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Black History Month Resources
Black History Month offers a chance to celebrate the achievements of black Americans and acknowledge the important role they played in our country’s history. Learn more about the people and events featured during this month-long observance through a variety of lesson plans, interactives, and related resources.
This theme from ArtsEdge explores diverse interpretations of the life of Harriet Tubman, then looks at how African-American blues artists used music to ease their suffering.
Grades K-12 | Music | History
This collection of lesson plans and featured websites acknowledges the key role played by Arturo Schomburg in documenting the cultural, social, and intellectual history of African Americans.
Grades K-12 | Collection
Discover how this trumpet with the upturned bell became the trademark of jazz musician and virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie.
Grades K-12 | Primary Source | History
Read the book Follow the Drinking Gourd then learn more about the Underground Railroad and the lives of slaves during the years before the Civil War.
Grades K-4 | History
Analyze political cartoons and letters to the editor to learn more about the struggle that followed the Supreme Court’s ruling that led to the integration of American schools.
Grades 4-12 | History
After reading Robert Coles’ The Story of Ruby Bridges, students look at court-ordered desegregation from different perspectives.
Grades 5-8 | Literature | History
Examine this artifact from the 1963 civil rights demonstration at which Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Grades 5-12 | Primary Source | History
Research and then share information about African Americans prominent in the fields of science, mathematics, and technology.
Grades 6-8 | Science | Biography
Consider Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks’ use of enjambment and line breaks, and determine how the poem’s pace, rhythm, and tone are affected by the choices the author made.
Grades 9-12 | Literature
Explore the traditions and cultural factors that contributed to the development of the spiritual and examine the role they played in African-American history.
Grades 9-12 | History | Music
Use primary source materials to examine the experiences of African-Americans serving in the military during World War I in African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions. Then research attitudes toward these veterans after the war using a variety of online materials in African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed?
Grades 9-12 | History
Consider the complex nature of slave narratives that can be viewed as historical accounts, autobiographical literature, or political statements.
Grades 9-12 | Literature | History
Practice critical reading and analysis skills as you read the play A Raisin in the Sun and discover the social and economic factors that affected African Americans’ ability to reach for the “American Dream” in the 1950’s.
Grades 9-12 | Reading | History
Grades 9-12 | Reading | History
