Hartford Web Publishing
Hartford Black History Project: Citizens of Color: Black Society After Civil War
Discusses the history of the African American community in Hartford, Connecticut, in terms of the migration of former slaves to the city right after the end of the Civil War. Also discusses a second wave of migration as African Americans...
Black Past
Black Past: Black Heritage Day Ii: Harriet Tubman (1821 1913)
A profile of Harriet Tubman, for a Black History calendar. Harriet Tubman fought tirelessly against slavery, and was responsible for rescuing over 300 slaves. She received many accolades and awards over the course of her long life.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University: Black History Month Exhibit: Anti Slavery Literature
Exhibit displays and explains literature relating to the antislavery movement.
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Wisconsin/ Surf Report/web Sites
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board provides numerous links to educational web sites for students and teachers. Its subjects include art, animals, astronomy, Black history, careers, children's books, dinosaurs, environmental...
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Wisconsin/ Surf Report/web Sites
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board provides numerous links to educational web sites for students and teachers. Its subjects include art, animals, astronomy, Black history, careers, children's books, dinosaurs, environmental...
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Library of Congress: African American History Month
Website pays tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society. Features exhibitions, images, videos, and educational resources.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Black Troops in Civil War Georgia
The New Georgia Encyclopedia provides an article describing the role, recruitment, and enlistment of black troops in Georgia during the Civil War.
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: The Black Death in Florence
[Free Registration/Login Required] Website with "reading like a historian" lessons about the Black Death in Florence for teachers using primary resources in the classroom.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Empowering the Black Power Movement
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Black Power Movement
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Black Power Movement.
PBS
Pbs: God in America: The Black Church
A good look at the role of the church and religion in the history of African Americans. Find out the church's importance in the abolition movement and the civil rights movement.
BBC
Bbc: History: Industrial Revolution
Learn how the Industrial Revolution affected Scotland and the roles that Scots like Joseph Black and James Watt, among others, played. Subtopics include the chemical revolution, commercial revolution, and New Lanark and the factory system.
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Barbara Charline Jordan 1936 1996
One of the first African-Americans elected from the Deep South and the first black Congresswoman ever from that region, read about how Barbara Jordan emerged as a powerful interpreter of the Watergate impeachment investigation.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Reconstruction Sac
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. In this structured academic controversy, students examine constitutional amendments, a Black Code, a personal account...
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
This comprehensive site from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) describes the history of the participation of colored troops in the Civil War and government efforts to research and compile records about them....
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History by Era: Slavery and Anti Slavery
[Free Registration/Login Required] An excellent essay explaining the roots of the anit-slavery movement in the United States in the early 1830s and its evolution over the next twenty-five years. Read about the abolitionists, both white...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Separate Is Not Equal: White Only
This section from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's exhibition Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education gives the history of Jim Crow laws and how they affected not only the voting rights of...
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: December 1: Rosa Parks & Pas De Deux
Two important events in U.S. history are described here. The first looks at Rosa Parks with quotes from Parks herself. The second looks at the New York City Ballet and the collaboration between Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Importance of Muhammad Ali
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the life and career of famous boxer Muhammad Ali while exploring his role in the civil rights movement. Also, discover his views on religion and politics and his legacy for being a positive...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: Black Codes
Discusses the Black Codes that white Southerners imposed on African Americans after the Civil War and the efforts by Republican politicians to protect their rights.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Amazing Space: No Escape: The Truth About Black Holes
This site is for teachers or anyone interested in detailed information on black holes. Lesson plans are included as well as a grab bag of web images. Students have a chance to write and submit a paper on black holes and to explore the...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Black Emancipators of the 19th Century
A lesson unit on the people and movements that fought to abolish slavery. Looks at the Triangular Trade, and at the Underground Railroad and famous abolitionists. Includes a play about emancipation, a black history rap and a trivia quiz...
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Ancient Mysteries: Gobi Desert Mysteries
This site details information about the mysteries of the Gobi Desert, an area actually comprised more of mountains than desert. This site has a map of the Gobi area, photos of the Gobi, as well as links to information about ancient...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Souls of Black Folk: Hamilton's Stewart Memorial Community
An intriguing look at an exhibit that looks at the role of the Black community in the Hamilton, Ontario area.
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