1. Type African American History Month in the Subject Search box and Search.
2. Click the Web Sites icon to the left of the Subject link.
3. Assign a different website to each student with a variety of topics being the goal of which sites to assign. For example:
   

   African American Art
   African American Women Scientists
   African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
   African Americans in the U. S. Army - Early WWII
   The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
   Brown v. Board: An American Legacy
   Carter Godwin Woodson: Father of Black History Bio-Bibliography
   The Civil War: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence
   Chicago Renaissance
   Images of 20th Century African American Activists: A Select List

4. Students will present a two- to three-minute oral report that summarizes the theme of the assigned website OR,
5. Students will present a PowerPoint or written report of 200-300 words that summarizes the theme of the website.

• What was the major focus and purpose for the creation of this website?
• Who are the most famous people or events featured?
• How does the time period featured on the website impact on African-Americans?
• How does this information contribute to appreciation of Black History Month?

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A12 My Body
E3 Doctor Jen
F2 Josh Gets Glasses
G2 The Food We Eat
I5 Healthy Me
K12 Playing It Safe
M6 Inside Your Body


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O3 Jenny Loves Yoga
P13 Helen Keller
R12 An Apple a Day
U11 Hard Stuff: All about Bones
U12 Get Moving: All about Muscles
V10 Book of Blood
X4 What Makes You, You?
Z4 Genetics at Work
Z17 InFLUenza

African American Authors and Literature
Subject: English Language Arts
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African American Civil Rights Organizations
Subject: U.S. History
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African Americans and Health Care
Subject: Science--Medicine & Health
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African History
Subject: World History
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Slavery in America
Subject: U.S. History
Author: PQ-Phila Bookcart

1. Using the CultureGrams World Edition, have one half of the class read the indicated sections of the following CultureGrams: United States (History), Antigua and Barbuda (History, Arts, Holidays), Barbados (History, Language, Arts), Haiti (History, Population), St. Lucia (History, Population, Holidays), St. Kitts and Nevis (Flag, History), and St. Vincent (History, Holidays).
   
   
2. Have the other half read Angola (History), Botswana (Religion), Malawi (History), Mozambique (History), Senegal (History), and Sierra Leone (History, Population, Religion).
   
   
3. Have the group who read the African CultureGrams discuss the circumstances surrounding the African side of the slave trade, in addition to any long-lasting effects it’s had on populations or religions.
   
   
4. Have the group who read the Americas CultureGrams discuss the history and cultural impact of slavery in those countries. What did it take to end slavery? What types of economies were created as a result of the slave trade? How did slavery influence the arts and languages of the Americas?
   
   
5. Have the two groups share their findings with each other through mini-presentations.
   
   
6. As a class, analyze the Country and Development Data for all of the countries. Which statistics might slavery have influenced and how?

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La Guerra Contra el Terrorismo
Subject: Foreign Language
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Grade Level: High School

Dias de Fiestas Culturales
Subject: Foreign Language
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High School

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21st Century Literacy Skills
Subject: Professional Development
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Grade Level: All

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Subject: Professional Development
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Grade Level: All

Graphic Novels, Comic Books, and Reading Skills
Subject: Professional Development
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Grade Level: All

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Grade Level: All

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Grade Level: K-6

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Grade Level: K-6

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Grade Level: High School

Literary Criticism Teacher Resources
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Grade Level: High School

1. Click the Topics search tab.
2. Click Social Studies >> Holidays >> February.
3. Assign each student one of the holidays to research.
4. Each student will use two articles to summarize information about that event.
5. Each student will report back to the class in about two minutes what they have learned.

Topic: Subtopic

Civil War: Freeing Slaves
Reconstruction: Black Reconstruction
World War I: African-Americans and the War
The Roaring '20s: Harlem Renaissance
Slavery and Politics: Congressional Debate over Slavery
African-American Civil Rights Movement: March on Washington

History Study Center™

To help teachers and students to celebrate, learn, and understand the accomplishments and struggles for equality of African-Americans, eLibrary Curriculum Edition integrates the History Study Center. This learning resource provides teachers and students with focused information on historic people and events in the form of Study Units. An especially good study unit has been prepared for the American Civil Rights Movement (1954-68) featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. The study unit contains photos, biographies, speeches, videos, primary source documents, timelines, historiography, maps, references, and websites.

