African Novel Study

Young scholars delve into a creative study of modern Africa. In this social studies lesson plan, student work on their own or in pairs to create a children's book that covers their knowledge of Modern Africa.

"It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live," said Amos Fortune, the son of an African king who was captured by slave traders and brought to America. Learners use the novel study to explore the biographical novel Amos...

South Sudan regularly appears in the news for negative reasons, but it has some positive qualities, too. As part of a novel study on the book A Long Walk to Water, readers conduct research to learn more about the African country....

Jade from Renée Watson's Piecing Me Together wants to improve the world—and herself. Worksheets introduce new vocabulary, asks comprehension questions, and review personification and alliterations.

Most think Elijah in Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis gets famous for being the first African American child born free from slavery. However, his true fame comes from his adventures to capture a thief. Readers study Elijah's...

A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin. Marlee and Liz, main characters in The Lions of Little Rock, have that type of friendship. Scholars learn vocabulary and answer comprehension questions as they read how the two girls...

Learners read the book, The Great Migration by National Geographic, then complete this set of related worksheets. They review vocabulary, complete five short answer questions, discuss push and pull factors for the migration, then write a...

Students research three African-American musicians and compose a report based upon their research in this Music Appreciation instructional activity for the middle level classroom. The instructional activity could be adapted for various...

Middle schoolers investigate population trends. In this African American history instructional activity, students access U.S. Census records from 1900 to the present online. Middle schoolers analyze the migration of African Americans...

Pupils identify various regions of early Arkansas as these regions relate to African American colonies that settled in Arkansas after the Civil War.