African-American Teaching Ideas for February Standard ELA4W1, 2, 3, 4 - Analyze various reference materials ... Encyclopedia lesson - Students look up biography entries in groups - Reader, writer, presenter OPAC - Research biographies - Step-by-step directions for students
Websites PBS.org - African American World - Reference Room 1. NEA.org - List of resources http://www.nea.org/app/search/performSearch.do?queryText=Black+History 2. Memory.LOC.gov - African American History - activities, documents, printables, etc http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=African%20Amer ican%20History 3. Educationworld.com http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/black_history.shtml 4.
Awesome Stories http://www.awesomestories.com/sample_topics/black_history.shtml
5. KultureKidz - http://www.aakulturezone.com/kidz/index.html
6. BlackHistory.com - Black History Month | African American History Free online resource celebrating Black history month with daily content on biographies, events, places, organizations terms, and more information related to ... http://www.blackhistory.com/ 7. Black History Home Profiles of prominent African-American personalities, ranging from Civil Rights Activist Malcolm X to Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/ 8. Black History Month
Infoplease.com celebrates Black History Month with a collection of features, biographies, reference links, civil rights timeline, quizzes and puzzles. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html 9. Welcome to Encyclop忙dia Britannica's Guide to Black History Encyclop忙dia Britannica's Guide to Black History represents an effort to trace the African American experience and achievements in the United States and ... http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory 10. AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer: Black History Homepage Pacific Bell's Black History web site with links, interactive quiz, videoconferencing. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/index.html 11. AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer: Black History Hotlist A large site with many links about Black History Month, slavery and history, leaders, news, poetry. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html 12. Black History Month - The History Channel February marks the beginning of Black History Month - an annual celebration that has existed since 1926. But what are the origins of Black History Month? http://www.history.com/minisites/blackhistory/ 13. African American History, Black History and the Civil Rights Movement An excellent collection of links to website on Afro-American History and Culture. http://www.nyise.org/blackhistory/ 14. African-American History Articles, biographies, and photographs about African American History, plus links to relevant resources about black history. http://afroamhistory.about.com/ 15. Black History > Franklin Institute Educational Hotlists Black History Hotlist. The Underground Railroad 路 Black Quest Power Resources 路 The African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship ... http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/blackhistory.php