Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: In Search of Human Origins, Part I: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan allows students to identify and plot the locations of important African finds in the search for early human remains.
Website
PBS

Pbs: The Swahili People

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site from the PBS series "Wonders of the African World." This brief but detailed article gives information about the origins and history of the Swahili people.
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: James Augustine Healy

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features James Augustine Healy, the first African American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States and an advocate for children and Native Americans.
Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Egypt

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Egypt's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its African location and a video about the ancient civilization that flourished...

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