Hands on learning at Amityville Northeast Elementary
Learning came alive for Amityville's Northeast students when Edmund Hinkson, a member of the maintenance staff in the district for more than 18 years, shared an impressive display of African masks, instruments, artwork, pottery, woven cloths, photography and sculptures. Hinkson, who has a passion for African art, has been gathering artifacts for more than 20 years, and attends the International Art Festival in Brooklyn once a year to add new finds to his collection. To commemorate Black History Month, Hinkson, shown with students, shared his passion for art and history with the Northeast students and staff by setting up a museum where students could browse, touch, and experience African American culture firsthand.
Northeast students also created their own "Kente" cloths to commemorate Black History Month, and culminate a unit of study on West Africa. Kente is a cloth woven by the Asante people of Ghana. Students, shown in front of their display, learned that there are more than 300 different patterns of Kente cloth, and used creativity and ingenuity to create their own.
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