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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & DOCUMENTARY MATERIALS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND LESSON PLANS ONLINE RESOURCE LISTS & DIRECTORIES BLACK HISTORY MONTH Dr. Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of Multiculturalism - 2008 Theme 2007 - True Freedom Through Education: Historically Black Colleges & Universities 2006 - From Slave Ships to Space Ships (U.S. African-American Astronauts) 2005 - Harriet Tubman / The Underground Railroad 2004 - Brown v Topeka Board of Education |
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The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. The Mosaic is the first Library-wide resource guide to the institution’s African-American collections. Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range, size, and variety of the Library’s collections, including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound. The accompanying text provides historical background on select key events in African-American history. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html The Library of Congress American Memory’s African American Odyssey is a rich source of documentary material. Presentations and collections include African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship; From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection 1824-1909; and Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project 1936-1938. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/ The National Park Service has prepared We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement. The places described are related to the modern civil rights movement, especially during the 1950s and 1960s. The focus of the itinerary is the African American freedom struggle and recognizes the special historic significance of the Selma-to-Montgomery march of 1965. Congress has designated, and the National Park Service administers, the Selma-to-Montgomery National Historic Trail based on the route’s national significance in American history. The Federal Highway Administration has designated the march route as an All-American Road. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/index.htm American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology from the American Studies department of the University of Virginia provides an opportunity to read a sample of slave narratives collected as part of the Federal Writers’ Project, and to see some of the photographs taken at the time of the interviews. Some sound files are also available. The entire collection of narratives can be found in George P. Rawick, ed., The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1972-79). http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html PBS has produced a four-part series examining slavery in the U.S. called Africans in America. The web site includes a historical narrative, a resource bank, and a teacher’s guide for each part. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html The W.E.B. DuBois Learning Center has produced a set of materials including "A Black Perspective of American History" – intended to show how the events and flow of American history affected, and were effected by, Black people – and "A Black Studies Self Studies Program" that lists suggested readings and links to selected online materials. The Center states that these essays are written from an African-American perspective. http://www.duboislc.org/BlackPerspective/BlackPerspectiveContents.html |
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The Texas Council for the Humanities’ website, Humanities-Interactive, has three colorful exhibits that deal with African American history. In the Understanding Other Cultures collection, see the Black Art - Ancestral Legacy and Africa in the Americas exhibits. Both of these exhibits include interactive learning games for students. In the Texas History, Texas Cultures collection, see the exhibit, Toward a Better Living for Rural Texas Blacks, 1930-1960. http://www.humanities-interactive.org The National Park Service has compiled a series of thematic lesson plans centered on historic places. Teaching with Historic Places: African American History features complete lesson plans that consider important aspects of African American history. Created by National Park Service interpreters, preservation professionals, and educators, these lessons are free and ready for immediate classroom use by students in history and social studies classes. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/feb00.htm The Africa Guide for K-12 Resources is part of the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The site has selected resources from Penn’s African Studies web site that are appropriate for elementary and secondary students and teachers. See especially the African-American section. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/menu_EduAFAM.html Black History: Exploring African-American Issues on the Web presents a collection of online resources in five categories – Hotlist, Interactive Treasure Hunt, Subject Sampler, Web Quests, and Videoconferencing Events. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html The AFRO-American Almanac is an on-line presentation of the African in America. It offers a historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution from the beginning of the slave trade through the Civil Rights movement to the present. http://www.toptags.com/aama/index.htm MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom presents Black History Month: Pursuing the American Dream. The site provides a rich assortment of "standards-based" lessons and annotated resource links for teachers. http://www.mped.org/MarcoGrams/Feb2004.html |
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The U.S. Census Bureau’s Minority Links: Facts on the Black / African American Population site presents a collection of demographic information related to African Americans generated by the U.S. Census. Data cover population, income and poverty, education, immigration, and other key information. The Bureau also has prepared press releases with Census information related to African American History Month and the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Brown v. Board of Education case. http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/NEWafamML1.html African American History Month statistics from the Bureau of the Census: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/007862.html 50th Anniversary commemoration of the Brown v. Board of Education rulings statistics from the Bureau of the Census: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features/001676.html African-American History, maintained by the University of Washington Libraries, is a broad list of available Internet resources. http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/history/tm/black.html Columbia University lists online resources on African-American studies at it E-Guides site. