What is Africville? An Exploration of Eastern Canada's Past.

 

Africville by Shauntay Grant

Africville: 

• Africville was a vibrant Black community for more than 150 years [in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]. But even though its residents paid municipal taxes, they lived without running water, sewers, paved roads and police, fire-truck and ambulance services. Over time, the city located a slaughterhouse, a hospital for infectious disease, and even the city garbage dump nearby. In the 1960s, city officials decided to demolish the community, moving people out in city dump trucks and relocating them in public housing. Source: Good Reads

Bastion Shauntay Grant books
Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) Shauntay Grant books

BACKGROUND OF AFRICVILLE


CBC Arts interview with Shauntay Grant, "Africville’s destruction is a shameful chapter in Canadian history, but it must be remembered" (2:19)

History Bits: Remembering Africville / Parcelles d’histoire :
Se souvenir d’Africville (5:10)

"The Story of Africville" by Cameron (3:54)

Documentaire: L'histoire d'Africville compte by Conseil Communautaire du Grand-Havre 
(21 mins)

 "Africville Then and Now" a video Essay on the True Story of Africville by Darius Cox (12:34)

             

       "Africville: The Black Community Bulldozed by the City of Halifax" by Historica Canada (2:02)

• Reflecting on the legacy of Africville by CTV Your Morning, a journalistic interview with former residents from Africville (7:48)

• Canadian Museum for Human Rights, "The Story of Africville" by Matthew McRae

 

                          Other Halifax Black Stories

"Once Upon a Black Halifax" by Gbenga Akintokun (18:48)

Other Canadian Black History Stories

• Viola Desmond by Canadian Museum for Human Rights, social activism
• Black Sleeping Car Porters by Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• The Story of Slavery in Canadian History by Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• Royal Canadian Museum (Victoria, B.C.) presents "Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum."  Visit the pocket gallery display
  

Creative Ways to Learn: Art for Kids Hub

 

Art Hub for Kids

There you’ll find all kinds of art lessons for kids, including how to draw for kids, even painting and origami for kids.

How to Draw a Snow Bunny (5:58)

Top 10 Art Lessons from 2021 (1:39:42)

 

- Paper/print vs digital reading: The Children's Reading Foundation says both are good, but that print is better: 

"Neuroscience research shows that paper-based content is better connected to memory in our brains (Bangor University). So while electronics are becoming more and more prevalent in our day-to-day life, keep printed books the main form of reading in your home.

When reading an e-book, the moment that book becomes interactive, the part of the brain engaged in the activity changes and it no longer is an activity that builds literacy skills. There is no give and take here, electronics should be an enhancement and not a replacement [for literacy development]."

- Almost 40% of Canadian youth do not have suitable literacy skills (TD Canada Trust, Literacy Matters: A Call to Action). ABC Life Literacy Canada