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\nA Black History Scavenger Hunt\n

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\nScavenger hunts provide students with an opportunity to develop their internet skills while they learn about famous African Americans. Included are four scavenger hunts, one each for grades 1-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12. Researchers search the...\n
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\nBenjamin Banneker Association\n
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\nCelebrate Benjamin Banneker\n

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\nInventor, astronomer, surveyor, mathematician, clock maker. Learners celebrate the life of Benjamin Banneker by building creative analog clocks, making scale models, and solving problems related to surveying. The activities model the...\n
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\nThe Exceptional Life of Benjamin Banneker\n

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\nIntroduce your class to Benjamin Banneker, self-taught mathematician and scientist, with a short video that details some of the many accomplishments of the son of freed slaves and contemporary of Thomas Jefferson.\n
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\nFamous Person: Benjamin Banneker\n

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\nStudents explain the main events in Benjamin Banneker's life and his contributions to society. They gain an appreciation for Benjamin Banneker's inventive ability to reproduce a clock as well as his determination in teaching himself...\n
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\nAfrican Americans in Astronomy and Astrophysics\n

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\nA two-part lesson plan focuses on the contributions to the fields of astronomy and astrophysics of two African Americans: Benjamin Banneker and Dr. George Carruthers. In part one, scholars learn about Benjamin Banneker by examining his...\n
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\nExploration Yesterday and Today\n

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\nStudents compare and contrast the voyages of early explorers with the space explorations of the present day. After reading the biographies of Benjamin Banneker and Timothy Livengood, students create a Venn Diagram comparing and...\n
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\nHistorical Success Stories: Banneker, Blackwell, Drew, and Faraday\n

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\nFourth graders investigate how all races and religions have contributed to US history by looking at the scientists Elizabeth Blackwell, Benjamin Banneker, Charles Drew, and Michael Faraday. They research these scientists individually and...\n
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\nBlack History 102\n

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\nTen facts make up an activity in which scholars match the name of a famous Black American to a personal detail or accomplishment.\n
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\nWhere Did Thomas Jefferson Stand on the Issue of Slavery?\n

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\nThomas Jefferson was a complicated man with a complex legacy. Middle schoolers examine a series of primary source documents to gather evidence for an essay in which they answer where Jefferson stood on the issue of slavery.\n
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\nAfrican-American Inventors\n

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\nIn this inventors word search activity, high schoolers identify and locate various African-American inventors. There are 51 inventors in the puzzle to find.\n
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\nFamous African-American Fabric Paintings\n

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\nStudents examine famous African-Americans. In this African-Americans lesson, students research and give an oral report on a famous African-American.\n
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\nMath Memories \n

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\nStudents discuss their math experiences from the past. In this math lesson, students write to describe their experiences in math. Additionally, students list math skills that they have.\n
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\nThe African and the Pequot in Colonial America\n

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\nStudents determine that the lands the English settled on were owned and inhabited by 70,000 Indians. They consider that the London Company sold land charters to the English, which gave them illegal title to lndian land and that the...\n
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\nHow Has African American Culture Shaped the History of Kentucky?\n

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\nEleventh graders explore the African American culture and history of Kentucky. They observe how an author's personal bias can define the argument of his/her publication. Students analyze primary source documents.\n
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\nThe Final Word\n

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\nStudents research biographies of Americans who advanced science. They create an obituary for the person to share what information they have gathered. They discuss the importance of the obituary as the \"final word\" of a person to complete...\n
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\nEarly Presidents and Politics\n

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\nStudents investigate early presidents of the United States. Students complete a series of lessons in which they research the contributions and political climate during the terms of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson.\n
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\nConstitutional Rights Of Students\n

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\nTwelfth graders brief Supreme Court cases about student rights that they have studied over the past year, and apply them to a contemporary situation.\n
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\nIntroduction to Fractions Using Cuisenaire Rods\n

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\nFifth graders use Cuisenaire rods in order to discover how to represent fractions with real objects. In this lesson on fractions, 5th graders first examine and learn the colors, lengths, and numerical values of each rod; then, students...\n
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\nIncorporate Black History into Math\n

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\nFebruary is Black History Month. So why not highlight lessons that connect mathematics to Africans and African Americans?\n
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\nThomas Jefferson\n

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\nFourth graders recall the names of the first two presidents of the United States and identify the man who became the third. They compose an epitaph for Thomas Jefferson.\n
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\nKwanzaa Language Arts: The Tambiko\n

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\nStudents read or hear about famous African Americans to learn about the ways in which they exemplify one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa.\n
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\nTechnology and the African American Inventor\n

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\nStudents research, using the Internet, technological advances that have resulted from the work of African Americans. They discuss and share the results of their research. They complete the assignment by writing an essay how different...\n
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\nPbs: Africans in America: Benjamin Banneker\n

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\nThis website describes the life of Benjamin Banneker, a free and educated black man from Baltimore, Maryland. It describes his many accomplishments.\n
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\nHarcourt: Biographies: Benjamin Banneker\n

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\nA great biography of the astronomer and inventor Benjamin Banneker that includes additional links to supplemental material for further research.\n
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