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Heroes
Students demonstrate racial awareness. In this diversity instructional activity, students read the book Heroes by Ken Mochizuki. Students participate in a discussion about how the character was discriminated against. A follow-up reading...
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Johnson, Louis and Ali
Students research the lives of Jack Johnson, Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis. In groups, they analyze the life of one of these boxers. They create their own presentation and share with the class.
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Winter is All Around Us
Learners present what they have learned on Antartica. Students identify deciduous and evergreen trees and plants; identify and study about the habitats of animals that migrate, hibernate, and adapt; study the Aurora and Aurora Borealis...
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What is Kwanzaa?
Describe the general characteristics of Kwanzaa after reading Seven Candles of Kwanzaa. For this Kwanzaa lesson, learners study the principles of the Kwanzaa holiday and interpret the principles through music and dance. They...
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On the Other Side of the Color Barrier: Segregation and the Negro Leagues
Students study segregation that occurred in the past and that is currently occurring. In this equal rights lesson, students use primary source documents to student segregation of the past. In a culminating activity, students find or draw...
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The Gold Cadillac
In this The Gold Cadillac activity, students read the book The Gold Cadillac and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 6 questions total.
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Big Beautiful Cats
For this animal worksheet, young scholars become familiar with 8 different species of wild cats by reading an informative paragraph and examining a picture for each. Students complete a crossword puzzle about wild cats.
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Rastafarianism
In this Caribbean religion worksheet, students read a graphic organizer about Rastafarianism and respond to 2 short answer questions and 6 fill in the blank questions.
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Folktales (African American, Chinese, Japanese and Korean)
Students participate in a variety of activities that are concerned with comparing different cultures through the literary genre of folktales. The stories are used to stimulate student interest and provide a context for how a society...
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A "State of the Arts" Coin 4-6
Young scholars study the historical figures depicted on the penny,
nickel, dime, and quarter and explore how symbols of U.S. patriotism were used in their design. They research symbols of Texas and choose one to draw in a design for a...
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Romare Bearden: Piecing Together A Viewpoint
Students examine the history of Romare Bearden and her artwork. The lesson consists of some virtual field trips and projects. The lesson is designed to be taught as either a social studies or art lesson. The teacher could also teach this...
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Abuela's Weave Teacher's Guide
Students read and response to the book, Abuela's Weave. In this African-American literature lesson, students discuss pre-reading questions, that focus on family traditions and make predictions about the text. Students read the text and...
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Animal Farm: Themes (For the Most Part) Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on the themes of Animal Farm. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this timed quiz.
Black Past
Black Past: Garvey, Marcus
In this encyclopedia entry you can read about Marcus Garvey, newspaper entrepreneur and advocate of black pride and separatism.
PBS
Pbs: Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams & Black Power
Tells the story of civil rights activist Rob Williams and his belief that Black Americans needed to draw guns on violent racists.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: About Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line
This page contains a mix of different information about Marcus Garvey and a photograph exhibit relating to his steamship company, the Black Star Line.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Charley Pride
A biography of famed country music singer Charley Pride, one of few African Americans in the industry to both perform at and be inducted to the Grand Ole Opry.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Divisions: Black & White
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Other
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Charley Pride
Provides the life story of African American country music superstar, Charley Pride, a 2000 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Click on the arrows to listen to him singing three songs.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Black Power
Learn about Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panther Party.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Black Power
The black power movement moved away from the nonviolence advocated by Martin Luther King, Jr. and his associates. Read about the formation of the Black Panther Party, and find their party platform. Take the brief quiz about history of...
Black Past
Black Past: Ebony Magazine
In this encyclopedia article, you will read about Ebony Magazine, a publication dedicated to reporting on black culture and achievements of African Americans.
Black Past
Black Past: Mound Bayou
This interesting encyclopedia article recounts the self-segregated community of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, which was founded as a place for blacks to find economic opportunity at a time of extreme racial violence in the South.
Black Past
Black Past: Davis Bend, Mississippi
This is an encyclopedia article which tells about an attempt to form an all black cooperative town in Mississippi after the Civil War.