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Exploring Ghanaian Royal Stools

April 8, 2024

In this lesson, students will learn about the cultural significance of Ghanaian royal stools, study the symbolic elements and patterns, and create their own 3D royal stool sculptures using mixed media.

Adinkra Symbols

April 8, 2024

In this lesson, the students will be introduced to the Ghanaian art form called Adinkra.

Ghana Morning Meeting Activities

January 5, 2024

We have created a set of slides to use as a share or as an activity in a K-5 morning meeting. All of the images in these slides relate to aspects of Ghanaian culture such as, art, communities, economy, history, … Read more

Akan Naming Tradition

January 5, 2024

In this lesson, students will explore the concept of names and their importance while learning about a Ghanaian naming tradition and its widespread cultural significance.

Return to Ghana through Historical Sites

January 5, 2024

In this series of lessons, students explore and apply the idea of “return” and “remembering” within the lens of historic sites in Ghana.

Return to Ghana: 2019 Year of Return

January 5, 2024

In this lesson, students will explore and apply the concept of “return” within the contemporary and musical context of Ghana.

Cacao in Ghana

January 5, 2024

In this lesson, students will learn about an important crop in Ghana, cacao, and how it grows.

Gold in Ghana

January 5, 2024

In this lesson, students will be able to explain how gold (a natural resource) has shaped, defined, and symbolized Ghana’s history and culture.

Ghana’s History through Architecture

January 4, 2024

In this lesson, students will be able to explain how places are locations with distinctive, meaningful characteristics through looking at architectural styles in Accra and other parts of Ghana.

Akwaaba ba Ghana: Welcome to Ghana!

January 4, 2024

In this lesson, students will be able to identify Ghana’s physical location as well as apply terms such as rural/urban and goods/services to Ghana and their own communities.