING 129
18. PART 3 NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
19. 12 ON THE COMPUTER AND IN THE KITCHEN: EXERCISES FOR TEACHING PEOPLEENVIRONMENT RELATIONS 141
20. 13 USING THE WORLD WIDE WEB TO TEACH ABOUT AFRICAN ART 153
21. 14 USING H-AFRICA IN A VIRTUAL COURSE 169
22. 15 NEW TECHNOLOGIES (AND PRETTY PICTURES) FOR TEACHING AFRICAN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHIES 177
23. PART 4 BROADER APPROACHES TO TEACHING ABOUT AFRICA
24. 16 TEACHING AFRICA THROUGH CULTURE AREAS AND LITERARY TEXTS 191
25. 17 CONCEPT MAPPING AND COUNTRY ADOPTION AS TOOLS FOR TEACHING ABOUT AFRICA 203
26. 18 AFRICAN INTELLECTUALS AND THE RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF AFRICA 211
27. 19 “THE COUNTRY OF AFRICA”: KEEPING THE AFRICAN SURVEY COURSE LIVELY AND INTERESTING 219
28. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 229
29. INDEX 235
30. ABOUT THE BOOK 243