This curriculum explores Black boyhood, masculinity, visibility, resistance, and American identity through culturally responsive literary and social analysis. Students examine how race, gender, power, and representation shape lived experience. Ideal for secondary ELA, Black studies, identity units, advisory, and social justice-centered classrooms.
GRADES: 11–12
LENGTH: 10 lessons
CONTENT AREAS: AP U.S. History • ELA • Sociology • Anthropology • Black Studies • Gender Studies • Media Studies
DESIGN: rigorous anchor texts + accessible companion texts + visual/oral/performance analysis
This curriculum explores Black boyhood, masculinity, visibility, resistance, and American identity through culturally responsive literary and social analysis. Students examine how race, gender, power, and representation shape lived experience. Ideal for secondary ELA, Black studies, identity units, advisory, and social justice-centered classrooms.
GRADES: 11–12
LENGTH: 10 lessons
CONTENT AREAS: AP U.S. History • ELA • Sociology • Anthropology • Black Studies • Gender Studies • Media Studies
DESIGN: rigorous anchor texts + accessible companion texts + visual/oral/performance analysis