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Black History Solving Equations

There are three sets of cards:

Quote cards, which include the problem

Black History Figure cards, which includes the problem solution

Notable accomplishment cards

You need to match the problem with the solution. This will show the name of the Black History figure who said
which inspirational quote. Then do some research to match the notable accomplishment to the Black History
figure and their quote. Lastly, you will have to select 3 quotes that you liked, explain them in YOUR OWN
WORDS, and write why the quote is important to you

Rubric:

2 1 0
Equations All equations are correctly Most equations are correctly Most equations are
matched with their solutions matched with their solutions; incorrectly matched
there are only a few errors.

Notable All accomplishments are Most accomplishments are Most accomplishments are
Accomplishments correctly matched with their correctly matched with their incorrectly matched
figure figure; there are only a few
errors.

Computations All mathematical Most mathematical Mathematical computations

computations are shown
(on a separate sheet), there
are no apparent errors
Display Display is neatly presented
and easily followed
computations are shown with
no errors. All mathematical
computations are shown, but
there are multiple mistakes.
Presentation requires some
effort to follow
are not included or are
mostly incorrect
There is no organization and
the display is hard to follow

Explanation The quotes are explained in
your own words and you
state why they are
important to you
Rubric
The quotes are explained in
your own words but you do
not state their importance
This rubric is submitted with
the project
The quote is not explained
This rubric is not submitted
with the project

“What we need is not a "Hate is too great a burden "Darkness cannot drive out
history of selected races or to bear. It injures the hater darkness; only light can do
nations, but the history of the more than it injures the that. Hate cannot drive out
world void of national bias,
race hate, and religious
prejudice."
2(n + 3) = -12
"Whatever we believe about
ourselves and our ability
comes true for us."
-16 =-9 - n
"Change will not come if we
wait for some other person
or some other time. We are
the ones we've been waiting
for. We are the change that
we seek."
hated."
4 = -8n – 7 + 9n
"Just don’t give up what
you’re trying to do. Where
there is love and inspiration,
I don’t think you can go
wrong."
5n + 34 = -2(1 - 7n)
"Freedom is never given; it is Defining myself, as opposed
won."
hate; only love can do that."
3 = n – 10
8 n
"Never underestimate the
power of dreams and the
influence of the human spirit.
We are all the same in this
notion: The potential for
greatness lives within each
of us."
6 = 1 - 2n + 5
to being defined by others, is
one of the most difficult
challenges I face.

3n - 5 = -8(6 + 5n)
"Diversity is not about how
we differ. Diversity is about
embracing one another's
uniqueness."
8n - 6 - 8 = 4 + 2n
5n - 14 = 8n + 4
"Surround yourself with "Love makes your soul crawl
people who take their work out from its hiding place."
seriously, but not
themselves, those who work
hard and play hard."

4 = 2 9n + 10 = -17
n+7 8 10n = 180
"You really can change the "Success is to be measured "Never be limited by other
world if you care enough." not so much by the position people's limited
that one has reached in life imaginations."
as by the obstacles which he
has overcome while trying to
succeed."

2n + 5 = 9 n+9 = 2 -3n - 5 = -4n - 12

12
Coretta Scott King Wilma Rudolph Carol Moseley-Braun
 n = 11 n=0 n=3
Susan L. Taylor Ola Joseph Marian Wright Edelman

n=2
n = -7 n=9
A. Philip Randolph Zora Neale Hurston Martin Luther King Jr.

n = -6 n = -3 n = 16
Booker T. Washington Carter Woodson Dr. Mae Jemison

n = 15 n = -9 n=7
Ella Fitzgerald Colin Powell President Barack Obama

n=4 n = 18 n = -1
An American activist for the A civil rights activist who The first African-American
rights of disadvantaged lead goodwill missions president of the United
children and their families. around the world and States of America.
She is the founder and lobbied to have the birthday
president of the Children’s of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Defense Fund. made into a national holiday.

The first black man
appointed as Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
then the Secretary of State.
He received 11 medals for
his military accomplishments
including the Bronze Star
and 2 Purple Hearts.
Believed that newly freed The first black woman
slaves should be given an Senator, she represented
education. He later Illinois from 1993 to 1999.
established what is now
known as Tuskegee
University.

The first American woman to A social activist who led the An international jazz legend,
win 3 gold medals in track U.S. Civil Rights Movement known as “The First Lady of
and field at a single Olympic. from the mid-1950s until Song”. She has recorded
1968. more than 2000 songs and
200 albums.

One of the first scholars to Nigerian-born man who is Former editor-in-chief of

study African American now a world renowned Essence who is referred to
history, he believed that speaker and author. as “the most influential black
Black heritage was important woman in journalism today”
for young Black Americans
to embrace and all
Americans to understand.

Founded the first African-
American labor union. His
efforts helped to
desegregate the American
armed forces.
NASA astronaut who was
the first African American
woman to travel into space.
A Harlem Renaissance
author whose works include
“Their Eyes Were Watching
God” and “How It Feels to be
Colored Me”.

Select two quotes that resonate with you. Explain the quote in your own words. Discuss
why you chose those quotes. Write in complete sentences!
Quote #1:
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What I think this quote means:

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Why this quote is important to me:

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Quote #2:
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What I think this quote means:

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Why this quote is important to me:

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