Watching the video helped bring the theory of the Framework to life for me and make it much more applicable to teaching and learning about Africa. I was particularly struck by the section on Phyllis Wheatley, as my daughter and I studied her poetry when I homeschooled her for 5th grade during the pandemic. I never thought to do the kind of inquiry he was describing, and instead framed the content of her writing in relation to her position within the White family she worked for.

In thinking about this Framework for my lessons looking at Nairobi and Mombasa, I am drawn to "Governance: Who Are We to Each Other?" My goal is for students to have a nuanced and realistic understanding of life for people living in Nairobi and Mombasa. Students will be expected to compare what it is like to live in each of these cities and to also do so for their own lives in Boston. Given that Nairobi and Mombasa both have different histories and geographies that have shaped them, I want students to understand how those factors play out for modern day life in each city. How might residents in each city describe their life? How might my students describe their life in Boston?