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Jim Crow and segregation
This is an integrated lesson plan that incorporates both eighth grade language arts and history. Using Internet research, literary analysis, and persuasive technique, students will practice reading and writing skills while analyzing the impact of Jim Crow Segregation on African Americans living in North Carolina and elsewhere.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Burnetta Barton.
A renaissance of jazz and poetry
The Harlem Renaissance was the birth of a creative plethora in all fields of art for African Americans. The poetry and jazz composed during or inspired by this era naturally complemented each other. Furthermore, many of the themes from the musical and literary worlds are universal and provide a great lesson on how two different works can have a parallel theme.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 English Language Arts and Music Education)
By Janet Fore.
Visualizations: Black poet, Langston Hughes
Third grade or fourth grade students will have an opportunity to read and appreciate selected poetry of the African-American poet, Langston Hughes.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Floanna Long.

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Knowitall.org
Learn and have fun at the same time when you visit this website that is full of wonderful activities for students of all ages! (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: ETV Creative Services
Library of Congress
Offers many of its collections in a digital format and continues to add materials to makes its resources available to the people of the United States. Collections include American historical primary resources, legislative information, educator materials, world... (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Library of Congress
The New Deal Network
Sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (FERI), this website includes multiple resources on a variety of the United States Great Depression of the 1930s that includes articles, speeches, photographs, letters, lesson plans, and many other... (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute