Saturday, October 20, 2018 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Center for Hellenic Studies, 3100 Whitehaven St. NW Washington, DC 20008

African American writers, scholars, scientists, artists, and politicians have greatly influenced contemporary American culture but their contributions continue to be marginalized as sub-fields in their various disciplines. In collaboration with the University of Virginia’s Center for the Liberal Arts and Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, this Howard University workshop will bring to the forefront these important contributions and their relationship to teaching various subjects – history and government, English, Latin and other languages and literatures, drama, and art. We will focus on the tremendous influence of African Americans in twentieth and twenty-first-century American history, scholarship, culture. Central to the program will be presentations by Howard and Harvard faculty geared towards incorporating these masterworks into the K12 curriculum./p>

Topics include the influences of and by African Americans such as W. E. B. Du Bois, President Barack Obama, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Rita Dove, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Romare Bearden, Beauford Delaney, Jacob Lawrence, and others.

Group discussion and breakout sessions will include how to adapt the various materials and perspectives to K–12 classrooms and will provide classroom activities.In addition to the presentations and breakout sessions in House-A, Dr. Michele Ronnick's exhibit "Black Classicists" will be on view in the main building at the Center for Hellenic Studies.

As part of the afternoon session, participants will tour the exhibit and receive materials that can be incorporated into the classroom for future scheduled visits with students.

Free continental breakfast, lunch, and materials.