REFERENCE
Rosa Parks defined civil disobedience during the height of the civil rights movement.
Shirley Chisholm emerged as an important politician during the 1970s, serving as the nation's first African-American…
Oprah Winfrey is an important public figure in America, having overcome adversity to become a global icon.
African-Americans played a very important role the Civil War, as this article describes. Help your students better…
Jimi Hendrix was an astonishing musical innovator, whose style has yet to be defined.
Miles Davis was known as the Picasso of jazz.
A great American composer, Ellington's big band music became wildly popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
Louis Armstrong's talent as a trumpeter shaped the world of jazz.
Robert Johnson was a talented guitarist, whose music laid the groundwork for Delta blues.
Ralph Bunche served brilliantly as a professor and diplomat, and made many significant global contributions.
Malcolm X was a contrast to Dr. King, because he took a very different approach to the civil rights movement.
Dr. King's work inspired countless supporters to join him in his strategies of nonviolence and passive resistance as…
Harriet Tubman's heroic rescue effort brought slaves to freedom.
This lesson plan focuses on Thomas Jefferson. Students will learn an appreciation for 19th-century life and the…
Students visit websites to learn about important African Americans and the honor of being featured on U.S. postage…
Present this lesson plan to teach students about when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. This…
Students will explore the lives of various jazz musicians, studying the social and historical events current in the…
LESSON PLANS
Students collect information about African-American heroes and plan a Hall of Fame induction.
A brief synopsis of Hiroshima, an account of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 told from the perspective of six…
Use this lesson to discuss the life of George Washington Carver and ask students to explain why he is an example of a…
Find enrichment activities and resources to use with Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal. This book was…
Read the biography of Carol Carter, an author of college and career planning books.
Read this biography to learn about the life and career of author J.R.R. Tolkien.
