Mr.+Barrette

= Black History Month Activities and Links =



The American System:
Main Activity: Students will research a prominent Black American in the fields of politics, economics, or law and create a visual presentation highlighting the accomplishments, innovations, struggles, etc. of the individual. Students will use a variety of research skills and techniques in addition to the traditional writing process to design the layout of their presentation. Final products will be produced using Movie Maker or Microsoft Power Point.

 

Topics: Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education []#!



Daily/Weekly Bellwork Activities:

History Channel mini-clips. []

MLK Memorial Virtual Tour http://www.farmlib.org/bhm/bhmsites.html

“I Have a Dream” Speech analysis []



Advanced 20th Century US History and Geography
NAACP Primary Sources: []

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Topics: the USCW, Reconstruction, Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, the Freedman's Bureau, W.E.B DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey.

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">DuBois vs. Washington:

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">BASIC: [] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">INTERMEDIATE: [] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">EXTENSION (Role of African Americans in Engineering): []

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">CHS: The American Political Process
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Walter E. Williams Homepage: <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">[] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Essays, articles, videos, etc. by the <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">prominent economist.

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Thomas Sowell Homepage: <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">[] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Essays, articles, videos, etc. by the <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">prominent economist/commentator.

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">List of African American Firsts: [] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Coloring Pages:[] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Recipes:[] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Charles "Pruner" West (Washington and W & J Alum): <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">[] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">[] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">[] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">A very brief overview of Black History and Pittsburgh: [] <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">The Lemoyne house (story and video): []
 * <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive; font-size: 130%;">Just for Fun **