African American Heritage

By Ebone JohnsonED 417

Dr. HelmsOhio Social Studies Strands

First Grade Power Point Lesson

Table of Contents

American Heritage & People in Societies

People in SocietiesWorld InteractionsCitizenship Rights and ResponsibilitiesDemocratic ProcessesDecision Making and ResourcesScience,Technology, and Society

American Heritage & People in Societies

This strand includes aspects of the past that help to make

American people unique among the peoples of the world, while at the same time recognizing

what they have in common with others.

American Heritage Activities

• Create a year round calendar filled with African American Holidays and celebrations.

• In groups have students research one African American holiday or celebration and present that occasion at a festival celebrating African American history.

• Create a timeline of historical African Americans and what they did in history.

• Compare the current culture of African Americans to the cultural practices of the past.

• Invite an older African American into the classroom to talk about their life and how it has changed over the years.

African American Heritage Websites

www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/0,6709,97217,00.htmla website dealing with African American history

www.windmillworks.com/games/dreams.htmlan African American quiz and game site

www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/0%2C1156%2C1-4818%2C00.html?yah

a website filled with information on African American heritage

www.free.bluemontain.com/eng3/african/index.htmla website of different African cards and gift ideas

www.ubp.coma website with information on African American culture

People in Societies

This strand recognizes that the United States and the world encompass many

different racial, ethnic, and religious groups.

People In Societies Activities

• Create a classroom Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the African American culture with another cultural group.

• Research the different religious practices of African Americans.

• Have a “Day of Culture” in which students would dress, eat, sing, and dance the African American culture.

• Discuss the diverse background of African Americans.

• Create a kinte clothe class quilt.

People in Societies Websites

www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmcensus1.htmlInformation on the population of African Americans

www.inforplease.com/spot/bhmbios1.htmlAn A-Z listing of notable African Americans

www.blackhistory.eb.cominformation on Black history

www.kidsdomain.com/games/kwanzaa.htmldifferent African games to reinforce cultural facts and knowledge

www.sikids.com/shorter/blackhistory/information on African American athletes

World Interactions

This strand explores the links people make around the world as they attempt to

address common problems.

World Interactions Activites

• Make a map of Africa, color, and then cut apart to create a puzzle.

• Get a map of the world and trace a possible path the slaves might have taken to get from Africa to the Unted States.

• Get a map of the world and color all the places that African Americans come from.

• Discuss current events in the world that have a great impact on the lives of African Americans.

• Discuss how African Americans are viewed and treated in other parts of the world.

World Interactions Websites

www.detnews.com/blkhist/9602/05/q/q.html

a black history website

www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameot.cgi?p=http%3A//www.history channel.com/exhibits/blackhistory/proindex.htmla black history website

www.poilty.org.za/people/mandela.htmlinformation on Nelson Mandela

www.usgovinfo.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://1cweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.htm/

a mosaic of African American art and culturewww.cr.nps.gov/goldcres/maps/africanmapsite/html

maps of Africa

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

This strand focuses on decisions individuals and

societies make, addressing wants.

Citizenship Activitis

• Discuss the civil rights movement and the impact it had on the lives of African Americans

• Research and report on Rosa Parks• Discuss how Rosa Parks had a great impact on

the Civil Rights movement• Talk about boycotts and how they relate to

today’s society• Act out a common day version of the bus

boycott, and discuss actions that could be taken in today’s world.

Citizenship Websites

www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0pro-1a biography of Rosa Parks

www.socsci.colorado.edu~jonesem.montgomery.htmlinformation on the bus boycott

www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/montbus.html

information on the bus boycottwww.mecca.org/~crights/montgomery.html

information on civil rightswww.grandtimes.com/rosa.html

information on Rosa Parks

Democratic Process

This strand examines the principles of democracy and explores the extent to which government reflects those

principles.

Democratic Activities

• Discuss laws that they have in Africa• Compare and Contrast African laws with the

US laws.• Discuss the laws that were made that had the

greates impact on African American lives.• Discuss what would happen if some of these

laws weren’t made• Bring an African American politician to the

classroom to speak.

Democratic Websites

www.msnbc.com/news/AFRICAfront.aspinformation on African Americans in the news

www.pps.k2.or.us/schools-c/pages/buckman/timeline/kingframe.html

black history informationwww.seditionists.org/black/bhist.html

black history informationwww.infoplease.com/spot.bhml.html

background history of black historywww.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

a civil rights timeline of information and people

Decision Making and Resources

This strand focuses on the context for exmaning

those activities that are part of an adult’s public

life.

Decision Making Activities

• Make a chart of inventions made by African Americans

• Discuss whether these inventions are still used today, and how useful they are

• In groups have students come up with a resource for African Americans

• Have a discussion thinking about what would the world be like without African Americans

• Create a diversity collage

Decision Making Websites

www.pbs.org/wonders/kids/kids.htmexplore Africa through interactive games and stories

www.pbs.org/jazz/kids/learn about jazz music

www.pbs.org/blackpress/interactive/index.htmllearn about the black newspaper

www.library.thinkquest.org/10320/stamps.htmlearn about black stamps

www.pbs.org/aajourney/kids/index.htmla kids look at black history

Science, Technology, and Society

This strand covers the contributions of the scientific world and addresses the ever-

changing world we live in.

Science Activities• Create a word search using countries

from Africa• Play mancala• Research an invention made by African

American and recreate invention to share with class

• Research the family tree of an African American

• Compare the African Americans family tree to the family tree of a person of another culture

Science Websites

www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmlit1.htminformation on African American authors

www.puzzlemaker.schools.discovery.commake a word search puzzle

www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.htmfamous African American inventors

www.african-american-inventors.comfamous African American inventors

www.inventorsmuseum.comfamous African American inventors

CONCLUSION

The activities in this power point are for the first grade level. These

activities are meant to be spread out in a thematic unit lasting at least a few months. The purpose of these activities is to incorporate African

American heritage into the classroom, year round, not just Black

History Month.