Instructor | Mama Adia | Adia Tamar Whitaker
Email | awhitaker@friendsseminary.org
The 1st grade Sankofa curriculum is anchored by the history and folklore of dance and music storytelling traditions from Haiti, the Caribbean, North America, and Africa. Sankofa introduces students to empowerment anthems, affirmations, movement, rhythm, storytelling, and mindfulness tools to create new folklore and develop healthy ways to navigate community through care, change-making, conflict, collaboration, compassion, compromise, creativity, and the imagining of a world that ought to be.
As dancers, students alternate between the roles of drummers and dancers as they clap and dance while learning musical note values.
While the Kindergarten Sankofa curriculum introduced students to the continent of Africa, the 1st grade Sankofa curriculum introduces students to the African diaspora.
Unit 1 | Igbo/Ibo | Skills and Big Ideas
Dance Making | Counting | Dance as Storytelling | Drum Language | Community | Standing up for who you are and what you believe in despite the opinions and beliefs of others. | Equality | Integrity | Flexibility | Forgiveness
Unit 2 | Djouba | Skills and Big Ideas
Stewardship for the earth and our communities. | Cycles and Seasons | Gratitude | Teamwork | Directions | Rhythm | Levels | Simplicity | Stewardship
Unit 3 | Yanvaloy | Skills and Big Ideas
Call and Response | Dance Making | Reciprocity | Water Protection | Patience | Kindness | Simplicity | Care | Peace
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