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Unit Plan
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "Autobiography of Malcolm X" Teacher Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This guide is full of teaching ideas, activities and includes some discussion and comprehension questions.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Famous African Americans Malcolm X

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Biographical information is contained in this passage regarding the African American activist, Malcom X. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Handout
Columbia University

Columbia University: Rediscovering Malcolm's Life [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly discussion on how the views have change with regard to Malcolm X, from fiery "Black Power" radical to an accepted part of the African American heritage.
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Primary
Columbia University

Columbia University: The Price of Freedom [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy interview with Mr. Ferguson who was a very early follower of Malcolm X and who was present at the assassination of the famous African American leader.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Black Nationalism and Black Power

For Students 9th - 10th
There were two methods of protesting discrimination of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement: follow Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X. Find out about the Black Panther Party, Black Nationalism, and Black Power.
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Primary
NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1964: Spotlights

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips highlighting the African American struggle for equal voting rights in 1964. Looks at the Mississippi Freedom Summer where college students helped to register black voters, the murder of three of those...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Contesting Futures: America in 1960s: Civil Rights Movement Marches On

For Students 11th - 12th
An examination of the civil rights movement of African Americans in the 1960s. Discusses the different forms of protest, the influence of Martin Luther King, Jr., the rise of Black Power, the Black Panthers, and Malcolm X. This is...
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Curated OER

Malcolm X

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives access to very detailed information on the life and religious influence of Malcolm X. Navigate through the links and you have access to a wealth of information, ranging from photos, to videos, to a timeline.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Malcolm X:10

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives access to very detailed information on the life and religious influence of Malcolm X. Navigate through the links and you have access to a wealth of information, ranging from photos, to videos, to a timeline.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Malcolm X

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice, concise biography on the life of Malcolm X from Wikipedia that provides information on his involvement with the Nation of Islam, his leaving the organization, his pilgrimage to Mecca, and his assassination.
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Curated OER

Columbia University: The Malcolm X Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that encompasses many facets of the life of Malcolm X through interview clips, chapters from an autobiography, photos, a project journal, and more.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Columbia University: The Malcolm X Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that encompasses many facets of the life of Malcolm X through interview clips, chapters from an autobiography, photos, a project journal, and more.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Malcolm X

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Malcolm X.
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Website
Yale University

Biographies for Change in a Time of Conformity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Reading non-fiction and perhaps particularly biography is a skill that must be taught. This unit uses the lives of three icons: Elvis Presley, Malcolm X and Rachel Carson to develop this skills. Extensive bibliography for the teacher,...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Separating: Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Article summarizes and provides links to audio and text versions of a speech made by Malcolm X one month after he left the Nation of Islam over a disagreement with its leader Elijah Muhammad. Includes questions for discussion.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Global Community, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
On February 16, 1965, in Rochester, New York, Malcolm X delivered a speech that placed African American in a global black community. Just five days before his assassination, he relates the American civil rights movement to similar...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Black Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the Black Power movement, including Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panthers.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Black Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panther Party.
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Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Islam in America

For Students 9th - 10th
This National Humanities Center essay about the growth and diversity of Islam in America suggests ways for teachers to introduce a basic understanding of the religion.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Betty Shabazz

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of American educator and civil rights activist, Betty Shabazz, who is perhaps best known as the wife of slain black nationalist leader Malcolm X.
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Activity
Other

Vanderbilt University: Heard Library: R. P. Warren: Who Speaks for the Negro?

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive archival collection of material that formed the core of Who Speaks for the Negro?, a book Robert Penn Warren published in 1965 of his interviews with prominent African American writers and activists whose ideas were critical...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: We Shall Overcome: A Party on Potus [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that directs young scholars in a role-playing dramatization involving past presidents of the United States and activists Elizabeth Cady Stanton,...
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Website
A&E Television

History.com: Black History Milestones

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed account of the history of African Americans is presented in this article. Divided by main topics or periods of time, the coming of slavery to America is the first focus. Followed by plantation life and escapes to freedom and...
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Website
African American Literature Book Club

African American Literature Book Club: Alex Haley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a concise biography of Haley, the video [12:28] "Alex Haley Interview Roots (Merv Griffin Show 1977)" and links to six of his books.

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