Character Building for African Centered Scholars: Grades 1 -4
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Learn character building principles from Ma’at, Iwa Pele, Nguzo Saba, the Adinkra Symbols , and more!
The many sacrifices that we make to educate our children are for one reason and one reason only: to shape them into successful, critically thinking, and independent adults with good characters. Learn traditional African principles for character building and how to apply them in this fun and interactive textbook/workbook for Grades 1 – 4.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 7
How to Use This Book 11
Character Building with Dr. Amos 16
Character Building Principles:
Ma’at 29
Seven Principles of Ma’at 30
42 Admonitions of Ma’at 34
Iwa Pele 38
Nguzo Saba 45
Adinkra Symbols 52
Character Building Examples:
Queen Nzinga 60
Shaka Zulu 61
Marcus Garvey 62
Fannie Lou Hamer 63
Alice Walker 64
Putting Principles into Practice:
Creative Writing 67
Music 68
Visual Art 68
Technology 69
Critical Thinking 70
Community Service Extensions 71
My Glossary 73
My Notes 75
Special Acknowledgements 78
About the Author 80
Character Building for African Centered Scholars: Grades 4 and Up
INSTANT DOWNLOAD
$12.00
Learn character building principles from Ma’at, Iwa Pele, Nguzo Saba, the Adinkra Symbols , and more!
The many sacrifices that we make to educate our children are for one reason and one reason only: to shape them into successful, critically thinking, and independent adults with good characters. Learn traditional African principles for character building and how to apply them in this fun and interactive textbook/workbook for Grades 4 and Up.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 7
How to Use this Book 11
Character Building Principles:
Ma’at 17
Seven Principles of Ma’at 23
42 Admonitions of Ma’at 39
Iwa Pele 50
Nguzo Saba 65
Adinkra Symbols 80
Character Building Examples:
Queen Nzinga 88
Shaka Zulu 89
Marcus Garvey 90
Fannie Lou Hamer 92
Alice Walker 93
Putting Principles into Practice:
Creative Writing 96
Music 97
Visual Art 98
Technology 99
Critical Thinking 100
Community Service Extensions 101
My Glossary 104
My Notes 108
Special Acknowledgements 115
About the Author 117
My daughter-in-law just decided to home school her oldest son, 9. I’ve just sent her the link to your site, and am proud beyond words of both her decision to do so, and of YOUR having created site like this.
Asante
Can you recommend any curriculums that you use or used as a homeschool parent. Thank you! Love this site!
Asante
Jalila,
Thank you for visiting. I typically write my own curriculum, but a great curriculum that I recommend is the Kamali Academy African centered curriculum. You can preview and purchase it at kamaliacademy.com.
Best,
Nikala
Is the Kamali Academy African centered curriculum core curriculm centered? Is it secular? And can you explain how testing is done if you write your own curriculum. Thats what is throwing me off from catching the concepts of homeschooling. I know its what i need to do but i dont want to make a situation worst than it already is. The guilty parent lol. Thanks you advance. To narrow it down a bit if i want to teach Yoruba or kemetics how do i come up with the once a year testing that is required. Or is it required.
Hi Nanette,
Testing requirements vary by state. What state are you in? I can point you to the regulations for your state.
In my state, Texas, standardized testing is NOT required. Kamali Academy curriculum is not core centered and is not religious.
If you are a “guilty” parent, you can cover the “core” subjects first and then add the other courses that you want to add, such as Yoruba and Mdw Ntr to your curriculum. If you are completely overwhelmed, you can use an online system like Time4Learning for the core subjects, and then go from there. Time4Learning also tracks grades and attendance. Please let me know if this helps.
Thank you for your question!
Please email me through the contact page with your choice of the 3 e-books (see most recent post about contest) so that I can email it to you.
Love and Light,
Nikala Asante
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I have enjoyed reading through your site. I will say that I have been wanting to start my seven year old just the fear and not understanding the process of home schooling. I’m taking notes and will be homeschooling him soon.
Thank you!
Nikala Asante