Course curriculum

  • 1

    Training Resources for Reconstructors: Review BEFORE Your First Class

    • Reconstructor Training Tutorials
  • 2

    Orientation Lesson: Use this during the first 20 minutes of your first class BEFORE starting session one material.

    • Orientation Lesson Video: Watch First!

    • Orientation Lesson Plan

    • Orientation Lesson PPT
  • 3

    Session 1: Hello I am a Griot

    • Hello I am a Griot Plan and Instructions

    • Hello I am a Griot Materials

    • I am a Griot Video
  • 4

    Session 2: What is your name story?

    • What is your name story? Plan and Instructions

    • What is your name story? Video

    • What is your name story? Materials
  • 5

    Session 3: Identity

    • Identity Plan and Instructions

    • Identity Materials

    • Identity Video
  • 6

    Session 4: Wearing A Mask

    • Wearing a Mask Plan and Instructions

    • Wearing a Mask Materials

    • Wearing a Mask Video
  • 7

    Session 5: Rhyming Practice

    • Rhyming Practice Plan and Instructions

    • Rhyming Practice Materials

    • Video: The Name Game by Shirley Ellis

    • Rhyming Practice Video
  • 8

    Session 6: Performing an Original Lyrics

    • Performing an Original Lyric Plan and Instructions

    • Performing an Original Lyric Materials

    • Performing an Original Lyric Video
  • 9

    Session 7: Elements of Storytelling

    • Elements of Storytelling Plan and Instructions

    • Elements of Storytelling Materials

    • Elements of Storytelling Video
  • 10

    Session 8: Crafting a Verse

    • Crafting a Verse Plan and Instructions

    • Crafting a Verse Materials

    • Crafting a Verse Video
  • 11

    Session 9: Completing Our Drafts

    • Completing Our Drafts Plan and Instructions

    • Completing Our Drafts Materials

    • Completing Our Drafts Video
  • 12

    Session 10: Performing Our Pieces

    • Performing Our Pieces Plan and Instructions

    • Performing Our Pieces Materials

    • Performing Our Pieces Video