TY  - SER
AU  - Phyllis Gray,
AU  - Rule,  Audrey C. 
TI  - Black Fifth Graders Make Dioramas of Traditional African Cultures to Explore Racial Identity, Cultural Universals, and Spatial Thinking
PY  - 2019///
PB  - Sage
KW  - race, identity,
KW  - elementary school
KW  -  programs
KW  -  social studies,
KW  - scale construction
KW  -  urban,
KW  - social,
KW  - Black females,
KW  - subjects,
KW  - Black males,
KW  - culturally relevant pedagogy,
KW  - culture
N2  - This rich, arts- and spatial-thinking-integrated project examined the effects of making three-dimensional dioramas of traditional African cultures on Black fifth graders at an urban school on students’ racial identities, knowledge of cultural universals, and spatial thinking skills. Pretest and posttest attitudes measured with the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity–Teen evidenced an increase in sense of belonging to other Black people. Students learned social studies content and recognized many cultural universals, allowing them to feel connected to the African groups. Student essays showed admiration for African cultures, connections through similar foods, and links through appreciation of animals
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085915613552
ER  -