Beyond Black History Month

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• Subject: Humanities
• Institution Name: LEARN NC
• Collection: LEARN NC Articles & More
• Grade Level: Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

• Abstract: Go beyond approaches that marginalize African American history by "shifting the lens" to look at events from new perspectives.
  
  Black History Month can be a wonderful celebration of the contributions that African Americans have made to American history and culture. All too often, however, those contributions are heralded in February but seldom mentioned throughout the rest of the year. Ideally, every month’s history curriculum should include those contributions, but how do you integrate African American history into the curriculum on a regular basis?

• Languages: English
• Material Types: Teaching and Learning Strategies
• Media Formats: Text/HTML

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