African American Heritage

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African American Heritage

• By Ebone Johnson
• ED 417
• Dr. Helms
• Ohio Social Studies Strands
• First Grade Power Point Lesson

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Table of Contents

• American Heritage People in Societies
• People in Societies
• World Interactions
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• Democratic Processes
• Decision Making and Resources
• Science,Technology, and Society

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American Heritage People in Societies

• This strand includes aspects of the past that
  help to make American people unique among the
  peoples of the world, while at the same time
  recognizing what they have in common with others.

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American Heritage Activities

• Create a year round calendar filled with African
  American Holidays and celebrations.
  
• In groups have students research one African
  American holiday or celebration and present that
  occasion at a festival celebrating African
  American history.
• Create a timeline of historical African Americans
  and what they did in history.
  
• Compare the current culture of African Americans
  to the cultural practices of the past.
  
• Invite an older African American into the
  classroom to talk about their life and how it has
  changed over the years.

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African American Heritage Websites

• www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/0,6709,97217,00.h
  tml
  
• a website dealing with African American history
• www.windmillworks.com/games/dreams.html
• an African American quiz and game site
• www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/02C11562C1-4
  8182C00.html?yah
  
• a website filled with information on African
  American heritage
  
• www.free.bluemontain.com/eng3/african/index.html
• a website of different African cards and gift
  ideas
  
• www.ubp.com
• a website with information on African American
  culture

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People in Societies

• This strand recognizes that the United States and
  the world encompass many different racial,
  ethnic, and religious groups.

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People In Societies Activities

• Create a classroom Venn diagram comparing and
  contrasting the African American culture with
  another cultural group.
  
• Research the different religious practices of
  African Americans.
  
• Have a Day of Culture in which students would
  dress, eat, sing, and dance the African American
  culture.
  
• Discuss the diverse background of African
  Americans.
  
• Create a kinte clothe class quilt.

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People in Societies Websites

• www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmcensus1.html
• Information on the population of African
  Americans
  
• www.inforplease.com/spot/bhmbios1.html
• An A-Z listing of notable African Americans
• www.blackhistory.eb.com
• information on Black history
• www.kidsdomain.com/games/kwanzaa.html
• different African games to reinforce cultural
  facts and knowledge
  
• www.sikids.com/shorter/blackhistory/
• information on African American athletes

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World Interactions

• This strand explores the links people make around
  the world as they attempt to address common
  problems.

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World Interactions Activites

• Make a map of Africa, color, and then cut apart
  to create a puzzle.
  
• Get a map of the world and trace a possible
  path the slaves might have taken to get from
  Africa to the Unted States.
  
• Get a map of the world and color all the places
  that African Americans come from.
  
• Discuss current events in the world that have a
  great impact on the lives of African Americans.
  
• Discuss how African Americans are viewed and
  treated in other parts of the world.

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World Interactions Websites

• www.detnews.com/blkhist/9602/05/q/q.html
• a black history website
• www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameot.cgi?phttp
  3A//www.history channel.com/exhibits/blackhistory/
  proindex.html
  
• a black history website
• www.poilty.org.za/people/mandela.html
• information on Nelson Mandela
• www.usgovinfo.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?sit
  ehttp//1cweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.htm/
  
  
• a mosaic of African American art and culture
• www.cr.nps.gov/goldcres/maps/africanmapsite/html
• maps of Africa

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

• This strand focuses on decisions individuals and
  societies make, addressing wants.

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Citizenship Activitis

• Discuss the civil rights movement and the impact
  it had on the lives of African Americans
  
• Research and report on Rosa Parks
• Discuss how Rosa Parks had a great impact on the
  Civil Rights movement
  
• Talk about boycotts and how they relate to
  todays society
  
• Act out a common day version of the bus boycott,
  and discuss actions that could be taken in
  todays world.

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Citizenship Websites

• www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0pro-1
• a biography of Rosa Parks
• www.socsci.colorado.edujonesem.montgomery.html
• information on the bus boycott
• www.watson.org/lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-6
  5/montbus.html
  
• information on the bus boycott
• www.mecca.org/crights/montgomery.html
• information on civil rights
• www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html
• information on Rosa Parks

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Democratic Process

• This strand examines the principles of democracy
  and explores the extent to which government
  reflects those principles.

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Democratic Activities

• Discuss laws that they have in Africa
• Compare and Contrast African laws with the US
  laws.
  
• Discuss the laws that were made that had the
  greates impact on African American lives.
  
• Discuss what would happen if some of these laws
  werent made
  
• Bring an African American politician to the
  classroom to speak.

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Democratic Websites

• www.msnbc.com/news/AFRICAfront.asp
• information on African Americans in the news
• www.pps.k2.or.us/schools-c/pages/buckman/timeline/
  kingframe.html
  
• black history information
• www.seditionists.org/black/bhist.html
• black history information
• www.infoplease.com/spot.bhml.html
• background history of black history
• www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
  
• a civil rights timeline of information and people

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Decision Making and Resources

• This strand focuses on the context for exmaning
  those activities that are part of an adults
  public life.

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Decision Making Activities

• Make a chart of inventions made by African
  Americans
  
• Discuss whether these inventions are still used
  today, and how useful they are
  
• In groups have students come up with a resource
  for African Americans
  
• Have a discussion thinking about what would the
  world be like without African Americans
  
• Create a diversity collage

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Decision Making Websites

• www.pbs.org/wonders/kids/kids.htm
• explore Africa through interactive games and
  stories
  
• www.pbs.org/jazz/kids/
• learn about jazz music
• www.pbs.org/blackpress/interactive/index.html
• learn about the black newspaper
• www.library.thinkquest.org/10320/stamps.htm
• learn about black stamps
• www.pbs.org/aajourney/kids/index.html
• a kids look at black history

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Science, Technology, and Society

• This strand covers the contributions of the
  scientific world and addresses the ever-changing
  world we live in.

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Science Activities

• Create a word search using countries from Africa
• Play mancala
• Research an invention made by African American
  and recreate invention to share with class
  
• Research the family tree of an African American
• Compare the African Americans family tree to the
  family tree of a person of another culture

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Science Websites

• www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmlit1.htm
• information on African American authors
• www.puzzlemaker.schools.discovery.com
• make a word search puzzle
• www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.htm
• famous African American inventors
• www.african-american-inventors.com
• famous African American inventors
• www.inventorsmuseum.com
• famous African American inventors

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CONCLUSION

• The activities in this power point are for the
  first grade level. These activities are meant to
  be spread out in a thematic unit lasting at least
  a few months. The purpose of these activities is
  to incorporate African American heritage into the
  classroom, year round, not just Black History
  Month.