Gullah Studies institute

[Edna Hoover]

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From: "Harold F. Schiffman" <haroldfs at ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
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> Penn Center Gullah Studies Institute - Summer Cultural Program
> St. Helena Island, South Carolina
> 17-Jul-2005 - 30-Jul-2005
>
> The Penn Center Gullah Studies Institute is initiating a summer cultural
> program designed for K-12 teachers, pre-service teachers and interested
> individuals.  Courses will be offered in three areas: history, language,
> music, and education. Workshops will feature Gullah in crafts and in the
> arts.
>
> At historic Penn Center in Beaufort County, SC, approximately 100
> participants will immerse themselves in history, literature, creative
> writing, visual art, music, drama and Sea Island crafts.
>
> Institute partners: Breadloaf School of English at Middlebury College,
> Vermont;  South Carolina State University; and the University of North
> Carolina at Chapel Hill.
>
> Classes will be held (and housing provided) on the Penn Center campus.
> Theatre activites, museum and gallery visits and history trips to nearby
> Charleston, Savannah and Columbia are included in the curriculum.
>
> Curriculum:
> I. History and the Teaching of History
> 101 The Port Royal Experiment as a Model for Reconstruction
> 102 African Origins of the Gullah People
> 103 The Lowcountry and the Underground Railroad
> 104 The Lowcountry in the Civil Rights Movement (Penn Center was the
> planning
> site for ML King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference.)
> 105 Documenting History through Photographs
> 106 Praise Houses and Churches
>
> II. Language and the Teaching of Language
> 201 Gullah Oral Tradition
> 202 Southern African American Literature
> 203 Gullah Folk Tales
> 204 The Influence of the Gullah Culture on Writers
> 205 Gullah Storytelling as Narrative
> 206 A Study of the Gullah Language
> 207 Gullah Bible Translation Project
> 208 The Laura Towne Diary
>
> III. Music
> 301 Ethnomusicology of the Sea Islands
> 302 Charleston Jazz Initiative
>
> IV. Quality Education as a Civil Right
> 401 The Role of Pulic and Private Schools in the Commitment for Quality
> Education
> 402 Connecting Schools and Communities to organize for Educational Reform
> 403 The Impact of American Politics on Education
> 404 Gullah Studies in the Curriculum
>
> V. Sea Island Workshops
> 501 The Techniques of Lowcountry Fold Artists
> 502 Making and Casting Nets
> 503 Indigo Dying and Batik Making
> 504 Unique Forms of African American Pottery in South Carolina
> 505 The Art of Glass Blowing
> 506 The Skill of Bateau
> 507 Sweetgrass Basket Making
> 508 Woodburning and Carving as Art
> 509 African Long-Stitch Quilting
> 510 Gullah Theatre Arts
> 511 Gullah Cinema
> 512 African Origins of American Dance
> 513 West African Folk Tales and Arts
>
> For more information please contact Deloris Pringle at infopenncenter.com
>
>