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Kwanzaa
African American Aesthetics: Kwanzaa Greeting Card (A Printmaking Lesson Plan)
Students learn the art of printmaking by creating cards for Kwanzaa.
http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/african&american/afr-lessons-parkinson/afr-lsns-park-kwan.html
A Christmas Celebration in the Black Culture
Kwanzaa is a relatively new holiday, and this lesson plan will make students more informed about the celebration, its meaning and activities.
http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/GT/cjones/lessons/lesson1.html
Kwanzaa
Some suggested recipes to use for Kwanzaa.
http://members.tripod.com/~Nancy_J/kwanzaa.htm
Kwanzaa: An African American Festival
Make Kwanzaa come alive in the classroom with this website which explains all about the holiday and its customs and has links to many lesson plans.
http://www.whyy.org/smc/allen/ZwanWeb/index.html
Units on African American Culture: Kwanzaa
Discover this virtual treasure trove of ideas and activities in this full unit on Kwanzaa.
http://www.courses.dsu.edu/eled360/publish/emilyh.htm
Africa Access
This electronic guide to children's materials on Africa is provided by Africa Access, a bibliographic and review service that specializes in the analysis of children's materials on Africa.
http://filemaker.mcps.k12.md.us/aad/
The African American Journey
A chronicle of Africans in America from early colonial times through the present. "A comprehensive look at the history of African Americans and their struggle for freedom. Numerous links to World Wide Web sites concerning important figures and events in black history, as well as issues surrounding current events." This site is maintained by World Book.
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourny/html/index.html
The African Heritage Month
A unique perspective is provided on these pages because if offers the unique point-of-view of African History through the eyes of the Canadian nation. "Unique to this site are republished articles from the Ghana Review's Black History supplement."
http://www.dal.ca/~acswww/dalbh.html
African Odyssey Interactive
Geared towards promoting interactive exchanges between artists, teachers, and students of African art and culture.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/odyssey.html
African Resources for the Classroom, Boston University
Gives a number of resources and key curriculum ideas for teachers wishing to teach about Africa and how the "European" world has considered the continent. Features a list of handouts, key resource books, newspapers and film reviews to assist in the lessons.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/African_Resources_BU.html
Africans in America - PBS Special Series
Sponsored by Fannie Mae Foundation, the first comprehensive television history of the international events leading to the growth of racial slavery in the United States. Of particular interest is the Teacher's Guide included in each segment. The guide includes questions and activities, lesson focus, resources and a program index.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
The Amistad Comes to Life!
Activities across the grades and across the curriculum bring to life the story of the revolt on the Amistad. Article by Gary Hopkins, Education World, Editor-in-Chief.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson043.shtml
The Amistad Slave Revolt and American Abolition
"The true story of the Amistad is told in the context of the times in which it took place in this new book for middle grade (5-9) students. A great read-aloud for elementary and middle schoolers!"
http://www.education-world.com/a_books/books026.shtml
The Anacostia Museum
This museum's mission is to "increase public awareness of the Black experience." It also examines the impact of contemporary urban and rural issues such as housing, land loss, transportation, health care, and economic development. See "Resources" section for lesson plans and teaching helps.
http://www.si.edu/anacostia/
Beyond the Playing Field: Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
The National Archives and Records Administration highlight some of the many contributions Jackie Robinson made to African-American civil rights as it shares nine telegrams and letters written by this baseball star. Three sets of lesson plans explore "Civil Rights History," "Character Education," and "Civic Responsibility," providing the original documents, worksheets, activities, etc.
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/robinson/robmain.html
Black History
A site that hosts activities and resources for senior high students.
http://dcps.dade.k12.fl.us/www/inst/feb_sr.html
Black History Month
Brought to you by Pacific Bell, this site recognizes Black History Month, and celebrates it by bringing you over 10 different Internet interactive activities in respect to black history. Also includes a Black History Treasure Hunt.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
Black History Past to Present
Take this quiz to see if you know of these major events in Black History.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/hunt.html
Black Saga Competition
Black Saga teaches students about the African American experience, the site expressed it best by saying: "Most educators agree that students need to answer key social studies questions: What happened in the past? How am I connected to those in the past? How can the perspective we have about our own life experiences be viewed as part of the larger human story across time? The Black Saga Competition addresses these questions and others that help students learn a more "inclusive" history, not simply for the sake of "equal time" but because that is the best way to understand our past.
