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Civil Rights Movement, Harlem Renaissance, Folk Tales, 
Famous People, Kwanzaa, Games, More!

 




Our Lessons

Civil Rights Movement: Segregation (Lesson Plan (2-3 days) with Supporting Material (Original Stories: 1935 Back of the Bus, 1945 Welcome Home, 1955 Rosa Parks)


All About Kwanzaa


Harlem Renaissance/ Poetry of Langston Hughes  (3-4 days, see also Poetry Slam)

Lesson Idea: CELEBRATE Black History - African American Awareness Month

  • First, have the kids each create a BioBoard about a famous African American. Hang the finished bioboards in your classroom. Do this towards the end of Jan, or during the first week in Feb.

  • Meet the "Boards" - Select one or two "boards" per class, all month long. Have each author introduce their "friend" - whoever they selected to feature on their bioboard - to the class. Each presentation should be about 1-2 minutes. (When you present your "friend", pretend you know them. Introduce your friend with warmth and delight. Use words like Honor, Courage, Generosity of Spirit, Talent, Success, Achievement)





African-American History


African America Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship

Lesson Plans from Philadelphia Schools

Africans in America

AFRO-American Almanac

Boston Museum of Afro American History

African American Mosaic

Black History Month Webquests

 

Black History Month - Crossword Puzzle

Black History: Past to Present (Interactive Web Treasure Hunt)

Black History Month (Awesome Library)  

Stamp on Black History (Thinkquest)  

The Dred Scott Case

A Civil Rights Sojourn


Slavery in America

The Amistad Case: A Mock Trial - 1839, Slavery

Amistad Slavery Links

The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record

History/Slavery UNITS  

Slavery 1840 through 1960  

Black Resistance - Slavery in the US


Civil War & Reconstruction

The Civil War & Slavery

The Civil War 

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South

The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow

Jim Crow Background

From Jim Crow to Linda Brown - the African-American Experience (Library of Congress)


20th Century

Black or White - Environment of the 20's and 30's

The Scottsboro Boys - 1931

The Tuskegee Airmen

Tuskegee Tragedy

This is our War - WWII

The Black Panther Party

The Million Man March

African American History and Heritage Site

National Organization of Blacks in Government

African and African American K-12 Educational Resources

Mosaic America: Patterns of Racism

Racism in American Political Culture

NAACP Homepage

Institute for Urban and Minority Education - Information for teachers

History/African American UNITS


Civil Rights Movement

 

Civil Rights: Segregation (Donn, 2-3 days)
Back of the Bus
Welcome Home
Rosa Parks

Riding the Bus, Taking a Stand (1 week unit)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lesson Plans & Activities (Donn)

Civil Rights Movement UNIT - great!

Eyes on the Prize: The Civil Rights Movement UNIT

Little Rock 9 (webquest)

American Civil Rights Movement

Have Minorities Gained Acceptance? (Impact of the civil rights movement)

Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Movement Unit

US Civil Rights in the 1960s (HS)

Civil Rights Units


 Famous African Americans

Heroes of Black American History (Kyrene)  

Black History Month (Biography on A&E)

Barbara Jordan UNIT

Rosa Louis Parks & Rosa Parks

Ruby Bridges

Sojourner Truth (Women's Suffrage Movement)  

Mary McLeod Bethune (African-American educator)

Andrew Young

Frederick Douglass Mini-Unit

George Washington Carver Mini-Unit

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois (celebrated debate)

Jackie Robinson - Interactive

Famous African Americans (Thinkquest)

Martin Luther King, Jr

Rosa Parks

Harriet Tubman


African American Literature

Anansi Tales and other stories from Africa (lessons, fables - Donn)

African-American Story Tellers UNIT (5-8th grade)

Black Folktales  

African American Myths and Fables

African American Poets Lessons (grades 10-12)

Literature & Life: The Givens Collection

Examining African-American Culture Through the Use of Children’s Literature

A Teacher's Guide to Afro-American Children's Literature and History

Opening Doors to Social Studies with Children's Literature: Take Seat or Get off the Bus

 

Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance/ Poetry of Langston Hughes

Poetry of Langston Hughes

Harlem (1900-1940) with Teachers Guide

Harlem Renaissance (HS)


Interactive Games & Activities

Match African Americans with the events that made them famous

The Kids Zone

Free Kwanzaa Games

Free Presentations in PowerPoint format

 Free Clip Art

 

 

 



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