Here are some sites and resources for celebrating the important history and contributions of Blacks.
1. Check out some videos on Black history, such as "The Black West" or "Abubakari: The Explorer King of Mali". These are recipients of the Gold Apple from the National Educational Media Association, Telly Award. http://www.blackhistory.com/cgi-bin/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1&sid=3 pe3@C01DJcq0@p-30103109 227.e3
Including comprehensive support materials, 16 reproducible cross- curriculum activities and activity guides.
2. Get some celebrate diversity life savers and other multicultural celebration aids such as education posters, tshirts and videos: http: //www.guidancechannel.com/marketplace/default.asp?fn=pID&catID=7& pID=400
3. Multigenerational celebrating with songs, books. http://www.euronet.nl/users/jubo/february.html
4. Take the Black past quiz: http://www.familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,1-4888,00.html?relinks
5.The African-American Mosaic, A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the study of Black history & culture, including ex-slave narratives: http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
Read about inventions made by Blacks: http://www.everythingpreschool.com hemes/blackhistory/list.htm
Did you know Alfred Benjamin invented stainless steel pads; John A. Burr invesnted the lawn mower; George Carruthers invented the image converter radiation detector; L.F. Brown invented the horse bridle bit; and Sarah Boone invented the ironing board?
7. Go to the Harlem Renaissance Page: http://www.jeannepasero.com/harlem.html
8. African Americans in the Visual Arts: http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/ library/aavaahp.htm
9. Archives of African American Music and Culture selected list of Internet resources for African American Music: http://www.indiana.edu /~aaamc/websites.html
10. A wonderful link with profiles of prominent Blacks: http://www.who2.com/blackhistory.html
Read about Marian Anderson, contralto; Jackie Robinson, baseball pioneer; Wilma Rudolph, Olympia sprinter; Sidney Poitier, Oscar-award winning actor; Maya Angelou, poet; George Washington Carver, inventor, and other important Black figures in our history.
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