Hunt for Black History Month

Hunt for Black History Month
A Treasure Hunt on Black History Month

created by shannon.puglisi
Dean Petersen

Introduction | The Questions | Internet Resources

Introduction

Using the Web allows you to discover way more than you may have ever thought possible and is a great complement to the materials found in the library. Below is a list of questions about the topic of this page. Surf the links on this page to find answers to the questions. Note: Please limit your answer so it fits into the box so you can print it later. You can also save the page as text; but you will lose some formatting.

Questions

1. What happened in 1863?

2. In what year did Jackie Robinson become the first African American Major League Baseball player?

3. In what year did the first African American become President of the United States of America?
Of the heroes listed, select one that you feel did the most for the Civil Rights movement. Provide a brief description of the person you selected along with an explanation as to why you selected them.
1. Watch the movie and answer the questions in the quiz. What was the question(s) you got incorrect? Explain the correct answer.
Watch the video about The Harlem Renaissance and write about two important elements of the renaissance.
Select one person's biography to read and explain what they have done that was important.

The Internet Resources

Black History Time line - This is a time line of Black history that includes many historical dates and events.
Civil Rights Heroes - This link gives a brief description of civil rights heroes.
Brainpop movie and quiz about civil rights - This website will first play a movie and then will give you a quiz to see if you understood the movie.
History Channel - This link has videos on the March on Washington, The origins of slavery, the Harlem Renaissance and many other resources.
African American HIstory from a-z - Biographies of many African Americans in history.

The Big Question

What are three main aspects of this topic? How would you chunk what you learned into clusters or a brainstorm map?

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Last revised Sun Feb 22 13:52:48 US/Pacific 2009