Celebrate Black History Month Resources Available on NEA.org and Other Web Sites February is Black History Month, and to help you celebrate African-American history and culture, we've put together a collection of Web sites that provide educational materials, lesson plans, and other helpful resources. NEA.org Lessons & Activities Unsung Heroes of African-American History
Find two lesson ideas and dozens of online (and on air!) curriculum resources.
www.nea.org/lessons/pbs060201.html Famous African Americans ABC Book
Grades K-12 create an ABC book of famous African Americans in history.
www.nea.org/lessons/tt060130.html Rosa Parks Changed the Rules
Students complete a diagram of the Montgomery bus that carried Rosa Parks into the history books. Work sheet included.
www.nea.org/lessons/2003/tt030211.html The Black History Rap
Invite students to write a rap or hip-hop lyrics about the life of a famous Black American.
www.nea.org/lessons/2003/tt030213.html Build a Black History Database/Timeline
The simple Black History timeline students create can be sequenced, sorted, and searched.
www.nea.org/lessons/2003/tt030210.html The African-American Population in U.S. History
Charts, graphs, and maps help students learn about the growth of the African-American population throughout history.
www.nea.org/lessons/2003/tt030212.html Other NEA.org Resources African-American Booklist
This reading list from NEA's Read Across America presents 100 books that celebrate African-American heritage, tradition, and achievement.
www.nea.org/readacross/resources/afambooks.html Minority Community Outreach: Blacks
Introduction to NEA's program of outreach to Blacks.
www.nea.org/mco/blacks.html NEA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
In the historic Brown v. Board decision, the Supreme Court declared that racial segregation in public schools deprived students of equal educational opportunities. Background information and classroom lessons are featured.
www.nea.org//brownvboard/index.html American Teachers Association: Welcome to a History of the American Teachers Association
As early as 1926, NEA and the American Teachers Association (ATA) began working together on issues of educational equity. Four decades later, as racial desegregation advanced in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement, ATA and NEA united to create an even greater organization—the modern National Education Association. The presidents of the two organizations signed a merger agreement in 1966.
www.nea.org/aboutnea/ata.html Other Online Resources The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving, and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world.
www.ny.com/museums/schomburg.center.for.research. in.black.culture.html African American World (PBS)
Explore the history and culture of African Americans and browse through educational resources, including lesson plans for grades 3-12.
www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/ African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship (Library of Congress)
This exhibition showcases the incomparable African American collections of the Library of Congress. It displays more than 240 items, including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html Slavery in America
The PBS series Slavery and the Making of America premiered on the Public Broadcasting Service in February 2004. It drew very strong audiences across America, and reviews were very positive. The series is part of a broader educational initiative that includes this Web site. See the Web site for more information on the four one-hour programs of this series.
www.slaveryinamerica.org/ African-American Freedom Fighters: Soldiers for Liberty
Learn about African Americans' participation in 11 wars from the American Revolution to the Persian Gulf War. An exhibit from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.
www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaffsfl.htm Legends of Tuskegee
This online exhibit highlights Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and the Tuskegee Airmen and their affiliation with the Tuskegee Institute, site of African-American achievements for more than 100 years.
www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/ The African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress)
"A Library of Congess Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture," this site covers colonization, abolition, migration, and the WPA.
www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html Harriet Tubman to Louis Armstrong to Colin Powell (The History Channel)
More than 60 biographies of African Americans are featured on The History Channel Web site. Video clips, speeches and related exhibits can be taped for classroom use.
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