Center for African Studies

Engagement

The Center for African Studies offers a wide-range of services for academic and cultural support in the area schools. The activities include arranging for visiting speakers to the schools, travelling seminars abroad to Africa for educators, and teaching African workshops to increase general knowledge about Africa and to enhance understanding of African cultures and societies for all our stakeholders.

Email africast@pitt.edu to find out more and schedule a visit from us!

Tailored Classroom Visits

Members of the Center for African Studies team visit local classrooms and provide students with an immersive experience into African Culture.

Classroom Visits
K-12 Lesson Plans

Find lesson plans created on Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad to various African Countries. Feel free to utilize these plans in whatever way they fit into your classroom schedule/curriculum!

Lesson Plans from Ethiopia
Lesson Plans from Kenya
Africa in the Classroom Workshop

The Center for African Studies hosts a local Africa in the Classroom Workshop every spring. We bring together K-12 educators to workshop on teaching Africa in schools.

Africa in the Classroom
High School Model African Union

The goal of MAU is for students to study the role, structure, and activities of the African Union as well as the capabilities and constraints that shape the policies of AU member states in the arena of the intra-African diplomacy.

High School MAU
Community Partners

The Center for African Studies collaborates with community organizations at home and abroad on educational programming.

Community Partners
Educators, Travel to Africa!

Learn about travel abroad opportunities for educators!

Global Exploration for Educators Org.
Fulbright-Hays to Senegal