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African American Daily Conditions
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Abstract: These photos depict typical daily activities of African Americans before the Civil Rights era.
African American Daily Life
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Abstract: These photos depict typical daily activities of African Americans before the Civil Rights era.
African American History Resources
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Abstract: celebrates the contributions of African Americans throughout U.S. history. Learn about Harriet Tubman, John Hope Franklin, the Tuskegee Airmen, African Americans in the military, African American band music and recordings, and the Emancipation Proclamation. Find a number of primary documents and resources ... More »
African-American Mosaic
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Abstract: is a guide for studying black history and culture. Topics include colonization and Liberia, abolitionists and slavery, western migration and homesteading, Chicago, and ex-slave narratives.
African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907
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Abstract: presents a review of African-American history and culture as seen through the practice of pamphleteering. The site includes sermons on racial pride and essays on segregation, voting rights, and violence against African-Americans.
African-American Sheet Arts, 1850-1920
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Abstract: contains 1,300 pieces of sheet music including songs from antebellum blackface minstrelsy, the abolitionist movement, the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, African-American soldiers in the Civil War, emancipated slaves, Reconstruction, and the northern migration of African Americans.
African Voices
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Abstract: explores the diversity of Africa's cultures and their influence on work, family, and community. Sculptures, textiles, interviews, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, and songs are included.
After Reconstruction: Studying the Problems of African-Americans in the South
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Abstract: encourages students to identify problems facing African Americans immediately after Reconstruction. Students then work in small groups to identify documents describing a particular problem, consider opposing points of view, and suggest a solution and present their research findings.
Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South
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Abstract: is a research project on African American life during the Jim Crow era (c. 1890s-1950s). It was a time of undeniable oppression and exploitation of black Americans; however, these 60 years of legal segregation in the South were also a time when African Americans built communities and institutions, resisted ... More »
Comparing Proverbs
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Abstract: The lesson will feature comparisons of American and African proverbs.
Conflict
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Abstract: A collection of downloadable video clips on the theme of Conflict, with guiding questions for students. Clips are drawn from the following PBS WIDE ANGLE documentaries: "Greetings from Grozny" (2002), "Ladies First" (2004), "Suicide Bombers" (2004).
Economic Systems
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Abstract: A collection of downloadable video clips on the theme of Economic Systems, with guiding questions for students. Clips are drawn from the following PBS WIDE ANGLE documentaries: "To Have and Have Not" (2002), "A State of Mind" (2003), "Ladies First" (2004), "1-800-INDIA" (2005), "Border Jumpers" (2005).
Factors of Production
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Abstract: A collection of downloadable video clips on the theme of Factors of Production, with guiding questions for students. Clips are drawn from the following PBS WIDE ANGLE documentaries: "To Have and Have Not" (2002), "Pickles, Inc." (2005), "1-800-INDIA" (2005), "Border Jumpers" (2005).
From Canterbury to Little Rock: The Struggle for Educational Equality for African Americans
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Abstract: highlights two historic places and the role each played in the effort toward creating equal educational opportunities for African Americans.
From Jim Crow to Linda Brown: A Retrospective of the African-American Experience, 1897-1953
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Abstract: helps students understand themes of African American life in the first half of the 20th century and explore to what extent the African American experience was separate but equal. Among the activities, students examine Plessy v. Ferguson (1897) and simulate the 1898 meeting of the Afro-American Council.
Girls Speak Out
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Abstract: Today, over 115 million children have never set foot inside a school. The fact is that for children living in developing countries, the dream of a first day of school is yet to be realized. The daily realities of poverty, political instability, regional conflict, geography, and cultural or traditional ... More »
Global Village: Diamano Coura West African Dance Company
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Abstract: African artists Dr. Zak Diouf and Naomi Gedo Washington direct their company, Diamano Coura, and prepare the group for an annual repertory performance. This Educator Guide is about distinctive musical structures and dance traditions unique to West Africa.
Home, Sweet Home: Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
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Abstract: SPARK follows Jared "Choclatt" Crawford as he prepares for his foot-tapping new musical theater production "Hit It!" at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. This Educator Guide is about the history of drumming, street performers, and African American musical theater.
Human Rights
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Abstract: A collection of downloadable video clips on the theme of Human Rights, with guiding questions for students. Clips are drawn from the following PBS WIDE ANGLE documentaries: "Greetings from Grozny" (2002), "Time for School" (2003).
Iron Hill School: An African-American One-Room School
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Abstract: is a curriculum-oriented guide focusing on a school constructed in 1923 in a rural area of northern Delaware, one of more than 80 schools for African-American children built between 1919 and 1928 as part of philanthropist Pierre Samuel du Pont's Delaware experiment. The site shows photos, maps, and diagrams ... More »
