mrwrite/echoed

EchoEd is an interactive learning platform for African and African-American history, combining curated lessons, storytelling, timelines, gamification, achievements, and community features to make history immersive and accessible. # EchoEd EchoEd is an open-source education platform centered on African and African-American history. It is being prepared for public community review and contribution from educators, developers, students, homeschool leaders, HBCU communities, and community learning organizers across the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Current public app: echoed-theta.vercel.app Repository: github.com License: MIT ## Current Status EchoEd is early and pre-community-launch. - Working K-5 demo exists with student, teacher, and admin experiences. - Demo access uses shared demo-only credentials. - The project has no current public users, contributors, stars, advisors, or community traction. - Phase 1 focuses on trust, documentation, contributor onboarding, and public demo readiness before broad outreach begins. Do not enter personal, student, school, or production data into the demo. ## Mission EchoEd exists to make culturally grounded Black history learning experiences easier to explore, teach, review, and improve in public. The project aims to combine rigorous historical learning, accessible product design, and open-source community ownership. ## Who This Is For ### Educators EchoEd needs classroom judgment before it needs scale. Educators can help by reviewing demo flows, lesson tone, age fit, source needs, discussion prompts, and classroom usefulness. Start here: - Try the public demo guide. - File educator or curriculum feedback using the GitHub issue templates. - Read the community trust guide for review expectations and recognition. ### Developers EchoEd is an Angular and FastAPI application. Developers can help with frontend polish, accessibility, backend tests, demo reliability, documentation, curriculum tooling, and contributor onboarding. Start here: - Read CONTRIBUTING.md. - Review ARCHITECTURE.md. - Look for issues labeled `good first issue`, `help wanted`, `documentation`, `frontend`, `backend`, `testing`, `access …