This is an interactive lesson for 2-8th grade students on African American contributions in the US & the World.

1. AFRICAN
AMERICANS IN US
HISTORY
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2. KWL
 What do you know about the contributions of African Americans to
US and world history?
 What would you like to know?
 What are you willing to do, to learn?
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3. A LISTENING ACTIVITY!
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4. CULTURE
 Anticipatory Listening guide to What is Culture by Bobbie Kalman
 How is culture related to our ancestors (roots)?
 What does it mean to emigrate?
 What is history?
 What do all people need to live?
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5. MULTICULTURALISM
 Emigration
 - Leaving one’s country or homeland
 Immigration
 - Arriving and settling into a new land
 African Americans trekked from Missouri through the Rockies and
over the Sierra Nevada to Northern California or went through
New Orleans, Arkansas, across Native American
lands, Texas, New Mexico, The Mojave then entered Southern
California (Forbes, 1973).
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6. SIERRA NEVADA
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7. THE ROCKIES
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8. NEW MEXICO
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9. WORKING TOGETHER
 African Americans arrived in California with Spanish-speaking
explorers and others from central Mexico in the 1700s.
 African, Natives, and Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles in
1781.
 26 of the 46 original settlers of Los Angeles were African or part
African.
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10. WE ARE ONE
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11. ALLENSWORTH
 In August 1908 Colonel Allen Allensworth and four other settlers
established a town founded, financed and governed by African
Americans. Their dream of developing an abundant and thriving
community stemmed directly from a strong belief in programs that
allowed blacks to help themselves create better lives.
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12. CALIFORNIA AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MUSEUM (CAAM)
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13. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CALIFORNIA
 Businesses
 Churches
 Banks
 railroads.
 Gold
 Fraternities and later sororities
 Literary societies
 Social clubs
 Cultural associations
 Leaders
 Civil rights activism
 (De Graaf, 2001)
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14. CONTRIBUTIONS TO US & WORLD
 Medicine
 Government
 Law
 Education
 Literature
 Art
 Music
 Theatre
 Science
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15. YOUR TURN
 1) Get into groups
 2) Choose a topic – medicine, literature, inventions, and leaders
 3) Choose material to examine
 4) Think about the role you want to play – We need note takers
(pictures & words), readers, and time keepers.
 5) Create a visual presentation or demonstration about 1 fact you
learned today! You have 20 minutes to prepare then present to
your peers.
 USE YOUR INSIDE VOICES PLEASE!
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16. CONTACT
 Dr. Yvette Cormier Latunde, annointedife01@yahoo.com
 For information on engaging activities that teachers can do to
celebrate African-Americans in US history please visit her blog
@http://stayinformedparents.blogspot.com/
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