Black History ~ Teacher Resources

This page are lists and links of sites that will help teachers retrieve information on "Black History". The sites are informative, and believe it would help teachers understand more on "Black History" so that it maybe used in classes.

"Not having been taught black history -- except for the once-a-year hanging up of the pictures of Booker Washington, George Washington Carver, and Mary McLeod Bethune that marked Negro History Week -- we did not know how much of the riches of America we had missed."

Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple

Black History Month

This is a list to other interesting sites regarding African-American History. They include selected resources to the Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture; African American History Page; Recommended Web Sites from Hartford Public Library and more related sites like these.

K-12 Electronic Guide for Teacher Resources

This guide provides assistance to K-12 teachers, librarians, and students in locating on-line resources on African American History that can be used in the classroom, for research and studies. This guide summarizes some relevant materials for K-12 uses available on the African History Studies WWW.

Black History Lesson Plan (ask ERIC)

This lesson, based on the work of Jacob Lawrence, provides the students the experience of creating a biographical painting of an event in African American history. Intended for grades 3-6

Chapters of Black History Lesson Plans

This site includes 7 chapters of Lesson Plans. It covers suggested supplemental readings, key terms for better understanding, lessons with assignments and suggested readings. Required readings are From Slavery to Freedom, Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery, and Slave Drivers.

Black History Month (IBM version.)

This month's activities use Internet resources to learn about the history, the significance of the people, and contributors to America as it relates to Black History Month. Black History Month - Past to Present: teacher materials for grades 4-6, and grades 6-8. Includes goals and objectives of lesson, duration, instructional strategy, assessment/evaluation, suggested projects, materials needed by the teacher, teacher notes, and student activities.

Black History from Past to Present

This site uses the Internet links (given at the bottom of the page) to uncover some "Treasures" of African American history past and present. Each Resource Link is used once to answer one question (provided). A great site for teachers to use in class, to teach Black History over the computers.

Black History on the Internet

Black History sites for primary, middle, and high school level students. Activity and lesson ideas, links to key words with in the page. Also included are trivial quiz, games to help make the understanding fun.

Encyclopedia of Britannica Guide to Black History

This site includes study guides, articles, biographies, timeline, audio and video clips, and related links to Black History. A good site for teachers to learn more, and find out more information about this topic.

Black Facts Online

Internet Resource for Black History Information site. Simply type in a word or a date, and the site would provide you information, news, history,and articles in regards to your choice.

Lest We Forget

A large site with that includes various articles, information, books, music, new, newspapers, periodicals, recommended reading list. Topics which includes Black History are slavery, and an extensive look on black military history (which includes Blacks in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I & II).