This is a research project designed for 3-5th grade using digital resources …
This is a research project designed for 3-5th grade using digital resources to research various famous African Americans from both the past and the present. It incorporates data collection and presentation using a variety of materials. Presentation options could vary depending on grade level and material accessability.
In this media gallery, you will find a series of videos from …
In this media gallery, you will find a series of videos from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross that examines the major movements and turning points in African American history from 1968 to the present, including the Black Panthers and the Black Power movement, Afrocentricity in culture, the rise of the black middle class, the development of hip hop culture, the effects of the War on Drugs, and the election of Barack Obama. As you view the videos, consider the legacy of the civil rights movement, the tensions that emerged from the progress made, and how they reshaped the African American experience.
Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine how African-Americans in …
Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine how African-Americans in the Gilded Age were able to form a meaningful identity for themselves and reject the inferior images fastened upon them.
The students will analyze five primary resource images. A Jamboard activity focuses …
The students will analyze five primary resource images. A Jamboard activity focuses on the African American Great Migration and its push /pull factors (an attached slide show may be used as an alternative). The Jamboard activity allows for student participation, so it can be used as an observation teacher formative assessment.
In this lesson, students will survey the extent of and experiences of …
In this lesson, students will survey the extent of and experiences of African Americans in military service during US war efforts from the Revolution to the Vietnam Conflict using a Hyperdoc (see attached) that can be assigned using your LMS system.
This collection uses primary sources to explore the experiences of African American …
This collection uses primary sources to explore the experiences of African American Soldiers in World War I. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.
Short Description: African American Studies: 50 Years at the University of Florida …
Short Description: African American Studies: 50 Years at the University of Florida provides an impactful overview of African American Studies; documents the research of Black faculty at UF; examines how African American Studies encourages community engagement and service; contains testimonies from community elders; and includes reflections by and about prominent UF alumni such as Judge Stephan Mickle and Dr. David Horne.
Long Description: African American Studies: 50 Years at the University of Florida provides an impactful overview of the history of African American Studies at the University of Florida. Chapters are based on papers presented at the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the African American Studies Program at the University of Florida. In addition to providing a comprehensive history of African American Studies at the University of Florida, the book also documents the research of Black faculty at UF; examines how students, faculty, and staff involved with African American Studies practice community engagement and service; contains testimonies from community elders; and includes reflections by and about prominent UF alumni such as Judge Stephan Mickle and Dr. David Horne.
African American Studies: 50 Years at the University of Florida presents readers with a valuable opportunity to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and plan for the future of African American Studies, at the University of Florida and beyond.
Download the full-text PDF at https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00084945/00001/pdf.
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As a historic unit of the National Park Service, the Mary McLeod …
As a historic unit of the National Park Service, the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The site also is within the boundaries of the Logan Circle Historic District. This lesson is based on the Historic Resources Study for Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, as well as other materials on Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women. The lesson was written by Brenda K. Olio, former Teaching with Historic Places historian, and edited by staff of the Teaching with Historic Places program and Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site.
In this lesson students analyze a propaganda poster, a photograph, and a …
In this lesson students analyze a propaganda poster, a photograph, and a poem to understand the tensions unleashed by the entry of African Americans into the industrial workforce during World War II.
In this lesson students learn about the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th and …
In this lesson students learn about the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th and 15th) that abolished slavery, guaranteed African American citizenship and secured men the right to vote.
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of …
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of African-American history in his groundbreaking series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. The series explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed — forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
Using video clips from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, this collection of lesson plans addresses a wide range of themes of the African-American experience from 1500 to the present.
A pro-Republican campaign print casting Lincoln as peacemaker, and as the hope …
A pro-Republican campaign print casting Lincoln as peacemaker, and as the hope for reconciliation between the North and South. The top half of the composition represents the North and the bottom the South. In the center, Lincoln rides forth on a prancing horse, as a group of farmers at the left wave their hats and cheer, "All is right now! hurrah!" Below him is a streamer "Union Henceforth Now and For Ever." On the right the upper scene, in the North, shows a "Northern Fanatic" in a jail "Imprisonment for Life." Above the jail is a gallows, "Higher Law." The prisoner is jeered by a crowd, saying, "That serves them [him?] right." The bottom right scene in the South shows a "Southern Fanatic" jailed while several onlookers say, "They won't do any more mischief." In the center, to the left, a weary Jefferson Davis begins to dismount from his horse. Below him are two clasped hands, with the title "After a Little While."|Lith. by Chas. Magnus, N.Y.|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-29.
In the wake of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, CT, students …
In the wake of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, CT, students learn about and discuss renewed calls for gun control and the National Rifle Association's history of successfully resisting such reforms.
Poster shows a father and daughter in hospital grieving next to body …
Poster shows a father and daughter in hospital grieving next to body of dead woman; nurse and doctor are in background. Poster drawn by Raemaekers for Century Magazine and is part of Barron Collier Series of Patriotic Cartoons. Title from item.
This is a teacher's guide with a lesson plan and a video. …
This is a teacher's guide with a lesson plan and a video. David Schanzer, associate professor of the practice at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy University and director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, discusses the impact of September 11 on foreign relations, domestic policies, and American Muslims. Watch
Poster showing a man "Agitator" shaking hands with and receiving an Iron …
Poster showing a man "Agitator" shaking hands with and receiving an Iron Cross from the Kaiser in "Plot Alley." A tiny bird comments, "He'll get the double cross from him later." Title continues: In the first seven months afetr America's entrance into this war for human freedom, enemy agitators in our midst caused 283,402 workers to lose 6,285,519 days of production. Our war industries were heavily handicapped by this unpatriotic strife. Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement, 30 Church Street, New York City. Copies supplied on request. No. F-9.
Akio Matsumoto, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing front, painting sign. Title …
Akio Matsumoto, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing front, painting sign. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on negative sleeve. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.
Akio Matsumoto, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing front, painting sign. Title …
Akio Matsumoto, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing front, painting sign. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on negative sleeve. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.
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