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- 2nd - 4th
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Students research and write about three African American composers from Arkansas: Scott Joplin, Florence Price and iam Grant Still. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the life of African Americans in the North during the American Revolution. They analyze how authors use various techniques to write biographies, read about Sojourner Truth, conduct research, and write an excerpt about Sojourner. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine the roots of African American pride and accomplishments. Individually, they are assigned an African country for them to research. In groups, they discover the life and works of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and Joseph Sengbe. To end the lesson, they view art from the country they researched and reflect on them in writing. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students examine how African American families were affected by slavery. As a class, they watch and read King's "I Have a Dream Speech" and write a paper on how this message relates to families. In their journals, they compare and contrast their ideas of slavery to actual accounts. To end the lesson, they discuss if King's dream has been achieved in the United States or if there is still more to be done. Full Review »
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- 8th - 9th
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Students study the content of African American spirituals. They examine how they are related to the Civil War and slavery. They write a reflective essay on the music. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students complete a unit on the music, dance, and folklore of the African American culture. They read, write, and dramatize folktales, create a timeline of African American music, conduct a web scavenger hunt, and create a computer slideshow presentation as the culminating project of the unit. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students work together to discuss the various experiences of African Americans during the Civil War. Using the internet, they identify the laws and reasons African Americans were allowed to join the Union Army. Using their information, they write a paper comparing and contrasting the different experiences. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate a variety of sites to gather relevant information for a presentation about African American musical forms in this general Music lesson for middle school and high school. Resource links are provided to aid instruction. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate how mayors have not traditionally been African American and the implications of more people of this ethnic background becoming mayor. They look at the historical African American mayors while conducting research. Students answer essential questions. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students are introduced to African American Folktales. They dress up in traditional African clothing, play traditional African music and then research their own personal family tree to locate a folktale from their backgrounds and then develop a family crest. Full Review »
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