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/afam/ An annotated directory of sites dedicated to African-American studies is found at Academic Info: African American History & Studies. http://www.academicinfo.net/africanam.html Black History Quest has compiled an extensive list of links to Internet resources at African-American History, Culture, and Black Studies Resources. http://blackquest.com/link.htm About.com hosts a history site dedicated to African-American history with links to a number of useful resources. http://afroamhistory.about.com/mbody.htm Black Biographical Dictionaries, 1790-1950 was compiled under the auspices of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University. This massive research collection provides ready access to biographical information on more than 30,000 African Americans. It includes a set of 1068 microfiches that reproduce the complete contents of 297 African American collective biographies published between 1927 and 1950. http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/libguide/blackbio/ The Encyclopædia Britannica Guide to Black History provides a comprehensive and well organized set of rich resources on African-American History. The site includes a timeline of key events, biographies of notable African Americans, film clips and audio recordings, links to other internet sites, a bibliography, and a detailed study guide for both teachers and students. http://blackhistory.eb.com/index.html The ECB Surf Report: Black History posts a collection of educational sites relating to African-American history. Sites include those covering slavery and resistance, the civil rights movement, African-American art and culture, and more. http://www.ecb.org/surf/blackhis.htm |
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The U.S. Department of State’s International Information Program discusses in simple terms the background and significance of "African American History Month" at its web site. The site includes links to other related sites. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/blackhis/history/homepage.htm Tennessee Technological University has compiled a list of links to resources on its Black History Month Resources page. http://www2.tntech.edu/history/bhmonth.html The African American History and Heritage Site posts resources and links for Black History Month, Kwanzaa, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Juneteenth, and other celebrations and observances. http://AfroAmericanHeritage.com |
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University is a major research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated. The site has compiled publications, audiotapes, biographical information, and an interactive chronology. http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ The PBS series American Experience hosts a resource site supporting its 2004 program on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Citizen King. The site includes information on the program, special features, a timeline, maps, and teacher guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/ The History and Politics Out Loud site offers audio files and transcripts of key speeches given by Dr. King. http://www.hpol.org/master.php?t=browse&s=speaker&id=12 The Seattle Times has created a site featuring information on the life and impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Its pages include a timeline of Dr. King’s life and the civil rights movement along with photos, essays, and a study guide for teachers and students. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/index.html Education World has compiled materials and online resources for teachers in its Happy Birthday, MLK! Lesson Planning Article. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson046.shtml |
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| CARTER G. WOODSON; MULTICULTURALISM / / / | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chicago Public Library publishes an online biography of Dr. Woodson on
its Carter Godwin Woodson: "Father of Black History"
page:http://www.chipublib.org/002branches/woodson/woodsonbib.html The U.S. Department of State provides an article by Ebony magazine senior editor Lerone Bennett, Jr. entitled, Carter G. Woodson, Father of Black History: http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/Archive/2005/Jun/08-276343.html |
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The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities provides a list of the nation's historically Black institutions of higher learning (with links to their web sites) at: http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whhbcu/edlite-list.html The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) is an association that represents historically Black colleges and universities. http://www.nafeo.org/nafeo/home.php |
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An HISD poster of all of the
African American astronauts who have served or are serving as NASA
astronauts can be downloaded by
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National Geographic Online Presents The Underground Railroad is an interactive study of the Underground Railroad, with photos, text, and other resources. It includes a "Classroom Ideas" section with suggested activities for students of different ages. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/ Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register Travel Itinerary http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/ National Underground Railroad Freedom Center http://www.freedomcenter.org/index.cfm The Underground Railroad Site http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/contents.htm http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/tubman_h.htm http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com/ http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Tubman_Harriet.html http://www.harriettubmanstudy.org/ http://www.harriettubman.com/ http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0history/hwny-tubman.html http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/tubman/tubman_bio.html |
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In 2001 Congress established the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission
for the purpose of encouraging and providing for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Here you'll find information about the Commission, including answers to frequently asked questions, members of the Commission and of the Commission workgroup, speeches and anniversary related activities.
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Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15) resource list U.S. Constitution Day (Sept. 17) & Celebrate Freedom Week resource list American Heritage Month (Nov.) resource list Women's History Month (March) resource list Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) Asian-Pacific Islander Heritage (May) resource list |
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May 17, 2004 marked the 50th anniversary of
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, the historic Supreme Court decision that ended official segregation in U.S. schools.
HISD's celebration of African American History Month last year took
as its theme this landmark ruling.