PittsburghLIVE.com - Black History Activities Teach Achievements black history activities teach achievements. Photo Gallery. click to enlarge GregKenney at the Penn StateMcKeesport campus Warren L. Leeder/Tribune-Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_16084.html
Extractions: Thursday, February 7, 2002 Diana Plutto is on a mission. She is out to make sure that students at West Junior High School in Swissvale learn from the school's observance of Black History Month. As librarian at the school, Plutto has organized monthlong activities to educate students about the important contributions of African-Americans. Across the region, Black History Month has been woven into the fabric of school curriculum.
Learn And Teach - Black History Month Events learn teach. Events and activities for families and community groups that tookplace at the Science Museum during black history Month in October 2002. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/learning/bhmevents.asp
Extractions: search visiting exhibitions online let's talk ... downloadable resources Events and activities for families and community groups that took place at the Science Museum during Black History Month in October 2002 Black History Month happens every October in the UK. Each year the Science Museum uses Black History Month as an opportunity to celebrate diversity. If you would like to find out more about Black History activities for families or general provision for community groups, supplementary schools and youth organisations please contact Khadija Khan, tel: 020 7942 4858, e-mail: k.khan@nmsi.ac.uk Enjoy the sounds of a steel band orchestra, learn about the history of the steel band and how important certain materials can be in producing different sounds. Find out how people in the northern and southern hemispheres see different things in stars. Make a star dial to take home so you can look for your own patterns in the stars. Mae Jemison drama character
Learn And Teach: Black History Month 2002 learn teach. Each year the Science Museum uses black history Month to celebratediversity Many of the events and activities listed below can be done throughout http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/education/blackhistorymonth.asp
Extractions: search visiting exhibitions online let's talk ... downloadable resources Black History at the Science Museum Black History Month falls every October in the UK. Each year the Science Museum uses Black History Month to celebrate diversity. Many of the events and activities listed below can be done throughout the year. This poster highlighted some of the contributions made by men and women from different backgrounds to developments in space. It was so popular that it has now been developed into a more detailed resource on our Website. Click here to view. Drama character: Mae Jemison (KS2, 3 and 4) A new drama character was launched based on the life of Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space. Pupils found out what Mary did in the Crimean War, what happened to her once the war had finished, her relationship with Florence Nightingale, and about Victorian attitudes towards black people. For further details click here We developed a new set of gallery activity sheets and accompanying teachers' notes which looked at the achievements of the ancient Egyptians through the Museum's collection of objects. The sheets form a trail focusing on art and writing, measuring, farmimg, health and hygiene, and the mummification process. Objects examined include an adult mummy and several different types of animal mummies.
Preschool Black History Activity Theme teach young children about Dr. Martin Luther Click Here for ActivityCentralfor more activities. Do you have a black history preschool activity you http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/black-history.htm
Extractions: Activities for Teachers of Young Children Early childhood education Black history activities and lesson plans for teachers of preschool children. You'll find action rhymes, songs, art and crafts, a game, a skit and even a rap song in this theme that enhances curriculum and celebrates the contributions of African-Americans. This preschool and kindergarten song is from Marilyn G . who says, "E xemplify unity through song and help children understand that even though we may be different, we are the same in many ways. Send Dr. Martin Luther King's message to others." Description: This is a song but it could be learned as a poem. It was written by a former preschool teacher, Esther Yost , of Ann Arbor,Mi., about 15 years ago: I have a dream, said Martin Luther King
Preschool Activities For A Multicultural Theme wrote this for multicultural month to teach diversity and For AfricanAmerican earlychildhood education activities go to the Preschool black history Theme. http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/multicultural.htm
Extractions: Promote multicultural awareness and self esteem with this early childhood education activity by Matina Materials: Paper and a camera. Description: We made passports by stapling white paper to construction paper. Then from January until May we studied a different country. We studied Russia, Africa, Ireland, Israel, China, Antarctica, Australia, Mexico, Japan, France, Hawaii, and Saudi Arabia. Then for each country the youngsters wore a hat or a prop from that country (ex: France, beret). We took pictures of each child wearing his or her hat or prop. Then I glued the pictures into each child's individual passport and gave it to them along with a world traveler certificate at the end of the year. They had lots of fun "dressing up!" World Passport
Education World ® - Curriculum: Black History On The Internet Explore the best black history sites for primary, middle, and high school level students. Activity and lesson ideas included! using timelines to teach history (see Timelines Timeless teaching black history Exploring AfricanAmerican Issues on the Web Pacific Bell provides five activities for integrating http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr056.shtml
Extractions: Professional Development Center Archives: VIEW ALL ARTICLES The Arts ... History Curriculum Article C U R R I C U L U M A R T I C L E Explore the best Black History sites for primary, middle, and high school level students. Activity and lesson ideas included! The quilt of America's rich history includes patches from many peoples and many cultures. Black Americans are featured in abundance on that quilt. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Louis Armstrong are there. Harriet Tubman and Langston Hughes are too. Rosa Parks and Chuck Berry. Barbara Jordan and Muhammed Ali. Without their inclusion, America's quilt would lack color, texture, life . This month February, Black History Month is a time when many teachers draw special attention to the contributions of black Americans to "America's quilt." Whatever grade the students are in, teachers can find plenty of rich Black History resources on the Internet Web sites that can help students everywhere "stitch together" a portrait of the African-American experience.
