Instructional Media and Technology Service

Monthly Curriculum Resources

Black History Month

February 2006

 

Sources Available at Wayne RESA’s Instructional Media and Technology Services:

For additional information on these resources, please call (734)334-1439. 

OR check our online catalog at:  http://161.57.201.6/search~S4

 

Roots of Resistance: A story of the underground railroad.  PBS Video, 1989.  Recounts the story of black America’s secret passage to freedom through the narratives of escaped slaves.  (WCRESA Duplication Collection: E450A).

 

Williams, J.(1995). Philip Randolph: For jobs and freedom.  San Francisco: CA: California Newsreel.  Two videocassettes, 87 minutes total.  Biography of the African American labor leader, journalist, and civil rights activist.  Appropriate for high school and adult audience.  (WCRESA Duplication Collection: E185.A65).

 

Video Streaming Resources:

 

Below is a sample of videos available for licensed Wayne County users, these videos are available at: http://streaming.resa.net.  For help accessing additional videos, contact Anupam Chugh at chugha@resa.net

 

Malcolm X (1993) AIMS Multimedia.

Archival footage traces the life of this historic figure, whom some saw as a visionary and some saw as an advocate of violence. Includes correlations to Michigan Curriculum.  Appropriate for grades 6-8. Runtime: 27:32    

 

Underground Railroad, The  (2002)  AIMS Multimedia

This moving documentary explores the dangerous world of fugitive slaves who traveled the Underground Railroad. In doing so, it explains the history of slavery, the importance of cotton to the U.S. economy, and the growth Northern abolitionism. Includes teacher’s guides, and correlations to Michigan Curriculum.  Appropriate for grades 6-8.  Runtime: 32:17     

 

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement  (1995) AIMS Multimedia

An essential complement to American History and U.S. Government units covering the historical development of the civil rights movement and movement leaders.   Includes

teacher's guide and correlations to Michigan Curriculum.  Appropriate for grades 6-8      Runtime: 28:38     

 

Free At Last (2004)  Discovery Channel School

Introduce your students to the men and women, black and white, killed for taking an active stand against centuries-old racism. Through historical footage and photos, students meet these important people who paid the ultimate price to achieve equality.  Includes teacher’s guide and correlations to Michigan Curriculum.  Appropriate for grades 6-8.  Runtime: 49

 

 

 

Web Resources:

Awesome Stories

(Online).  Available:  http://www.awesomestories.com/  (February 2, 2006).  This site requires a login, but membership is FREE for schools and libraries (see the link in the left column for “Academic Members”).  Use the link for “Black History Month” to find resources on the Amistad, Antwone Fisher, Jim Crow Laws, and more.

 

Biography on A&E – Black History Month

(Online).  Available:  http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/  (February 2, 2006).  This web site provides biographical information on groundbreakers and heroes, and includes additional links.

 

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Guide to Black History

(Online).  Available:  http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/home.do;jsessionid=${jsessionid}  (February 2, 2006).  This free site has articles, images, audio and video clips, and some activities with teachers’ guides.

 

Gale – Free Resources – Black History Activities

(Online).  Available:  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/  (February 2, 2006).  Use the links in the left column for Black History to access activities, biographies, links, and more.

 

Kodak – Powerful Days in Black and White

(Online).  Available:  http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml  (February 2, 2006).  Pictures from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

 

Library of Congress – African American Odyssey: A quest for full citizenship

(Online).  Available:  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html  (Feb.2, 2006).  This web site explores black’s quest for equality from the early national period through the 20th century.  It showcases the African American collections of the Library of Congress, including books, government documents, maps, etc. 

 

Reading Rockets – Black History Month

(Online).  Available:  http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/blackhistory  (February 2, 2006).  Links include writers and illustrators, literacy activities, guides, and recommended children’s books.

 

Scholastic – Culture & Change Black History in America

(Online).  Available:  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/  (February 2, 2006).  Links include teacher’s guide, related booklist, interactive timeline, etc.

 

Teacher Vision – Black History Month
(Online).  Available:  http://www.teachervision.fen.com/black-history-month/black-history/6602.html  (February 2, 2006).  This site has activities, worksheets, quizzes and more.

 

Yale University – Brown vs. Board of Education Interactive Civil Rights Chronology

(Online).  Available:  http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/jbalkin/brown/  (February 2, 2006).  This site has important dates from 1502 to 2000. 

 

 

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