African-American History Teaching Resource Resources
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African Folk Tales: Background Information
Distribute an article that details the various types of African folk tales and gives examples of them. You can use this…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureFolk TalesAfrican-American History -
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The Amistad Rebellion
Read the story of the Amistad Rebellion onboard a slave ship.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistorySlavery in United States -
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The Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s
The civil rights movement was mobilized in the 1950s, attempting to close the racial divide.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryCivil Rights -
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Current Challenges in the African-American Community
Learn about the challenges faced by today's African-American community.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryEquality Struggles -
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End of Segregation in Public Schools
Learn about the legislation that was passed to end segregation within the American public school system.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistorySegregation -
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Supporting Tolerance and Cultural Understanding at Home and Around the World
Join the effort to move the U.S. toward full equality, by developing a supportive, open-minded community that celebrates…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryCulture and Diversity -
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The Plantation Economy
Slavery was deeply woven into the Southern economy.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAmerican History/U.S. HistoryAfrican-American History -
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The American Dream and African-American History
Learn how the African-American struggle for equality relates to the American Dream.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryEquality Struggles -
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The Founding of the NAACP
Discover how the NAACP was established.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryCommunity and Ways of Life -
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Three Famous Americans in the Civil War
Students read several paragraphs about three Civil War heroes, and then answer questions.Subjects:Language Arts and WritingU.S. Civil War (1860-1865)American History/U.S. History -
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Harriet Tubman Memorial
These statues reside in Boston's South End. Harriet Tubman spoke in Boston area Meeting Houses before and after…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryHistoric Buildings and Sites -
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Timeline of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
A chart outlining the Civil Rights movement in the United States.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryCivil Rights -
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The Rodney King Riots
The Rodney King incident exposed racism in the L.A. police department, and triggered five days of violent rioting.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryRacism -
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Site of the Boston Massacre
View the site of the Boston Massacre, where Crispus Attucks was the first man killed in the Revolutionary War.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAmerican Revolution (1775-1781)African-American History -
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The Emancipation Proclamation
Read about the Emancipation Proclamation, which was issued by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryHistoric Speeches and Addresses -
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The Rise of Jim Crow
Even after the abolition of slavery, Jim Crow laws restricted the freedom of African-Americans.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryEquality Struggles -
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African-American Poetry
Many African-American poets have made important contributions to the literary world.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryAfrican-American History -
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66 Phillips Street/86 Pinckney Street
Both of these houses were occupied by abolitionists and African-American families in the 1800s.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryHistoric Buildings and Sites -
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Old South Meeting House
Photo of the Old South Meeting House in Boston; Phillis Wheatley was a member of the congregation.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureSocial Studies and HistoryAfrican-American History -
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African-American Entrepreneurs
African-Americans made particularly important entrepreneurial contributions – often on a national or international…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryBusiness -
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Slavery: An Incalculable Human Loss
Slavery was an American Holocaust.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistorySlavery in United States -
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Emancipation Group
This statue of Abraham Lincoln and Archer Alexander sits adjacent to the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryHistoric Buildings and Sites -
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African Meeting House/Abiel Smith School
Photos of the oldest African-American church (still standing) in the U.S. and the school it formerly housed.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryHistoric Buildings and Sites -
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African-American Business in Early America
African-Americans often found it difficult to secure credit for new businesses, but despite this, many triumphed in…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryBusiness
