The Ultimate Black History Month Listing of Instructional Resources Online FREE Easy to Use

Prepared to accompany episode # 10 of The Teachers Podcast (www.teacherspodcast.org), the teaching and learning resources on the following list will not only form the basis of an excellent series of educational experiences for students on this important theme of Black History, but offer an overview of the types and quality of educational online resources in general. 1. From the Seattle Times: the following playable and downloadable sound clips in MP3 format can be accessed from this site, as well as high value print items: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/mlk/king/speeches.html I Have a Dream The famous speech delivered in 1963 to more than 200,000 civilrights marchers at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. [PDF from Stanford's Papers Project]"I still have a dream" MP3 | Real (1:03) "Let freedom ring" MP3 | Real (1:20) - I've Been to the Mountaintop King gave this speech, saying "I may not get there with you," the day before he was assassinated. [PDF from Stanford's Papers Project]"We will get to the promised land" MP3 | Real (:56) (Provided in print are such items as: Dr. Kings Letter From a Birmingham Jail and Nobel Prize acceptance speech) 2. From The History Channel Exhibits website: Black History Video Clips http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Video_Clips&cont ent_type_id=1398&display_order=4&mini_id=1071 This includes clips to be watched directly from the desktop like: Liberia Founded, Rosa Parks, and Jesse Owens Wins Fourth Gold Medal) - Also accessible from a link on this page Bios (in print) of African American Icons: http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_ type_id=593&display_order=3&mini_id=1071 3. The History of Black History Month http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/blckhist.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/01/30/extra.black.history.month/ind ex.html

4. Black History Meta Resource from the Sherman Independent School District in Sherman Texas http://www.shermanisd.net/Instruction/Technology_Integration/BlackHistory/ blackhistory.htm Approximately 50 high quality resources gleaned from various educational corners of the web. This body of links is strong on webquests, lessons, and class activities (including puzzles and crafts), among them are: Black History WebQuest http://www.indiana.edu/~tickit/projectgallery/projects/kbenton.htm Lesson Plan http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/bookertwashington/teachers_notes.html Mankala Counting Gamehttp://familyfun.go.com/crafts/buildmodel/feature/famf29blackhistory/fa mf29blackhistory2.html 5. Black History Quest A meta resource http://blackquest.com/link.htm Prepared by C. Arthur Blair, an entrepreneur who conceived and created the game Black Quest. This game is a result of Mr. Blair's approximate twenty (20) years of interest, research and collecting of Black American artifacts. This is an impressive collection of links to Afro centric resources, many of which are of high quality as teaching and learning resources. 6. Surf Report (meta resource) http://explore.ecb.org/education/surf_report?subject=55 Prepared by the Educational Communications Board (a media group), this is an extensive selection of links to instructional items (several years old now). Some real gems are included here, among them PBS Slavery and the Making of American, which features such digital media items as Voices of Slavery http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/gender/narratives.html and The Library of Congress American Memory website with its section Voices from the Days of Slavery http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/vfssp.html both with actual oral history digital audio clips that can be played through the computer. also National Geographics moving virtual Underground Railroad journey at their resource http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html

7. Montgomery County Public Schools (Rockville, Maryland) http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/oipd/diversity/aframactvs .html Produced by this school district as a resource for its teaching staff, this extensive list of links to item produced by the district and outside organizations if full of content and activities. These are listed by grade level. Last updated in 02, some of the links are no longer good, although the majority are still on line. Additionally, the district advises its teachers These activities and lessons are intended for teacher instruction. Adult supervision is recommended. As with all internet activities, teachers are encouraged to preview websites before using them with students. sound advice. Some highlights include: The Life of a Slave (lesson guide) Virtual Museum Teacher Guide Black Like Me The Life of Harriet Tubman 8. Digital Black History Games: http://www.gamequarium.com/blackhistory.html A collection of interactive thinking and learning games on the theme of Black History. One good example is Channel Ones Twisted Timeline: Civil Rights Movement, in this game students must comprehend a handful of items and then drag and drop them onto a timeline in order. The game gives feedback on accuracy. 9. Education World Meta Resource http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/black_history.shtmlA collection of roughly 20 lessons, including content, activities, and instructions. 10. The AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOSAIC A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html A collection of activities and readings all of which are supported by scans of important historical documents like: photos, newspaper clippings, maps, letters. These online resources provide a unique and powerful window in the look and feel of Black History. 11. State of Vermont Dept. of Education A comprehensive listing of online resources presented in chart form 7 pages long, sorted by resource type age/grade level appropriateness and theme. A few examples: National Register of Historic Places Teaching with Historic Places African American

History http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/feb00.htm Separate is not Equal (Smithsonian) http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/index.html Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/teaching/curriculum/welcome.html 12. Archives of African American Music and culture http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc 13. From AT&T Education Patchwork of African American Life (meta resource) http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/index.html The following six Web sites were created as models to suggest ways to integrate the World Wide Web and videoconferencing into classroom learning. AfricanAmerican History was chosen as a topic because of its importance, popularity and the wealth of Internet resources available on the topic. What we hope to add to this richness are some specific strategies for integrating the Web into learning. So rather than merely send learners to a Web site, we've arranged separate formats designed to support different kinds of learning. Read the blurbs below to help you decide which activities you might want to use: The sites (each of which is a repository for many links to a wide variety of resources on its own) are: Online University / African American History Black History Interactive Treasure Hunt Black History Subject Sampler Black History Web Quests Tuskegee Tragedy 14. eMints National Center page on Black History http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000611.shtml Professional development for educators by educators The eMINTS National Center offers professional development programs created by educators for educators. Leading experts at the University of Missouri, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education have collaborated to produce programs that inspire educators to use instructional strategies powered by technology engage students in the excitement of learning enrich teaching to dramatically improve student performance Black History Month - These sites are about Black

