The Global Black History Online course is an eight week course for adults based on the best-selling book, How to Unlock Your Genius Using Black History.

This unique live course, uses narration, stunning graphics, video, multiple choice questions, group discussion and virtual tours.

Payment

The first lesson of the course is free, then attendees pay a weekly fee of £4.99 per webinar.

Course objectives:

1. To demonstrate research techniques on the understanding of global Black history.

2. To introduce students to global Black history from 250,000 to present.

3. To explore ways in which Black history supports current community and personal development.

Course content:

Week 1: date 13.2.21 Free

• What is Black History
• The pioneers of Black History
• Black history assessment
• How to Become a Black History research activist.

Week 2: date 20.2.21 Donation

• The Black History timelines.
• Black British timeline, starting 15,000 years ago
• African migrations, languages, resources and writing scripts
• Reading African artefacts, art and architecture.

Week 3: date 27.2.21 . Donation

• Zulu cosmology
• Bantu cosmology
• Yoruba cosmology
• Igbo cosmology
• Kamitic/Nubian cosmology

Week4: date 6.3.21 Donation

• Ancient Egypt and Nubia
• Ancient Ethiopia
• Ancient Indus Kush
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient America

Week 5: date 13.3.21 Donation

• Early Christianity in Africa
• Islam in Africa
• East Africa Swahili Coast
• Ghana, Mali and Songhai
• The Forest Kingdoms

Week6: 20.3.21 Donation

• Arab and Transatlantic slavery
• Enslaved communities and the Maroons
• African resistance in Africa, Arabia, Caribbean and the Americas
• Black abolitionists

Week 7: 27.3.21 Donation

• Colonialism in Africa
• Black resistance in Namibia, Australia and Tasmania
• Pan-Africanism
• Marcus Garvey and the UNIA
• Post-traumatics slave syndrome

Week 8: date 3.4.21 Donation

• Co-operatives, Black self-help and susu
• Harlem renaissance and Negritude
• Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement
• Independence struggles and the psychology of racism
• The New Pan-Africanism

This course is led by the UK's black award winning educationalist, David Simon. David is the author of How to Unlock Your Genius Using Black History, How to Unlock Your Child's Genius, How to Unlock Your Family's Genius, and How to Homeschool Your Child. David Simon is founder of Simon Education Online School, that has delivered over 4000 hours of online tuition and teacher-training to African and Caribbean teachers, and the winner of several education and literary awards.