This project was designed to be done in January or February to support classroom activities revolving around the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and Black History Month.
The activities can be done independently by each student on the computer or can be printed out and read and written as a whole class. Teachers may choose to have some students do their work on the computer while others are doing the activities at their desk. Students can then rotate so that each have the opportunity to do some of their writing on the computer and some by hand at their desk.
Click on the links for each African American to read the directions for the individual activities.
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Harriet Tubman | Jackie Robinson
| Rosa Parks |
| Ruby Bridges | Martin Luther King,
Jr. | Oprah Winfrey |
| Harriet Tubman Teacher Procedure Optional Reading
* You may want to use some of the links on the students’ page as shared readings. Optional Activities & Informational Sites
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Jackie Robinson Teacher Procedure Optional Reading
Optional Activities & Informational Sites
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Where to Write To Mrs. Parks Mrs. Rosa
Parks Optional Reading Books for Kids: http://www.imahero.com/bookstore/africanam/rosaparks_bookstore.htm Optional Activities & Informational Sites Read more
about Rosa Parks Read what
others kids have said they have learned from Rosa Parks Color a
Rosa Parks picture Rosa Parks
Cloze Activity |
| Ruby Bridges Teacher Procedure Optional Reading
Optional Activities & Informational Sites
Optional Writing Assignment Have your
class write to Ruby Bridges at: |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Teacher Procedure Optional Reading
Optional Activities & Informational Sites
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Oprah Winfrey Teacher Procedure The Oprah Book Club has helped restore a love of reading in our society. For this project, students and teachers can choose between 2 projects. The first option is for children can read their own book and write a review for it. The second choice is for the entire class to read the same book (or have it read to them) and each child writes their own review. If the second option is chosen, the book needs to be read to the class before the children do the Oprah Activity page. Suggested Book for Read-Aloud: The Other
Side From the Publisher: Clover has always wondered why a fence separates the black side of town from the white side. But this summer when Annie, a white girl from the other side, begins to sit on the fence, Clover grows more curious about the reason why the fence is there and about the daring girl who sits on it, rain or shine. And one day, feeling very brave, Clover approaches Annie. After all, why should a fence stand in the way of friendship? Optional Activities & Informational Sites |