The Underground Railroad Students take a "cyber-journey" through the Underground Railroad: the path to freedom for...		Birthday Buddies Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.
Senufo Painting Students can make Senufo paintings, which are stylized representations of animals or people....		Percussion Performance and Culture Students in grades 5-8 study African and Native American percussion, consider music's cultural...
African-American Gospel Music Introduce Gospel music while explaining lyrical meaning and cultural values. This is an...		Learning through The Duke Students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of...
Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights Leader Deliver a lesson plan that reviews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, and use a pictorial...		Harriet Brent Jacobs Harriet Brent Jacobs was a slave who wrote an autobiography. Students read an excerpt and react...
Jackie Robinson and Civil Rights Students think critically about the Civil Rights movement and its key players as they explore a...		Martin Luther King, Jr. Receives the Nobel Peace Prize Present this lesson plan to teach students about when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received the...
Write a Letter to Jesse Owens Assuming the role of a fellow athlete, Nazi supporter or African-American, students will write...		Indentured Servants Use a lesson that helps students to compare and contrast European American indentured servitude...
The Struggle Against Segregation Students learn about the history of segregation in the United States by reading about the...		Benjamin Banneker's Letter Review Banneker's life, read a letter he wrote to Jefferson, and write analogies in this lesson...
Interactive Timeline Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to...		A Jazz Talk Show Students will explore the lives of various jazz musicians, studying the social and historical...