Abigail Henry has been teaching African-American History (AAH) at Mastery Charter for the past 12 years. As content lead for the network she spearheads professional and curriculum development. Recently Abigail won a Pulitzer Center Grant to incorporate the NYTimes' 1619 Project into curriculum, and she continues to write and speak about her work for the Pulitzer Center. Abigail also helped write several units for the School District of Philadelphia's AAH curriculum update. She continues to additionally work as an Adjunct Professor for St. Michael's College where she developed a course titled "AAH for Teachers." Her other AAH consulting is done through her theBLKcabinet LLC and has been provided for Villanova University, Haverford College, PBS, and the Trellis for Tomorrow Foundation. This year she is also piloting AP African American Studies and writes regularly for Philly’s 7th Ward.
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To show solidarity with teachers facing repression, my seniors each created and wrote postcards we mailed to teachers in Florida. All of them can be viewed here.
Confederate Memorials Research Paper
For this assignment 9th grade students researched Confederate memorials and crafted a 5 paragraph essay about who the U.S. should memorialize.
For this end of the year project assignment 9th grade students created a playlist that relates to Black history, they had to design an album cover and explain in more detail 2 songs they selected.
In preparation for a summative debate students brainstormed different resistance strategies that brought African Americans closer to freedom prior to the start of the Civil War.
This is an African American for History for Teachers (AAHT) that student created on local Black History. "The areas of the vision board that have images, titles, and other visuals are the areas of the state where communities of color experience the highest cumulative impact of environmental disparity ."
For this AAHT Black History Month proposal a student created a collage inspired elementary school project focused on art inspired by a Black artist.
