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- 3rd - 12th
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Students write a rap or hip-hop lyric about the life of a famous Black American. They explore famous Black Americans in history and explore how the rap form compares to other forms of poetic expression. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create a database with the inventions of African-Americans. They analyze and sort the data in an appropriate fashion. They use the internet to gather their information for the database. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 6th
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Students examine the way various inventions have changed their lives. As a class, they create a timeline of the most important inventions during their lifetime and another timeline of how old they were when it was invented. Individually, they use the internet to research one inventor and write their own biography of him or her. To end the lesson, they discuss the positives and negatives of new inventions. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students are invited to engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender. They acquire factual information from the internet and picture books. Students ponder to think about the injustice of social barriers that separate human beings from one another. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students study inventors and inventions, and how they change the world. They research an inventor and create a slideshow describes the person's attributes. They use their own creativity to design an invention which they promote in a brochure. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students create an ABC book on inventors and inventions in Microsoft Publisher to present to their class. This project takes about 5 - 7 days to complete. The research step of this needs to be coordinated with the library media specialist. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students examine the contributions of Black Americans to society. They conduct Internet research and record the names of various African Americans in graphic organizers. They complete various activities such as word searches and quizzes. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students research the Internet for information about African-American inventors and their inventions. After collecting their data, students must build and manage information in a database that catalogs the inventions of African-Americans. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the variety of African American inventions and discoveries. They select an African American inventor, conduct Internet research, and write a report in the form of a biography, a series of letters from the inventor to his or her family, or a poster. Full Review »
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- 1st - 9th
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Students embrace, celebrate and study why February is Black History Month. They assess who Carter G. Woodson is and how the month long celebration evolved in the United States. Each student interacts with history, music, literature and politics dealing with civil rights. Full Review »
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