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Extractions: Celebrate Black History! Black history and culture is such a part of the American fabric and the school curriculum that it's difficult to imagine a time when that wasn't so. Established as Negro History Week in the 1920's by Carter G. Woodson, February was chosen for the celebration because Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were born in this month. Extended to a month-long celebration in 1976, Black History Month is an opportunity to emphasize the history and achievements of African Americans. LESSON PLANS Famous African-American Fabric Portraits
Education World® : Lesson Planning Center : Archives : History The Road to Freedom Using the WWW to teach About Slavery For black This week, EducationWorld observes black history Month by providing activities to help http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/history.shtml
Extractions: As the war in Iraq heads into its third week, teachers at every grade level are struggling for ways to help students deal with the war and with issues related to the war. To aid you in that effort, Education World has collected some age-appropriate online lesson plans. Reviving Reviews: Refreshing Ideas Students Can't Resist
Celebrating Black History From the Family Education Network, information about Dr. King, quizzes, links, genealogy for kids, Category Society Ethnicity Events black history Month Celebrating black history. teach your kids about the contributions and challengesof These printable books include quizzes, activities, biographical information http://www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-4818,00.html?yah
Concordia's Thursday Report our own history before other people teach us about it Guled Hussein, black historyMonth coordinator for UMOJA hopes that this years activities will serve as http://pr.concordia.ca/ctr/2002-03/Feb_13/03-blackhistory/index.shtml
Tolerance.org Teaching Tolerance Home Many educators silently wrestle with the question Is black history Month a Writingfor Change Downloadable activities teach students to identify and remove http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp
Black History Month Activities black history Month activities for Cranbrook Students by Anahid Lisa DerbabianScreenwriter and director RE Henry will teach a oneday workshop on Feb. http://schools.cranbrook.edu/latestnews/news/activities.html
Extractions: On Feb. 9 at 2 p.m., Cranbrook Schools students will view a screening of R.E. Henrys latest film, Sho Nuff, A NuAwlins Jazz Story. The film tells the story of a musician, Iyalabi III, and his desire to bring out the musical talents of his younger counterparts. Throughout February, second-grade students at Brookside Lower School will research and write about a famous black historical or modern figure, such as Duke Ellington, Arthur Ashe, Frederick Douglas and Oprah Winfrey. Through this project, the students will learn about African Americans who made a difference in history or peoples lives. Students also will share their papers with the rest of class.
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Extractions: Ever think of using a Bob Marley song to teach history? Or how about having students write their own"I Have a Dream" speech? As you plan for Black History Month in February, keep in mind that dozens of great ideas are now at your fingertips. Since I last explored this topic in January 1997, the number of sites devoted to black history has skyrocketed. Here is a selection of some of the best. February Favorites
DPTV :: What's New :: Making News :: Black History Month black history Month programming and activities are presented as part of DetroitPublic TV's mission to provide programs that teach and inspire. http://www.wtvs.org/whatsnew/bhm.htm
Extractions: MAKING NEWS NEW WEB SITES UPCOMING EVENTS DETROIT PUBLIC TV CELEBRATES ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES Detroit Public Television spotlights achievements of African-Americans with special programming and other activities throughout Black History Month. Broadcast components of the observance are made possible in part by a grant from SBC, and include a variety of specials that chronicle the African-American experience and profiles of Michigan residents who have made significant cultural, social and economic contributions. African-American achievement in the arts are showcased in A CENTURY OF BLACK CINEMA , Sunday, February 2, 2:00 p.m., SIDNEY POITIER: ONE BRIGHT LIGHT, AN "AMERICAN MASTERS" SPECIAL , Monday, February 10, 10:00 p.m., and THE MARSALIS FAMILY: A JAZZ CELEBRATION , Sunday, February 23, 2:00 p.m. Detroit Public TV also commemorates African-American achievements in medicine in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: PARTNERS OF THE HEART , Monday, February 10, 9:00 p.m.; profiles a Detroiter who became the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize in
Teaching African American History includes more than 70 handson activities, songs, and games that teach kids about blackhistory I black history Month Frederick Douglass Harlem Renaissance http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/AfricanUSHist.html
Extractions: An integral facet of American history that is often overlooked is the contributions of African Americans. Cobblestone Publishing offers a wide variety of primary and secondary resources for the young readers in your classroom or library. Choose from our award-winning selection of magazines in the social sciences and science listed below, and check out our books and teachers' resources. Special issues of COBBLESTONE, FOOTSTEPS, and DIG magazines, done in cooperation with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, all focus on a very important chapter in our nation's history - the African American struggle for freedom from slavery. Each magazine offers a different approach to understanding the Underground Railroad - from the abolitionist, African American, and archaeological perspectives. Together, the trio of issues presents a comprehensive look at the harrowing and heroic tales of the Underground Railroad. Each issue also includes a free online Teacher's Guide. Also available is the Cricket Books title
American History Find lessons, activities, and resources below to help you teach this importanttopic. black history Books on the Run. Books on the Run, http://teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-8757.html?s1
