{"product_id":"9781475874563","title":"Accessible Africa Teaching and Learning About an Unfamiliar Past","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTeaching History Today and in the Future\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAccessible Africa\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTeaching and Learning About an Unfamiliar Past\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTodd Cleveland | Michael G. Panzer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAccessible Africa: Teaching and Learning About an Unfamiliar Past\u003c\/i\u003eprovides educators ranging from middle school to high school an accessible account of the major developments in African history, paired with pedagogical strategies and approaches related to teaching the continent's past. Based on decades of teaching African history at the collegiate and high school levels, it became clear to Cleveland and Panzer that most students had learned very little about Africa – beyond the Transatlantic Slave Trade – prior to arriving in their classrooms. This absence is not surprising, as educators readily admit that they do not feel comfortable teaching about Africa because they feel both unqualified and uninformed. \u003ci\u003eAccessible Africa\u003c\/i\u003e addresses these issues by providing both accessible content and associated teaching strategies related toroughly the past 5,000 years of African history, up to and including contemporary developments on the continent. Major historical themes include trade routes, slave trades, imperialism and colonialism, decolonization, and modern Africa.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd Cleveland\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of African history at the University of Arkansas. He has also taught at the University of Virginia, the University of Minnesota, James Madison University, the University of Ghana, and Augustana College (Illinois). He has written seven books (including two that were subsequently translated and published in Portuguese), all of which revolve around various aspects of Africa's past, and present, and has also published scholarly articles on pedagogical strategies and approaches related to teaching African history. At the University of Arkansas, Todd received the Master Teacher award and was inducted into the institution's Teaching Academy, the two most significant teaching honors that the university bestows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael G. Panzer\u003c\/b\u003e is an adjunct professor of history at Marist College and a full-time high school teacher at Roy C. Ketcham High School. He has been teaching for 26 years. He has also worked part-time at Mount Saint Mary College (History Department) and at the University at Albany – SUNY (Africana Studies Department). His research focuses on Mozambican history, nationalism, refugee history, and state-formation during the 1960s in southern Africa. His previous work has appeared in the Journal of Southern African Studies (2009), Social Dynamics (2013), and the Portuguese Journal of Social Science (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781475874563\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223579230348,"sku":"9781475874563","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f0f912f6-554b-4d55-967d-73f2ab36019c.jpg?v=1783077780","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781475874563","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}