The
Top Ten African-American Inventors
This
Scholastic site has a brief description of ten inventors and then has a link to
find out more information about them.
Inventors and Inventions: African-American Inventors -
EnchantedLearning.com
Here
you will find a brief description of inventors. Some have links to find more
information.
Britannica
biographies for Black History
Biographies
of black inventors
The History Channel - Black History Month
Short
biographies
Awesome Library - Social_Studies
Alphabetical
listing of famous black Americans
2. You and your
partner need to complete the "Black History
Month" Worksheet and divide up the parts of his or her life each of
you will cover, so you both don't research the same information. Here are some
questions that you might look up to help you get started.
1.
What was this person’s occupation?
2.
What was this person’s greatest achievement?
Search Engines For Kids: Once you've arrived at the following sites, just type in the name of the person you want to research and it will show you some websites you can look at.
Kids.net.au
- Search engine for kids, children, educators and teachers - Searching sites
designed for kids that are child safe and clean.
Kids only Metasearch
Engine: Ithaki
Ithaki 4 KiDs helps you to find the best sites just for kids via searching
in real time several search engines for kids like DmozKids,
Yahooligans, FactMonster, ArtKIDSRule,
AolKIDS, AwesomeLibrary
& KidsClick!.
Yahooligans-Black
History Month
This
is a Yahooligans list of sites to find information on famous black people.
3. You may choose
one of these famous African-Americans, or research another person after you
have had your idea approved by your teacher.
4. Use the plan you
made on the "Black
History Month" Worksheet to create a PowerPoint project. Click here if you need
help putting graphics into your project.
5. Use the checklist and Rubric to check
your work.
SPORTS
|
|
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Other
Important Tiger Woods (golf) |
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SCIENCE & INVENTORS Benjamin
Banneker |
EDUCATORS & Booker
T. Washington
|
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ENTERTAINERS Whoopi Goldberg |
COMMUNITY OR Ruby
Bridges |
TIP:
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Keep track of the website addresses you used to research your famous
person. You need to include them on the last page of your PowerPoint.
(Use Inspiration)
5. After you have
finished your PowerPoint presentation, make 4 Trivial Pursuit slides.
·
Use the categories above.
(Sports, Science & Inventors, Educators & Authors, Entertainers,
Community or Civil Rights Leaders)
·
Write 4 questions about the person you learned about. Put 4 choices for each question. The answer must be in your slideshow.
Sample Trivial Pursuit Card
Science & Inventors
What
was one of Mae Jemison’s accomplishments?
A.
She was in the Olympics.
B.
She was a Supreme
Court judge.
C.
She was the first
female African-American astronaut.
D.
She was a singer
on “American Idol”.