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- An American hero: Harriet Tubman
- In this lesson, the school librarian and classroom teacher should work together to teach students about the life of Harriet Tubman in recognition of African-American History and Cultural Heritage Month.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills and Social Studies)
- By Floanna Long.
- Personal picture narratives: Jacob Lawrence
- In this second grade lesson students will look closely at paintings by Lawrence depicting historical figures. Students will identify Lawrence’s unique style from work by other artists based on the elements of color and shape. They will create a painting using the same art elements to create a picture depicting an imagined scene from the life of Harriet Tubman.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education)
- By Eileen Palamountain.
- Freedom with Harriet: Life on the Underground Railroad
- This lesson for grades 6–8 will help students understand the experiences of slaves in the South who sought freedom via the Underground Railroad. Students will analyze a painting and create a living tableau that reflects the issues and emotions the painting evokes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Dianne Harlow.
- Civil rights wax museum project
- In this lesson plan, students will choose African Americans prominent in the Civil Rights Movement and research aspects of their lives. They will create timelines of their subjects' lives and a speech about their subjects, emphasizing why they are remembered today.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Sabrina Lewandowski.
- Beyond Black History Month
- Go beyond approaches that marginalize African American history by "shifting the lens" to look at events from new perspectives.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- African American history
- A guide to lesson plans, articles, and websites to help bring African American history alive in your classroom.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Hidden stories: A three-part lesson in African American history, research, and children’s literature
- In this high school lesson plan, students will create a timeline of African American history, review a work of children's literature, and then create their own works of children's literature drawing on a primary source document pertaining to the life of an ordinary African American.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts)
- By Edie McDowell.
Resources on the web
- Harriet Tubman integrated unit: Lesson 4
- Students use movement to express the words and music of a song about Harriet Tubman. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Music Education)
- Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Harriet Tubman integrated unit: Lesson 3
- After listening to and singing spirituals, students identify characteristics of spirituals such as religious meaning and syncopated rhythm. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Music Education)
- Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Traveling the road to freedom through research and historical fiction
- Students learn about and discuss slavery and the Underground Railroad in this lesson that explores historical fiction and webquests. Once students have brainstormed characteristics of historical fiction, the teacher reviews characterization and explains... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Spirituals
- This lesson plan introduces students to the role that spirituals have played in African American history and religion. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Music Education and Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Civil Rights Museum
- This online website features "The National Civil Rights Museum, located at the Lorraine Motel, the assassination site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., chronicles key episodes of the American civil rights movement and the legacy of this movement to inspire participation... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: National Civil Rights Museum
- Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad
- A visually stunning website that explains slavery and the workings of the Underground Railroad through a variety of engaging activities (send a secret message through a quilt block!), great information, interactive maps and timelines, and more. Learning and... (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: Thinkport