http://www.blacksaga.com/html/black_saga___the_competition.html
Brown vs. Board of Education: An Interactive Experience
A multimedia resource that places the visitor into the atmosphere and turmoil of the Brown vs. Board of Education case. Learn what it was like to go to school in the "separate but equal" environment through descriptive story telling, photos, audio and video. This resource is for the K through 12th grader.
http://www.digisys.net/users/hootie/brown/
The Civil Rights Movement: A Black History Celebration
Just a fantastic assortment of projects to do with middle school students relating to African American history and the civil rights movement. Students can do formal essays, trivia games, quizzes, etc.
http://www.fred.net/nhhs/project/civrts.htm
Cooking History
"Back in this era, most African men were farmers, cattle raisers and fishermen. Planting, sowing and harvesting crops were considered women's work. Cooking was one of the most important skills a young girl needed to learn. One traditional dish called fufu was made of pounded yams. Fufu was served with soup, stew, roasted meat and different sauces. During this time in history, cooking was done over open pits." This terrific site discusses aspects of history from 300 A.D.-present. Recipes are included to make the unit more exciting. A link to the main page Stamp on Black History Home Page will provide a teaching resource for stamp collecting but includes many lessons to be used for teaching African history.
http://library.advanced.org/10320/History.htm
Course Syllabi Resource Bank (Institute on Race and Ethnicity, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
They invite instructors to deposit their syllabi on the topic of Race and Ethnicity. This database holds several lessons on Black history.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE/Syllabi/africanam.html
Escape to Freedom: Teacher's Guide
The History Channel and Headbone sponsors this "multi-episode research adventure using the WWW (or books)" that allows upper elementary and middle school kids to experience some of the realities of American slavery, the flight for freedom, and the new challenges facing an escaped slave. Provides the setting, background, learning objectives and curriculum, activities, as well as links to other useful online resources for teaching students about slavery and emancipation.
http://www.headbone.com/derby/teach/escape/
Fantastic Kids' Timeline of the Life of Dr. King by Buckman School
The kids in Room 100 created this on-line timeline, it features original art created by the children, depicting events in Dr. Kings life.
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/district/depts/itss/buckman/timeline/kingframe.html
The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
A lesson plans (K-12) from the National Archives and Records Administration Digital Classroom Project.
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/usct/home.html
Footsteps: African American History
Footsteps offers online articles and interviews exploring African American history, as well as interactive games and puzzles, which are free to educators to use in their classroom. Also provides information on subscribing to the print version of the magazine and purchasing other resources geared for teachers.
http://www.footstepsmagazine.com/
A Gateway to African American History
Let your students learn African American history with the help of these fabulous pages compiled by the North Kenwood/Oakland Charter School. This site is both comprehensive and creative, spanning modern and ancient history, painting, music, art and literature, and more. Elementary teachers, be sure to visit the pages developed especially for younger kids.
http://charter.uchicago.edu/AAH/
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King!
Activities and links for learning about the life of the famous civil rights leader!
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson046.shtml
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Designed by the students in Mrs. Taverna's second grade class at Pocantico Hills School, this site includes a timeline, a quiz, character sketches, and some crossword puzzles about Harriet Tubman. Also included are activity ideas for incorporating the content into the classroom as part of an interactive lesson plan.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html
Improving Black Student Achievement: Strategies to Improve Student Self Image and Achievement
Strategies that can assist teachers to minimize the impact of institutional racism on student achievement.
http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/booklets/achieve/3.html
The Internet African American History Challenge
The Internet African American History Challenge is an Internet-based curriculum enhancement tool for Black History education programs.
http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/
K-12 African Guide
The aim of this guide is to assist K-12 teachers, librarians, and students in locating on-line resources on Africa that can be used in the classroom, for research and studies. This guide summarizes some relevant materials for K-12 uses available on Penn African Studies WWW site.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
K-12 African Studies
This site has many types of information about African studies, including a topic entitled "Today in Black History."
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/menu_K-12.html
Langston Hughes: Artist and Historian
Created by Medria Blue of Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, for students in Grades 6-8, this lesson explores Langston Hughes' poetry, setting it as a "vehicle by which students are exposed to the African-American experience in the United States of the 1920s through the 1960s."
