Teaching Black History Resource List
Overview
HIghlights from Dr. LaGarrett J. Kings recommendations on teaching Black Hiistory.
Dr. LaGarrett J. King Recommended Resources as Featured in EdWeek
National Museum of African American History and Culture Learning Labs (online resource hub)
- The Learning Labs for the museum provide educators and students with virtual primary sources and lessons that examine American history through a Black historical lens.
An Educator’s Guide to the 1619 Project Born on the Water (picture book and educator’s guide)
- The detailed lesson plans thoroughly guide educators and students through each poem in the book and offer protocols and frameworks for educators to refer to while teaching.
Teaching for Black Lives (book and website)
- The book is an excellent resource on how we take Black history knowledge and make it appropriate for classroom use while ensuring that the humanity of Black people is told through their history
Teaching Black History to White People (video and book)
- For teachers, this is an introductory text to use in the creation (or further development) of courses in Black history. Many educators struggle with implementing Black history courses, and this text can support those efforts.
Reclaiming the Multicultural Roots of U.S. Curriculum (book)
- This text provides a historical overview of curriculum development in the United States, focusing on Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and African Americans.
Picturing Black History and The BlackPast (primary source databases)
- Finding primary-source documents is a complicated and time-consuming part of teaching Black history. Both websites are in encyclopedia format and have written and primary visual sources available. A narrative written by professional historians accompanies each source. Both websites are user-friendly, and students and educators can use the search bar to find many Black history topics.
Podcasts for learning and teaching Black History
- Historically Black: This podcast comes from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Black History Buff: Highlighting people and stories within Black history across the African Diaspora, creator Kur Lewis developed the podcast as a way to teach his son about Black history. This short podcast averages 10 to 20 minutes per episode.
- Witness Black History: Created by the BBC, this series features interviews with people who lived through Black history both in the United States and abroad.
- Black History Year: Developed by the nonprofit Pushback, this podcast focuses on marginalized Black histories and topics. Each episode is three minutes.
- Humanity Archive: Produced by Jermaine Fowler, this podcast exposes untold and underexposed historical narratives.
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