The Asante Principles for the Afrocentric
Cirriculum
by Molefi Kete Asante
YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY
To explore with the students their sense of self, identity, and
their relationship to the community in which they live. Students
should be introduced to ideas of the person in family, in neighborhood,
in organizations, and city, state, nation, and the world.
WELLNESS
AND BIOLOGY
To explore the importance of physical attitudes and habits that
promote wellness.
Curriculum Areas: Health, Drug Education, Physiology,
Human Biology
TRADITION AND INNOVATION
To explore preservation and generation as powerful instruments of
the interplay of change and continuity in life.
CREATION
AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
To explore the multiple ways humans have expressed their innermost
thoughts through the material and performing media.
Curriculum Areas: Music and Dance,
Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, Poetry and Rap
LOCATION
IN TIME AND SPACE
To explore chronology, geography, and mathematical concepts
to unlock interpretation and analytical skills.
Curriculum Areas: Mathematics and
Geography
PRODUCTION
AND DISTRIBUTION
To explore the principles of production, distribution, and consumption
of goods and services.
Curriculum Areas: Economics and
Business
POWER
AND AUTHORITY
To explore the attaining and use of power and authority to effect
the common will.
Curriculum Areas: Civics, Social
Studies, History
TECHNOLOGY
AND SCIENCE
To explore the intricate interplay of human attitudes with science
and technology for the improvement of society.
Curriculum Areas: Science at all
grades and study skills in grades 4-12
CHOICE AND CONSEQUENCES
To explore through historical and social situations the varied ways
human beings have handled choices and consequences.
Curriculum Areas: Art, Literature, Architecture,
and Social Studies at 9-12
SOCIETY
AND THE WORLD
To explore the relevant social skills, values and behaviors that
promote multicultural maturity for a non-racist, non-sexist, non-hegemonic,
and diverse world.
Curriculum Areas: Social Studies and
Geography
Molefi Kete Asante, March, 2000
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