How The Garvey Blueprint Started

A new post from The Garvey Classroom.

I wrote about how The Garvey Blueprint began. A simple idea that became a three-year Pan-African ELA curriculum for grades 6 through 8, covering 75 figures across the entire African diaspora.

You can read the full piece, query the curriculum in over 80 languages, and explore the architecture at The Garvey Classroom NotebookLM.

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FAQs

What is The Garvey Blueprint?

A three-year Pan-African ELA curriculum for grades 6-8, founded on Marcus Garvey's philosophy and guided by the scholarship of Freire, Lewis, Duckworth, Bloom, and Maslow.

Who created The Garvey Blueprint?

Geoffrey Philp, through The Garvey Classroom LLC, draws on 30 years as a teacher, professor, and chair of developmental education.

What makes it different from typical Black history lessons?

Every figure is studied in the context of cost, opposition, and strategy, as a strategist and system-builder whose methods can be applied today.

How many historical figures does the curriculum cover?

75 unique figures from across the entire African diaspora over three years, 31 per grade.

Where can I learn more?

Visit The Garvey Classroom NotebookLM to query the full curriculum in over 80 languages.