A Guide for Using Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry in the Classroom
A Guide for Using The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 in the Classroom
Famous Faces from TIME: People of Colo
Black History Month
Black History Month Lesson Plans and Units
Units on Famous African Americans
A
Mini Unit on George Washington Carver
A
Mini Unit on Frederick Douglass
A
Mini Unit on Sojourner Truth
Slavery
Harriet Tubman/The Underground Railroad
The
Underground Railroad from Teachervision
Students
will use vocabulary related to the Underground Railroad. Students will
identify key facts related to the Underground Railroad.
Slavery and the Civil War
Frederick Douglass
Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin
Luther King Jr.
The
students will recognize the chronology of Martin Luther King's life.
The students will have an understanding of the Jim Crow laws. The
students will become familiar with the speech "I Have a Dream."
Happy
Birthday MLK
Just in time to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
birthday -- activities across the grades for learning about the life of
the famous civil rights leader!
Civil Rights: Other
History
Teaching with Historic Places: African American History To commemorate African American History Month, Teaching with Historic Places posted on the web the following four complete lesson plans that consider important aspects of Black history.
When Rice Was King
Investigate early rice plantations in Georgetown, South Carolina, to learn how rice cultivation transformed the native environment and promoted the South's dependence on a plantation economy.
The Old Courthouse in St. Louis: Yesterday and Today
Compare two images of St. Louis's handsome Courthouse--as a gathering place for pioneers heading west and as a dramatic focus for Dred Scott's heroic efforts to free his family from slavery.
Iron Hill School: An African-American One Room School
Discover how an early 20th-century philanthropist reformed Delaware's education system for African-American children.
Chicago's Black Metropolis: Understanding History through a Historic Place
Examine the history of this "city-within-a-city," a self-supporting African-American community that prospered from the late 19th century until the 1930s.
A Walk Through History - In Honor of Black Americans
In observance of Black History Month, students will research the lives of African Americans who have made special contributions
to American life and society. The students will write a short biography highlighting the person's contribution. In addition, the
students will create a monument in honor of the individual
African American Myths and Stereotypes in the Media
Write
a letter to Jesse Owens
Student
will learn about the accomplishments of Jesse Owens. Students will
learn about the views of the Nazi Party and the state of the Civil Rights
movement in America in 1936.
Black History Internet Resources
Black
History Page
Many
articles essays and resources
Harriet
Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Black History Interactive Whiteboard Resources
Black History Webquests
Black History Book Activities
Search for the books
to go with these activities
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG: CAESAR'S STORY: 1759
AUNT
HARRIET'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE SKY
ESCAPE
NORTH: THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN
FOLLOW
THE DRINKING GOURD
A
HORN FOR LOIUS
HURRY
FREEDOM!
THE
INVISIBLE PRINCESS
MY
DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
TAR
BEACH
THE
DREAM KEEPER AND OTHER POEMS
JACKSON
JONES AND THE PUDDLE OF THORNS
JOHN
HENRY: AN AMERICAN LEGEND
JUST
LIKE MIKE
LISTEN
CHILDREN: AN ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK LITERATURE
MANY
THOUSAND GONE
MEET
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
A
MILLION FISH...MORE OR LESS
MIRANDY
AND BROTHER WIND
MORE
STORIES HUEY TELLS
MORE
STORIES JULIAN TELLS
MY
DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
NAPPY
HAIR
ONLY
PASSING THROUGH: THE STORY OF SOJOURNER TRUTH
THE
PEOPLE COULD FLY: AMERICAN BLACK FOLKTALES
ROCK
OF AGES
SATCHMO'S
BLUES
SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL
THE
STORIES HUEY TELLS
THE
STORIES JULIAN TELLS
THE
STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN: CONDUCTOR OF THE
UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD
THE
STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON: BRAVEST MAN IN BASEBALL
SWEET
CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT
TALKING
TO FAITH RINGGOLD
TAR
BEACH
Black History Printouts
Harriet Tubman Puzzles