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African Americans

Lesson Plan Sites

• Black History Month Lesson Plans - from Education World
• Black History Lesson Plans - From A to Z school.
• Black History Resources - Free resources from Gale. There are lesson plans, biographies, and a Black History timeline.
• African-American History Lessons - From Scholastic.
• Mrs. Donn's African American History Lesson Plans
• Black History Month Lessons and Teacher Resources - From Lesson Plans Page.
• Thinkfinity- You will find Black History resources by searching with term Black History.
• The National Education Association - Put Black History in the search box to find plans.
• Celebrate Black History Month - Lesson plans from the Pennsylvania State Education Association.
• Teaching with Historic Places - Lesson plans for African American historic sites by the National Register of Historic Places.
• Culture and Change: Black History in America - This lesson may be used for students in grades 3 - 8. From Scholastic.
• African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War - A middle school lesson plan.
• African American Population Shifts - a middle school lesson plan from Discovery School.
• Slavery and the Making of America - Lesson plans for all grades. From PBS.
• HarpWeek - This site has materials from Harper's Weekly magazine. There is much to be found here about slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.
• Spirituals and the power of music in slave narratives - For elementary grades. From Learn NC.
• The Underground Railroad - Lesson plans for all grade levels from the National Geographic.
• The Harlem Renaissance - Teaching ideas and related web sites.
• A Harlem Renaissance Retrospective: Connecting Art, Music, Dance, and Poetry - A unit for high school students.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Lesson plans from Education World.
• Martin Luther King Day - lesson plans and worksheets from Teach-nology
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service - a site for volunteers on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day.

Black History Resource Sites

• Black Past - Biographies, history, digital records, links to museums and lots more.
• The African American Mosaic - Background material and original documents from the Library of Congress.
• In Motion - The African-American migration experience. This site has articles, maps, images, and lesson plans.
• The Civil Rights Digital Library - Resources for the study of the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's.
• Black History Pages - This site has videos of the civil rights movement.
• The Gilder Lerner Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition - Online documents and links to related web sites.
• Cape Cosmos - Here you find out about the role that women and African Americans played in the space program, and about the difficulties which they faced in finding equal opportunities. The story is told by astronaut Mae Jemison.
• Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement - Events from 1948 to the present. From InfoPlease.
• Black History in Canada
• African American Odyssey - The history of African Americans with photographs and copies of original materials from the Library of Congress.
• African-American Artists - Links to many sites by the Incredible Art Department.
• Slavery and Abolition in the US - A digital library of documents relating to slavery and abolition in the 1800's. This is by Dickinson College and Millersville University. Teachers in Pennsylvania should note that there are documents here which descibe the Black population of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.

Arab Americans

• Mrs. Donn's Arab-American Lesson Plans - Plans for teaching Arab-American culture, literature, and holidays.
• Making Sense of Islam - From Education World.
• The Islam Project - Lesson plans for middle and high school students.
• Access Islam - Lesson plans for upper elementary and middle school students.
• Islam in the Classroom - An article by Lauren Barack in School Library Journal, October, 2010. There are links to lesson plans and book lists.

Asian Americans

• The Asia Society - This is a good source of lesson plans and information on Asian cultures and Asian Americans.
• Asian-American History Web Sites - A directory of sites and teaching resources.
• Asian and Pacific Island Heritage Month - Lesson plans from Education World for this May observance.
• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - Teaching ideas from Scholastic.
• Asian Pacific Heritage Teaching Resources - Lesson plans from the Smithsonian.
• Asian-Pacific Heritage Month - Booklists and activities from Colorin Colarado web site.
• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - Links and teaching suggestions from the National Park Service.
• The National Education Association - Use the archived lesson search box to locate lesson plans for Asian Americans.
• Chinese New Year - from Kaboose.
• Chinese New Year Activities - From A to Z Teachers Stuff.
• The Chinese in California, 1850- 1925 - Background information on Chinese Americans from the American Memory Collection.
• Asian Nation - Good background information on Asian Americans.

Hispanic Americans

• Celebrate Hispanic Heritage - Classroom units for grades K - 12 from Scholastic.
• Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month - Classroom units from Education World.
• Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources - From the Smithsonian.
• Hispanic Heritage Month - Resources from many federal agencies and museums.
• Hispanic Heritage Resources - From Gale.
• Hispanic Heritage Month Resources - A large collection of links to background materials on Hispanics and Hispanic history in the United States. This list is by the Montgomery County Public Schools.
• Hispanic Heritage - Historic properties and national parks which relate to America's Hispanic heritage. This web site is presented by the National Parks Service.
• Department of Defense Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month - Information about Hispanics who have participated in the armed forces including Hispanic Medal of Honor winners, recipes, and links to other web sites.
• Cinco de Mayo Lesson Plans - from A to Z Teacher Stuff.
• History and Culture of Puerto Ricans
• A Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico- Information on the history and culture of Puerto Rico by the Smithsonian Institution.

Native Americans

• American Indian Heritage Month - A directory of web sites with information about native Americans. By InfoPlease.
• Native American Heritage Month - Lesson plans from Education World.
• American Indian Heritage Month - Lesson plans from Read Write Think.
• Native American Heritage Month - Teaching resources from the Smithsonian.
• Native American Heritage Month - Resources from the Library of Congress.

Other Sites

• Mr. Donn's Free Lesson Plans and Activites - for multicultural subjects.
• The Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Teaching materials for the diverse ethnic groups of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.

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