“Students research information about important leaders of African descent such as Daurene Lewis, the first female African Canadian to be elected mayor in North America.
Students recognize the many contributions of international Black leaders.
Students design a poster depicting highlights of the honored person’s achievements.”
Students listen to an African American folk tale and draw pictures to illustrate the story.
Students tour Boston’s Black Heritage Trail and create a black heritage tour of their own town.
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.
Students explore the issue of racial profiling and post their conclusions to a youth message board.