08/23/2023
NINE “digital” GIFTS FOR YOU — from Black History 365, including links to some music videos, the entire 1st unit about Ancient Africa in pdf format, our Advisory Board, and much more (below). Feel free to share any of this with others…Joel Freeman:
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A. Dr. George C. Fraser’s view of the Black History 365 curriculum (90 sec) — https://vimeo.com/852122183
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B. What Smokey Robinson thinks about Black History 365 (60 sec) — https://vimeo.com/707363046
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C. Introducing the BH365 Advisory Board (120 sec) — https://vimeo.com/762960864
D. OVERVIEW of BH365: Black History 365® is an educational entity whose purpose is to create cutting-edge resources that invite students, educators, and other readers to become:
• critical thinkers
• compassionate listeners
• fact-based, respectful communicators
• action-oriented solutionists
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This stated 4-fold objective has informed every aspect of the research and development of the BH365® curriculum. BH365® has included pedagogical layers in its K-12 curriculum that assist in achieving those four objectives, while meeting and exceeding the educational standards of all 50 states.
There are many political land mines that we all observe and hear about daily. In early 2019, the BH365® authors, Dr. Walter Milton, Jr., Dr. Joel A. Freeman, and the entire BH365® team developed a SWOT Analysis on the project with a special focus on the Weaknesses and potential Threats.
As for the Strengths and Opportunities, we were compelled to clarify many misconceptions, while dissolving baseless stereotypes. Therefore, we decided to establish our curriculum on the razor's edge, assisted by the use of two core terms:
• truthcentrism
• solutionist
BH365® engages all ages - from K to gray. It is designed in such a way that neither the political right nor the political left will be able to co-opt it. We want to reach both/all perspectives with our “love letter” to the world.
Time is the best friend of truth. The BH365® curriculum is what it is. Over time, it will define itself.
Therefore, we will not set up our curriculum in some sort of an ideological battle or direct collaboration with Critical Race Theory (CRT), the 1619 Project, the 1776 Project, the BLM organization, et al. Nor will we adopt politically charged terms that tend to detract from our essence when seeking to describe BH365®.
We provide relational-based culture tools for students in advance so they can productively engage in hot topics through our proprietary process, "The Elephant Experience®”.
Wherever, there is a binary choice in the process, we offer both sides of the issue to pry readers loose from their echo chambers and confirmation bias bubbles. In that way they can engage in the Socratic method, hopefully coming to some sort of an individual or collective understanding of a particular subject matter.
BH365® is not a math curriculum where “2+2=4...here's the teacher's guide...now go teach”. That is pretty much a transactional approach. BH365® is more missional.
We are dealing with issues that have vexed our country for centuries. That is why we created a top-notch Professional Development (PD) team. Our BH365® PD team comes alongside teachers, helping them to embrace all sorts of personal thoughts and emotions through our proprietary program titled: "From Cultural Competence to Cultural Humility."
We also encourage them to leave any personal agendas at the door of their respective classrooms so that they can genuinely facilitate a student-centered experience — the central purpose of education excellence.
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E. FREE first unit of BH365 book (pdf): “Ancient Africa”. You’re going to love this!! — https://drive.google.com/file/d/18oDuX1CQLOa9ag6p6jQxyKSKJpYQsj-d/view
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F. MUSIC VIDEO: The Story of the Development of Black History 365 — https://vimeo.com/756020092
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G. EIGHT more BH365 music video links:
i. Black Is Beautiful (BH365 anthem):
https://Vimeo.com/512012629
ii. Civil War (love the lyrics):
https://Vimeo.com/512014034
iii. Elephant in the Room:
https://vimeo.com/512013403
iv. Harlem Renaissance:
https://vimeo.com/512014952
v. Convict Leasing:
https://vimeo.com/516742765
vi. Slavery:
https://vimeo.com/512017010
vii. Black Music Explosion:
https://vimeo.com/512015655
viii. How Africa Got its Name:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BOufU2znwNo
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H. BONUS (main website): www.BH365.org
I. AFFILIATE LINK: Help spread the word. Contact me I'll send you the info on how you can leverage your social media presence to gain 10% of every BH365 book that is sold through your personal link.
