Teaching Black Futures
Afrofuturism, Foresight Skills, Stewardship, and Humanities Pedagogy
Welcome! This resource page accompanies my National Humanities Center Teaching African American Studies Summer Institute workshop.
The resources below include the Afrofuturism Studies + Foresight Skills Rubric, digital humanities tools, lesson design resources, and primary source materials used during the workshop.
Dr. Toniesha L. Taylor
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Center for Africana Futures
Texas Southern University
Black Press Activity Materials
Workshop Case Study
The Black Press as Future-Making Infrastructure
The following primary-source materials were used during today's activity.
Activity Instructions
Select one article or artifact.
Identify one rubric dimension.
Choose one digital tool.
Design a humanities learning activity.
Explain how students move from Dreamer to Manifestor.
Primary Source Downloads
Afrofuturism Studies + Foresight Skills Rubric
Sherinda Bryant, Founder, Afrofuturism Discovery Academy
The Afrofuturism Studies + Foresight Skills Rubric provides a framework for assessing imagination, cultural literacy, systems thinking, stewardship, creativity, and future-oriented learning.
Resources
Rubric Overview and Blog
Digital Tools for Humanities Educators
MagicSchool AI
Use MagicSchool AI to generate lesson plans, project-based learning activities, discussion prompts, assessments, and classroom activities.
Google Storybook
Create collaborative stories and future-oriented narrative experiences.
Adobe Express
Create visual, multimedia, and digital humanities projects.