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- 5th - 8th
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Students attempt to answer how African-American, Latino, and white students address race relations in the United States in the future. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine an aspect of either railroad or marine transportation (for example: routes, Pullman porters' work routines, or African-American merchant sailors) and evaluate their impact on migration in the United States. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study migration patterns of African-Americans. They assess how geographical features such as the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River impacted settlement and evaluate how modernized transportation affected the migration pattern. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research the experiences of African-Americans between 1897 and 1953. They analyze Plessy v. Ferguson, and simulate the Afro-American Council Meeting in 1898 using Daniel Murray Pamphlets as a primary source. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore and experience jazz as a social dance form. They study how jazz was an important piece of African-American culture and how it developed. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the characteristics of an autobiography. For each author, they research their life and works and discuss why it reflects different time periods of African-Americans. In groups, they brainstorm characteristics of a character and setting they are going to use in writing thier fictional autobiography. To end the lesson, they share their writings with the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the key figures in African-American military history. They discover how African-American military history reflect both discrimination and the often heroic struggle to overcome discrimination. They examine the key periods of progress in African-American military history. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students explore poetry written by African-Americans before emancipation. They create collages, and explain why they chose specific stanzas. They display the collages on the class bulletin board that demonstrate an understanding of the American Civil War. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read and interpret a variety of resources relating to storytelling, the African-American experience, the Gullah people, and the Gullah language. They write a variety of original pieces relating to storytelling and the African-American experience. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students read about several African-American authors for young readers who are listed on the "This Goodly Land" Web site. They complete a graphic organizer for each author and compare and contrast the authors. They discuss and tell how the author's own life experiences may have played a role in the writing of the book. Full Review »
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