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Teachnology

Teachnology: Black History Month Teaching Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Enhance teaching during Black History Month with Teachnology's broad assortment of lesson plans, activities, songs and much more.
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Black History From a to Z

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students will enjoy exploring this colorful site during Black History Month, or any other month! Follow the timeline of famous African American women and inventors, or just click on a letter of the alphabet to find brief pieces of...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Teachers: Celebrate Black History Month

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teachers can foster student understanding of African American history with selections from this in-depth list of activities. Includes options for all grade levels and a variety of academic subjects.
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George Eastman Museum

African Americans: Black History Through Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of photographs from the Eastman House collection. They include portraits of important figures who shaped American history, as well as many other African Americans, whose names are unknown.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive compilation of information that examines the complexities of the African American experience, especially the achievements of individual African Americans. Includes many useful extras, such as a timeline, an image gallery,...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Culture & Change: Black History in America

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive timeline from Scholastic. Students can click on various times and learn important dates and events in African American history.
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EL Education

El Education: Black History Portraits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This product represents the work of one student from Meadowbrook High School, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Each portrait depicts a figure from black history. The student transformed his graffiti art skills into beautifully detailed and...
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Howard University

Moments in Black History: Milestones in African American Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains six pages of a timeline with individual events of African American history in journalism. Starts in 1541 with event in Mexico.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Culture & Change, Evolution of Black History

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the Black History in America in the lives of famous African Americans. Features include a clickable interactive timeline that highlights important events, accomplishments, and personalities from 1492 to 2001.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Sonny Liston

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Sonny Liston, an American boxer who was world heavyweight boxing champion from September 25, 1962, when he knocked out Floyd Patterson in the first round in...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Governor Deval Patrick

For Students 9th - 10th
Making history as the first African American governor of Massachusetts, dip into a biography featuring Governor Deval Patrick.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African American History and Culture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This Smithsonian museum is dedicated to the preservation of African American culture. Includes a portrait gallery, profiles of African American artists, exhibitions devoted to the struggle for civil rights, historical photographs and...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Black History Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCards stack enables students to review facts about famous black scientists.
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State Library-Florida

Florida Memory: Images of Florida's Black History

For Students 9th - 10th
Captioned images that document the history of African Americans in Florida.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information about the Harlem Renaissance, a period of time considered to be the cultural awakening of African Americans. Included are sections on poetry, fiction, and drama, as well as the legacy of this movement.
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Texas Black History Preservation Project: William Goyens (1794 856)

For Students 4th - 8th
A biography of William Goyens, a mixed African American and Cherokee married to a white woman, whose father was a freed slave. Goyens was a Texas businessman who himself participated in the slave trade, and friends with many of the well...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Nelson Mandela

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History features Nelson Mandela, a black nationalist and first black president of South Africa (1994-99). His negotiations in the early 1990s with South African Pres. F.W. de Klerk...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Aime Cesaire

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Aime Cesaire, a Martinican poet, playwright, and politician, who was cofounder with Leopold Sedar Senghor of Negritude, an influential movement to restore the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States (1861-65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Kwame Nkrumah

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Kwame Nkrumah, a Ghanaian nationalist leader who led the Gold Coast's drive for independence from Britain and presided over its emergence as the new nation of...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Venus Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Venus Williams, an American tennis player who-along with her sister Serena-redefined the sport with her strength and superb athleticism. This site, rich in detail...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Earl Lloyd

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Earl Lloyd, a basketball player who was the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This site, rich in detail and breadth of...
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National Archives (UK)

National Gallery, London: Black Presence in National Gallery Paintings

For Students 9th - 10th
To celebrate Black History Month, this special feature looks at the different ways in which black people have been represented in National Gallery paintings and uncovers more hidden histories.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: More Than a Month: For My 4th Grade Teacher, Mrs. James

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a blog about how Black history has been taught. "The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story." by James Baldwin What points/contributions does a Black educator make to speak to how Black...

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