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1996/1/96.01.02.x.html
Martin Luther King, Jr. - He Had a Dream
A full examination of Dr. King and the civil rights movement. Of special interest is the Electronic Classroom section which features high school students' reflection on the legacy; classes across the nation in conversation about Dr. King; interactive quizzes and study guides for students and their instructors.
http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/index.html
Monument to the Victims of Slavery on the Washington Mall: An Appropriate Memorial?
Created by Social Studies School Service, this lesson plan is for students in Grades 7-12. The lesson is a discussion on "creating a memorial to honor victims of slavery."
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@VZbMNZM4tYy3./Pages/slavememorial.html
NCADI: Black History Month Tribute
Featuring biographies, history, and teaching aids, this site is packed with resources and ideas that celebrate the African-American history and culture in the United States.
http://www.health.org/mlk/mlk98/index.htm
The North Star: Tracing the Underground Railroad Teacher's Resources
"This is where you will find resources for students and teachers. Everything has been "donated" by people who want to share their experience and expertise with other members of the Underground Railroad learning community." Copyright 1997, The North Star Project
http://www.ugrr.org/ugrr/learn/teacher.html
Project Cape Town: Education and Integration in South Africa
Project Cape Town is a multimedia teaching case designed to encourage reflective practice in teachers. The case draws its material from three schools that were among the first to become integrated in South Africa. The events were filmed in November 1993 immediately before the approval of the constitution that governed elections that brought Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress into parliamentary control.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/capetown/
Putting Some Spark in Black History Month
A lesson plan for grades 6-12 that " livens up Black History Month for the students (our primary reason for using this activity is to shake the February doldrums). Written by Christopher P. Hegele, Denver Academy
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst236.txt
Resources for Teaching About The Amistad
A bibliography of resources for teaching about the Amistad including books for children and adults, teachers' guides, a video, and other materials.
http://web.bu.edu/AFR/AmistadResources.html
Richard Wright: Black Boy
A PBS biography of an African-American writer who changed the face of American literature. Of special interest is the Teacher's Guide.
http://www.pbs.org/rwbb/rwtoc.html
The Road to Freedom
This is a very informative site that features information about using the WWW to teach about slavery.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson101.shtml
Slavery and Runaway Slaves in Colonial America (1769)
By studying copies of advertisements rewarding the return for runaway slaves (Savannah Georgia Gazette pages provided), students learn the scope and breadth of black American slavery, which lasted over one hundred years leading to the Civil War. Students also see the roots of the struggle for freedom being born in black men and women long before the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Plans provide activities including small group and classroom discussion.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~socialed/lessons/slavery.htm
Slavery: The Gilda Lehrman Institute of American History
The Institute brings teachers together with renowned scholars for seminars and enrichment programs and develops curricular materials and traveling exhibitions.
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/GILDER.HTM
So You Want to Teach About the Amistad?
Students of all ages might not be able to view the movie AMISTAD, but rich curriculum materials are available for teaching across the grades about this pivotal event in American history.
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr044.shtml
Teaching African-American History
Where "Every month is Black History Month." Features several lessons, student exercises, and reviews of special materials that present exciting ways to bring African-American history into your classroom via the web.
http://catalog.socialstudies.com/c/@v7FCHY0Qe.dNE/Pages/blackhistory.html
The Two Nations of Black America
The companion site to PBS' Frontline Documentary. An excellent resource that confronts the statement: "How have we reached this point where we have both the largest black middles class and the largest underclass in our history?" Interviews with prominent leaders, audio clips, video clips, charts and other resources that instructors can use for class discussion and teaching.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/
The Underground Railroad
National Geographic hosts a wonderful online interactive *museum* on the Underground Railroad, with photos, text, and many other resources. A "classroom ideas" section suggests assignments based upon this online resource broken down for students k-4, 5-8, and 9-12. High tech grabs student's attention, and the power behind each image keeps it.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
Why Schools Should Use the Malcolm X Phenomenon
This article delves into the attraction today's teen have toward Malcolm X and how teachers can use that curiosity to engage teens in an examination of many areas of black history. A very good article which teachers, parents and students should read.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-12/21rock.h12
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