Curated OER
New York on the Pacific Coast
Pupils explore the interaction and consequences of contact among different ethnic groups. Students examine a timeline and the important historical
events in American History. They discuss immigration and migration.
Curated OER
Occupations of Black Pioneers
Students analyze Black Pioneers in Nova Scotia. They explore the many different occupations and tradtions that were continued in Nova Scotia. They examine their resourcefulness despite the poor opportunities at the time of their...
Curated OER
Communication in Bees
Eighth graders identify and interpret a scientific investigation and a hypothesis through experimentation and testing a hypothesis. They identify what scientists hypothesized about the communication of stingless bees. Finally, 8th...
Curated OER
Explorers of the Mighty North
Students access the Internet to research the journey made by Rear Admiral Peary and Matthew Alexander Henson to the North Pole. They locate the North Pole on maps and globes. They present oral reports to classmates on their research.
Curated OER
Cora Unashamed
Students watch the Masterpiece movie " Cora Unashamed." They study American social history, race relations, and investigate Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance. They have a discussion before and after viewing the film.
Curated OER
Great River Bend Adventure
Students use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...
Curated OER
What Is On The Coin
In this social studies activity, students look at the different types of coins and focus upon reading a variety of facts and make notes concerning them.
Curated OER
Voices Together Listening
In this music worksheet, students listen to five pieces of vocal music. They identify and describe each of the pieces heard and select the one feature that best matches the music listed.
Curated OER
Holidays--Martin Luther King Day
In this Martin Luther King Day worksheet, students answer ten questions associated with Martin Luther King and his special day.
Curated OER
Living in the Desert: Reading Comprehension
In this comprehension learning exercise, students read a short selection about sand gazelles, then answer 5 multiple choice questions. Answers provided.
Library of Congress
Loc: African Immigration: Africans in America: Life in a Slave Society
An excellent overview of the African American experience in America beginning with West Africa during the slave trade, through emancipation and reconstruction, to "New beginnings."
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Slavery and the Making of America: Slave Religion
What religions did slaves bring from Africa to America? This PBS series site provides the historical overview of how early African Americans preserved African spiritual beliefs and practices while enslaved, converted to Christianity, and...
Smithsonian Institution
Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
Biographical portraits of African Americans involved in the struggle for civil rights and equality, from the time of Frederick Douglass forward. Learn about the contributions of Edmonia Lewis, Sojourner Truth, Edward Bannister, Octavius...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: America Revolution: The First Rhode Island Regiment
Information not only about the First Rhode Island Regiment, a group made up almost entirely of freed slaves, but also a look at the change in the attitude of enlisting African Americans into the Continental Army as the Revolutionary War...
PBS
Pbs: African American World History
Featuring an excerpt from a memoir written by Ruby Bridges telling of her experience as the first African American child to attend an all white elementary school in New Orleans in the year 1960.
Other
Musee Du Quai Branly: Indigenous Art of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania
Examine a collection of artifacts produced by indigenous cultures Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania in three-dimensions. Includes location maps and helpful commentary.
PBS
Pbs: African American Migration Story: Many Rivers to Cross
A detailed presentation illustrating the history of Africans migrating to the Americas from as early as 1500 through the late 1860's. Review the distribution of Africans in North and South America, the initial settlements, escaped and...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: African Immigration to Colonial America
An interesting essay on the forced migration of Africans to America by way of the Middle Passage. Read where the slaves were off-loaded, how the population of slaves increased, and the inhumanities inflicted on the slaves both on the...
Other
Uoc: Communication Technologies in Latin America and Africa
A collection of papers, published as chapters of a book, that examine economic and social issues around accessibility to mobile communications and connectivity in Latin American and African countries. One paper focuses on the country of...
PBS
Pbs: The Murder of Emmett Till: People & Events: Lynching in America
Article summarizes the impact of lynching on African Americans and the events and people related to the issue.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: African American Soldiers in World War I
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the experiences of African American Soldiers in World War I.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Blackface Minstrelsy in Modern America
This collection uses primary sources to explore blackface minstrelsy in modern America.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Patriotic Labor: America During World War I
Take a look at the need for American labor during World War I. It provided second-class citizens, such as women and African Americans, a brief opportunity for better jobs that would help foment in them a desire for more and equal...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: African Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of African Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)