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Celebrate A People!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore African-American students literature as an integral building block in empowering all learners to a better awareness when reading and writing. They use as a productive Social Studies tool for overall understanding of the...
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Understanding and Appreciating Poetry: Afro-Americans and Their Poetry

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to poems written by African-American authors. As a class, they read excerpts of poems from different time periods and discuss how and if anything has changed over time with discrimination and equal rights...
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American Families: Portraits of African-American Families

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop a greater understanding and appreciation for their families. They increase personal self-esteem and pride as a result of studying about families through literature. They assess the importance of family values and...
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Kwanzaa: An African-American Heritage Celebration

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils explain some of the symbols of Kwanzaa. They demonstrate their understanding of Kwanzaa by making a book about what they have learned.
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The African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine sites located in Massachusetts that celebrate the history of African Americans. In groups, they read census reports and oral histories to gather more information about this group of people. They develop a...
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African American Heritage in Arkansas

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research and write about three African American composers from Arkansas: Scott Joplin, Florence Price and William Grant Still.
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African Art and Personal Adornment: African Folktales

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students write a folktale based on an African adinkra symbol. They research its meaning and relate it as the theme.
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African American Homesteaders

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars analyze the reasons African-Americans settled in the area to be known as Nebraska. Using primary source documents, they read about the challenges they faced and compare their growth and distribution of African-Americas in...
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Black History Month: Celebrating Diversity and Progress

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Black History Month is a time to recognize the achievements of our civil rights heroes while looking toward the future with a vision of equality for all.
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African Village

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create and decorate an African Heritage home. In this art lesson, students research different African homes and then create one using a box decorating the home using crayons or markers.
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Mrs. Katz and Tush

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read Patricia Polacco's Mrs. Katz and Tush before comparing Jewish heritage with Black history using a Venn Diagram. They complete the diagram either as a whole group or in a small group setting. Next, they sample the Jewish...
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KWANZAA

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study about Kwanzaa, an African-American celebration established in 1966 by Dr. Maulana, and also participate in some traditional activities.
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African Folktales Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore what a folktale consists of as it relates to oral tradition. For this folktale lesson, students are told the African folktale, Why the Sun is Lives in the Sky and make personal inferences about what the folktale is...
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A Nation of Nations Lesson Plan: Charting African Ethnicities in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a portion of the narrative, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, to explain the ethnic origins of enslaved Africans brought to the US. They create charts and bar graphs comparing ethnicities in the lowlands and tidewater regions.
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A Piece of Bread

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars prepare food. In this African American community lesson, students read a story and discuss how philanthropy was portrayed. Young scholars write about a time they had the opportunity to share or give. Students decide ways...
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Changing Roles in Africa: Traditional vs. Modern

For Students 6th - 8th
In this African culture worksheet, students read a selection about the role of tradition on modern Africa and then respond to 7 short answer questions. Students also complete a Venn diagram.
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The Finish Line

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students investigate the philanthropy of various cultural traditions. In this cultural education lesson plan, students read a handout about Native American, European American, and African American traditions and identify the...
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A Divided Community

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the history of migration and immigration of people of African heritage. They present their findings at a simulated town-hall meeting.
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African American Community and Culture

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore areas of concern to the African American community in the 1820's.  For this American History lesson, 11th graders examine how the establishment of the nations first African American newspaper addressed these...
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Freedman's Journal: "We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause"

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine selected passages from The Freedman's Journal. In this African American history instructional activity, students read and discuss excerpts from The Freedman's Journal. Students investigate how the African American...
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African Myths and What They Teach

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and locate the continent of Africa on a globe or map. They locate on a classroom map of Africa the place of origin of the myths/stories being read in class. They discover that the peoples of Africa and their stories are...
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he History and Aesthetics of African Jewelry

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students study the jewelry from various groups from Africa. They identify and discuss the region Equatoria and the Yoruba and people from Benin and review the jewelry from this region. They make and pour a plaster of paris mold and...
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Art: Faith Ringgold Story Quilts

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the impact of African American culture on the United States by inspecting Faith Ringgold's story quilts. Working in groups, they create a collective story quilt about current cultural issues. They research their...
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From Riches to Rice

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify and locate Africa, the United States, the Original 13 colonies, and the region of West Africa on a map. They list examples of culture and African American culture. Students link the culture of West Africa with the...