Everyone can study Black History Month - Multi-Generational Programming By Karen L. Simonetti (T)
Celebrate Black History - From the Learning Network, this is a group of assorted links for teachers and parents. (T)
Slaves and conductors of the Underground Railroad - Learn why and how slaves escaped from their owners using the underground railroad, and who ran the underground railroad. Lots of online resources and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
Black History at InfoPlease - History & timeline, special features, fun stuff, and other resources (Y, M, O, T)
Black History Month from Biography.com - Lots of biographies, a "Who Am I?" interactive quiz, teacher resources (created to accompany History Channel programming), and videos (Y, M, O, T)
The African-American Mosaic - A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture; taken from an exhibit of the same name. (O)
George Washington Carver - (Y, M, O, T)
Black Scientists and Inventors - excellent resource page detailing specific inventors from Infoplease.com (Y, M, O, T)
Black History Month Unit Resources - (Y,M)
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute - The website of the Civil Rights Museum includes a virtual tour of the museum as well as teacher resources. (Y, M, O, T)
Digital History - Children in History - "Young people were involved in all the crucial episodes of American history: They sailed with Columbus; served as go-betweens for English colonists and Indians; toiled as indentured servants; were kidnapped into slavery; fought in the Revolution and the Civil War; labored in coal mines and factories; and stood at the forefront of the Civil Rights movement. Many young people recorded their experiences in diaries, personal letters, and memoirs." (Y, M, O, T)
The Underground Railroad - You are a slave. "Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never tasted freedom. You never expect to. And yet . . . your soul lights up when you hear whispers of attempted escape. Freedom means a hard, dangerous trek. Do you try it?" (Y,M)
Black History Past to Present - People all over the United States and the world have posted information on the Internet that relates to Black history and African-American heritage. This Webquest asks several questions and each website listed holds the answer to one of the questions. (M, O)
Sampling African America - "Sometimes when studying a topic hard, it's not that the topic is especially difficult or complex; but that you don't feel personally connected to it. It doesn't reach you emotionally, you might not care about it, or you might feel it doesn't touch your life. If you have any of these feelings about the study of Black history, we encourage you to try this Subject Sampler. Instead of learning a lot of facts on the subject, a Sampler gets you personally connected to the topic. We want you to find something about it that interests you. Each of the activities asks you to make a commitment about what you like, believe, or feel. We think that once you care about a subject, it will be easier to learn about it." (M, O)
Tuskegee Tragedy - CONTENT WARNING - This webquest covers the topic of the medical experimetation done by Tuskegee University and the Public Health Service on African American men from 1932 to 1972. Because of the nature of the topic, discretion should used in determining if it is appropriate for your children. "Imagine that you're a poor person living during hard economic times. Your government offers you free medical care. Sounds good. But what if the real reason you're approached is because you have a disease. But instead of giving you medical care, the doctors are really just watching what happens when this disease goes untreated. Suppose a miracle then happens and a treatment is found for your disease. Instead of giving you the new medicine, the doctors continue the experiment of watching the disease go untreated." (O)
The African-American Mosaic - A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture (Y, M, O, T)
Activities and Lessons - From Teacher Views. Grade 3. (Y)
African American World for Kids - From PBS. (Y, M, O, T)
Preschool Black History Theme - 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. (Pre-K) (Y)
Black History Month in the UK - Scientists - Use to celebrate Black History Month (October) or adapt to inspire for any occasion! (Y, M, O, T)
PIONEERS, Inc. - PIONEERS, Inc., a subsidiary of the Hiram and Celia Ray Foundation, is a non-profit organization specializing in the research of Black Scientists and Inventors and dedicated to the preservation of Black American history and culture. (Y, M, O, T)
Famous Black Inventors - Famous black inventors - a database list of African American patent holders and individual biographies of African American inventors. Black History month and the historic contributions of black scientists and engineers. African American women in technology. From About.com (Y, M, O, T)
African-American History - Scientists & Inventors - From About.com (Y, M, O, T)
Rosa Parks Library and Museum - The only museum dedicated to the civil rights icon. (M)
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church - On Sunday morning, September 15, 1963, the Ku Klux Klan bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls. This murderous act shocked the nation and galvanized the civil rights movement. (M O)
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences - Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. The accomplishments of the past and present can serve as pathfinders to present and future engineers and scientists. African American chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians have contributed in both large and small ways that can be overlooked when chronicling the history of science. By describing the scientific history of selected African American men and women we can see how the efforts of individuals have advanced human understanding in the world around us. (Y, M, O, T)
African American Scientists - Since Benjamin Banneker and George Washington Carver left their marks on American science, African Americans have made great strides as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and inventors. It's a story of success in the face of great odds in a racist society. However, there's still much room for progress, because even today blacks are sorely underrepresented as science students, teachers, and professionals. Here you can hear the voices of just a few of the black scientists who are living and working in North America today—and helping to pave the way for those who will follow. (Y, M, O, T)
Black Inventors A-Z - From All About.com (Y, M, O, T)
African American Scientists Bibliography - (Y, M, O, T)
African-American Scientists - Free Reference from Teacher Vision.com (Y)
Learning Resource: African American Scientists - Many African Americans have contributed important discoveries and ideas to the field of science. In this lesson, students study several of these important scientists and explore their lives. In a writing exercise. Students recreate scientists' experiences through journal entries. Teaching - Lesson Plan for 6th Grade - 8th Grade (M)
Selma to Montgomery National Voting Rights Trail - Established by Congress in 1996 to commemorate the events, people, and route of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama. The route is also designated as a National Scenic Byway/All-American Road. (Y, M, O, T)
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. - In the 1940's Tuskegee, Alabama became home to a "military experiment" to train America's first African-American military pilots. In time the "experiment" became known as the Tuskegee Experience and the participants as the Tuskegee Airmen. Come share their experience! (Y, M, O, T)
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site - Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site is nestled on the campus of historic Tuskegee University. The site includes the George W. Carver Museum and The Oaks, home of Booker T. Washington... (Y, M, O, T)