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Lesson Plans - February

Build a Black History Database/Timeline

Simple instructions for using word processing or spreadsheet programs allow students to create a database/timeline of events in Black History that can be sequenced, sorted, and searched.

The Problem With Profiling

Students explore the issue of racial profiling and post their conclusions to a youth message board.

Experiencing Slavery and Imagining Freedom

Students read a slave’s account of his or her life of slavery, then write accounts of what that person’s life might have been like after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Our Town’s Black Heritage

Students listen to an African American folk tale and draw pictures to illustrate the story.

Sharing African Culture

Students research the lives of historical figures.