Lesson plans for teaching the Black History in America student activity, as well as ideas for incorporate the activities into your classroom or computer lab lessons.
Grades
3–5, 6–8, 9–12
Duration
1 CLASS PERIOD
This Unit Plan supports the Culture and Change: Black History in America student activities.
Students get an in-depth look into the African American experience in this unique online activity. Through interviews, historical sketches, interactives, and the lessons provided in this teacher's guide, students learn about important individuals, study the civil rights movement and the concept of racism, and explore the history of jazz music. Culture and Change: Black History in America also includes activities that allow students to share their thoughts and feelings about topics discussed.
The various parts of this activity can be used together or independently. Incorporate them into your classroom or computer lab lesson.
Students will:
Use this lesson plan with the Famous African American Inventors activity to teach students about African Americans whose innovations directly impacted culture and society.
Students learn about instrumental figures in the civil rights movement, such as Melba Pattillo.
Students will learn about jazz from its beginning in New Orleans to modern jazz today through text and audio.
GRADES
3–5, 6–8, 9–12
Students learn about the speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave in 1955 at the time of the Montgomery Bus boycott.
GRADES
6–8
