A History of African Americans of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore - http://www.udel.edu/BlackHistory/index.html
An online collection of essays, which includes six corresponding lesson plans. |
African-American Folk Tale, "Sister Becky's Baby," Black History - http://www.sisterbecky.com/
Lesson plan and video dramatization on VHS of NC African-American folk tale written by Charles Chesnutt, early Black writer who expanded on slave lore, providing not only an example of late 19th century Black literature, but a near approximation of literature from antebellum slaves. Applicable to a wide age range. |
Black History Month lesson plans - http://www.teachervision.com/tv/theme/Black%20History%20Month
Learning Network provides a cross-curricular thematic unit of lesson plans and online supplemental resources for teaching black history to K-12 students. |
Chicago's Black Metropolis--About This Lesson - http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/53black/53black.htm
Classroom-ready lesson plan to 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. |
Lesson Exchange: Famous Black Americans (Elementary, History) - http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1976.html
From White Oak Elementary School, Edenton, North Carolina. Objective: At the end of this lesson, the student will be able to recognize famous Black Americans and their roles in America's society. |
Lesson Plans -- Antislavery Sentiments -- (9-12, World History) - http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/slaveship/
Lesson plan investigating the Amistad case in depth. Provides a summary of the historical record, suggests research and provides links. |
Slavery and Freedom Literature - http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/sistahs.html
Kathleen L. Nichols' extensive resource guide prepared for a class taught at Pittsburgh State University but very useful for anyone doing research on slavery. |
The African American Experience - A Research Quilt - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/00-2/lesson0029.shtml
Introduces research process as students investigate contributions of African American leaders of the 1900s. Each student constructs a quilt square, highlighting the achievements of an individual. |
The Antislavery Literature Project - http://antislavery.eserver.org/
Antislavery literature represents the origins of multicultural literature in the United States. |