National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Family and Friendship in Quilts
Quilts, in addition to being a great thing to have to cuddle up on the couch with, have historically been used to tell stories and bring friends and families together. This lesson plan leads students through a series of activities on...
Black Past
Black Past: Robeson, Paul
This encyclopedia entry tells about Paul Robeson, famous baritone, and his struggles for racial equality. A link to a website for more information on African-Americans is provided.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: African Empires
Informative site from the University of Groningen describing the role African empires played in the settlement patterns of world acquisitions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: African Americans, Women, and the Gi Bill
Female and minority veterans faced difficulties accessing their GI Bill benefits.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Social Realism: W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. DuBois is featured here for his writings which advocated human rights for all, but particularly for African Americans in the early twentieth century. Click "W. E. B. DuBois Activities" for related materials.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: The Freedmen's Bureau
Discusses the goals and activities of the Freedmen's Bureau, the opposition from President Andrew Johnson, and how the Bureau was dismantled in 1872 after just seven years. Includes questions for students.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Civil Rights Movement Expands
A quick comprehension check over the expansion of the Civil Rights Movement.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Sncc and Core
Read about the two civil rights groups that organized nonviolent protests during the 1950s and 1960s.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980:civil Rights Act 1964/voting Rights Act 1965
Learn about the civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination in jobs, education, housing, public accommodations, and voting.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Black Power
Learn about Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panther Party.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Read about the 1963 protest that culminated with Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement
A quick comprehension check over the early steps in the Civil Rights Movement.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Learn about Rosa Parks's courageous decision to fight discrimination and the boycott that ended segregation on public buses.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement
Learn about the origins, strategies, and unfinished business of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies
A large site that tracks the history of the Nebraska area begins with the formation of the earth, moves through the earliest human activity in Nebraska, and then through proto-historical and historical Nebraska. The Kansas-Nebraska Act,...
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Leptoptilos Crumeniferus
A detailed overview of the Marabou stork. Content focuses on this bird's geographic range, physical characteristics, natural history, economic importance for humans, and current conservation efforts.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Women in the 1950s
Looks at what life was like for women in 1950s America. Examines the tension between the expectations of conformity and domesticity and an emerging discontent as many women chose to continue working after World War II. Meanwhile, African...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement
Provides an overview and basic introduction to the civil rights movement of African Americans.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Owie Kimou, Portrait Mask (Mblo) of Moya Yanso (Baule Peoples)
This article discusses the importance of sculpted masks in West African culture. Learn about the two types of entertainment masks, Goli and Mblo, and their role in masquerades.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Civil Rights Movement
This lesson plan on the Civil Rights movement is organized into three sections: "Identifying the Need for Change," "Ordinary People in the Civil Rights Movement," and "Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement."
US National Archives
Our Documents: Official Program for March on Washington(1963)
Contains a copy of the original program for the March on Washington that featured Martin Luther King. Provides a summary of the civil rights movement at that time.
Black Past
Black Past: Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment (1932 1972)
In this encyclopedia entry you'll learn about the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, in which scientists infected blacks with syphilis to gather scientific data. There is a link to a website to gain more information about this grave ethical...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Defending Personal Freedoms
This lesson is an introduction to the Civil Rights Movement in American history. The social and political impact of the current events and key people who played an integral role during this era provide a wealth of insight into the...
University of Virginia
U of Virginia: Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Participants in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study were never told that they had syphilis. Instead, the doctors and scientists said they had "bad blood." Find out what took place during this study, and the social and political consequences...