Activity: This Study Unit and many others help to make textbook learning come alive for students who will get the most from their Black History Month mini-research activities.

1. In eLibrary CE, click History in the blue Special Collections box.
2. Type Black Civil Rights in the Quick Search box, then click Go!
3. The list below will provide the Study Units for students to use for mini-research.

• The American Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
• Black Power: Race and race relations 1968-
• Reconstruction, 1863-1877
• The origins of the American Civil War
• The Peculiar Institution: The slavery issue in American politics
• Slave life in America
• American race relations, 1896-1954: Plessy to Brown

Teachers need to integrate critical thinking skills into all research assignments. Despite the power of the resources in History Study Center, students will flounder with a specific focus for their mini-research reports.

The best way to ensure student focus and critical thinking is for teachers to create engaging Essential Questions. These questions require students to analyze and synthesize multiple resources to answer with an expression of original thought. The original thought may be expressed through written, oral, or multimedia reports. Here are some sample engaging and essential questions for teachers to consider and assign to students:

• How is the struggle for equality and civil rights different for African-Americans than it was or is for other ethnic groups in our country?
• What were some examples of the specific strategies used by African-American groups in the struggle for civil rights?
• Which strategies were most effective in leading to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and why?
• What struggles still remain for African-American equality and why?

ProQuest® Learning: Literature

eLibrary Curriculum Edition also provides teachers and students with ProQuest Learning: Literature. This resource can be used to enrich the study of Black History Month by learning more about African-American authors and their works that helped to inspire both White and Black Americans to come together to achieve many of the rights enjoyed by Black Americans today.

Activity: Students should select an author and several works that have a direct impact on inspiring and motivating people to the plight of African-Americans and the need for major reforms in our national laws to ensure equal rights and opportunity for all Americans. Students should summarize some significant facts about the author and one of the works that had significant impact on the Civil Rights Movement.

1. Click the Literature icon within eLibrary CE.
2. Type Black Authors in the Quick Search box and search.
3. Click More in the Authors section to see a longer list of Black authors OR,
4. Click Works to get a list of the works of Black authors and then More.
5. Summarize information about the author selected and one of his/her works.

• Do Black History Month celebrations have any impact on changing attitudes of mainstream Americans towards African-Americans?
• What are some of the more effective ways that Black History Month has been celebrated in the past and why?
• What is the value of Black History Month research projects in schools?

1. Type Black History Month and Celebration in the Basic Search box, then click the Full-text documents only choice.
2. Click the orange Search button.
3. Browse the variety of articles available. Notice the small box on the left of each article.
4. Click the box for each article title that interests you and may be used in the report (you can add to or delete from your list later.)
5. After selecting four articles, click the Marked List tab at the top.
6. To learn more about how you can use your Marked List, click Help at the top right of the page.

• Click 1900 > Immigration and Race.
• Explore the topic briefly.
• Click 1910 > Race and Ethnicity.
• Click the link to literacy tests within the text of the page. Could you pass this test in order to vote in Alabama?
• Explore the remainder of the articles for African-American themes.
• Click 1920 > Harlem Renaissance.
• Explore this topic.
• Click 1930 > African Americans.
• Explore this topic.
• Click 1940 > African Americans.
• Explore this topic.
• Click 1950 > Race and Ethnic Relations.
• Explore this topic.

1. What events or people from your selected decade made contributions to the Civil Rights movement and what were these contributions?
2. What obstacles to civil rights and equality existed at that time and what were the justifications?
3. What non-black people and organizations helped contribute to the struggle for equality?

1. Type Black History Month in the Keyword/Natural Language Search box and Search.
2. Click the WebFind Sites tab.
3. Assign a different website to each two-person research team.
4. Note: More than one websites will be about Dr. King. Select the best ones only; if more than one person is featured, select the most interesting one to summarize.
5. Students will present a two-minute oral report to share their new knowledge OR,
6. Students can summarize the message of the website in about 200 words.
7. Students will print a picture of central figure honored in the website using a separate search on the name of that central figure.

• When did this person live and what was their world like then?
• For what was this person most famous?
• How did this person’s accomplishment affect African Americans and our world today?