WORKSHEETS
Develop research and composition skills with this Black Biographies activity for Black History Month (February) or…
Share the story of Martin Luther King Jr.'s achievements, and assign the related activities to your students to help…
REFERENCE
Students think critically about the Civil Rights movement and its key players as they explore a biographical site about…
An African-American astronomer, Benjamin Banneker's accomplishments are reviewed along with related activities.
Deliver a lesson plan that reviews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, and use a pictorial depiction of his life. This is…
Assessment sheet for Learning Through The Duke lesson.
ACTIVITIES
Lewis Temple, a man of color, invented the toggle harpoon in 1848. This device increased the efficiency of the whaling…
The full text of the autobiography of Harriet Brent Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
Students learn about a famous African American, Shirley Chisholm, who was a member of the United States Congress. They…
Students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of jazz, as well as some of…
Read this country profile to learn about Haiti's history, government, geography and economy. It includes information…
A brief article about Booker T. Washington.
A brief article about Alice Walker.
A brief article about George Washington Carver.
A brief article about Ralph Johnson Bunche, the first African American to win a Nobel Prize.
A brief article about abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Read about notable African-American inventors.
Reference an article that outlines the symbols of Kwanzaa and celebrations for each day. This information is useful…
This is Lyndon B. Johnson's proclamation after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Use this reference when studying…
Article about prominent African American W.E.B. DuBois, including related Web sites, and a bibliography.
A brief article about photographer and director Gordon Parks.
Learn about the life of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who organized the first economic boycott of businesses that…
Learn about the life of tennis great Althea Gibson.
A brief article about Grammy Award-winning poet, writer, composer, and actress Maya Angelou.