History Month. Learn about the contributions of African Americans in different fields. Includes quizzes, an interactive timeline, and other activities. There are links to eThemes Resources on the Negro baseball league, famous African Americans, the Emancipation Proclamation, the slave trade, and the Missouri Compromise 15. **** Washington University Black Oral History http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/Holland/masc/xblackoralhistory.html The Black Oral History Collection consists of interviews conducted by Quintard Taylor and his associates, Charles Ramsay and John Dawkins. They interviewed African American pioneers and their descendents throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, from 1972-1974. The project began in the summer of 1972, when the Black Studies Department was provided with $1500 in university funds to begin preliminary research on sources of black history in the Pacific Northwest. Since it seemed that few blacks left a written record of themselves, important information was passed on from one generation to the next by word of mouth. Topics discussed in the interviews include early black settlers, job opportunities, social life and community, living patterns, black churches, and black political involvement from the late 1800s through 1974. Most of the interviews follow a standard set of questions. 16. Alabama Dept. of Archives & History http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/Contents.html Alabama Moments in American History (resource prepared for high school teachers) Links to many units in historical studies (a good number on the Civil Rights Movement and other themes relating to Black History) All have content in detail and in summary and bibliographies. Some, like The Montgomery Bus Boycott, for instance, include links to digital scans of primary documents. http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec55ps.html 17. YoutTube Black History resources: a. Maya Angelou - A Brave and Startling Truth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KVytZdM-Pg&feature=related b. Black History: The Missing Chapters in American Historyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iR-6LNktQs

c. Black history month presentation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_DWcw7KA7I 18. From Scholastic Culture & Change: Black History in America web resource As always, in a category by itself. Timely, relevant, tasteful, technology and media enhanced, gorgeously designedetc. etc. etc. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/ 19. Black History Month Podcasts http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/7805 http://www.sfgate.com/cgibin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=2757 http://www.lmsvsd.k12.ca.us/schools/lmm/jaguars/kcorbett/podcasts.html http://www.mefeedia.com/feeds/14910/ http://www.gophila.com/Go/PressRoom/pressreleases/african_american/First _Podcast_Tour_of_the_African_American_Experience.aspx 20. Faithringgold.com http://www.faithringgold.com/ Childrens author, Faith Ringgolds personal site with her terrific racial attitudes survey and all her books including Aunt Connie's House and others- Tar Beach. She has one on Martin Luther King as well as Gwendylyn Brooks. 21. Author Nikki Giovannis site with lesson plans, Nikki video, activities and more. http://nikki-giovanni.com/ibio.shtml 22. Go to READ WRITE THINK (part of Verizons Thinkfinity) Search lesson plans using the keyword Black History http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp?orgn_id=9 A great many lesson plans and resources will result A few examples include: Creative Voices of Harlem (Arts Edge site) http://artsedge.kennedycenter.org/content/2248/ African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War (EdSiteMent site)http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=453 Richard Wright (author of Black Boy) Activity (Read Write Think) http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=286 23. Time for Kids Interactive Game - (from Time Magazine) http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,197459,00.html African American Artist Identity gameClick the names below to read about

some of the most influential African American artists, then try to match these famous faces with their famous names. 24. Los Angeles County Public Library Celebrating Black History Month Resource Page http://www.colapublib.org/bhm/black_history.html 25. Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/blackhistory Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. The Reading Rockets project is comprised of PBS television programs, available on videotape and DVD; online services, including the web sites ReadingRockets.org and ColorinColorado.org; and professional development opportunities. 26. Authors on the Web http://www.authorsontheweb.com/features/0202-african-american/africanamerican.asp 27. Black History Month - Author Roundtable African-American writing is more than a genre for these twenty-two writers and illustrators. For Jabari Asim, Steven Barnes, Tonya Bolden, Michele Andrea Bowen, William Jelani Cobb, Michael Datcher, Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant, Phyllis Y. Harris, Mat Johnson, Kim McLarin, Marissa Monteilh, Monique Morris, Alexs D. Pate, Kayla Perrin, Myles and Sandra Pinkney, Francis Ray, Maryann Reid, Afi Scruggs, Natasha Tarpley and Raymond A. Winbush, their work carries a bigger mantle as they are representatives of a culture and, whether they choose to be, or not, role models to a younger generation of writers and readers. Here they speak out on their experiences as published authors, share advice with aspiring writers, and relate how being African-American impacts their work. Gives synopses of each of the authors as well as links to interviews, excerpts, personal websites, and more. 28. NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) page Plan Your African American Read-In Join over a million readers in the Seventeenth National African American ReadIn on Sunday, February 5, and Monday, February 6. These resources can get you and your students started reading and exploring the works of these African American writers. This very rich page of instructional goodies gives a half dozen plus activities, all of which are supported by numerous linked resources,

including such items as: Jacqueline Woodson: Real Characters, Real Voices " (E-M-S), from Language Arts, explores the people and experiences that influence the writing of Jacqueline Woodson. Christopher Paul Curtis' The Watsons Go To Birmingham1963 is the focus of the ReadWriteThink lesson plan Graphing Plot and Character in a Novel (E), which invites students to graph the journey of the family while exploring the plot and character development in the novel. Langston Hughes's poetry is explored alongside rap lyrics and jazz and blues music in the English Journal article Culturally Responsive Teaching: The Harlem Renaissance in an Urban English Class (S). Charles Johnson's Middle Passage as Historiographic Metafiction (C), from College English, outlines techniques for using Johnson's postmodern novel in literature studies.