Children with high verbal-linguistic intelligence are natural readers. They are able to sustain a learning challenge that requires reading text, but they really shine when encouraged to discuss what they have learned.
A good starting point for elementary children is the at the Voices of Struggle online exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum. There children learn that the civil rights movement did not begin in the 1950s!
Next, find an elementary curriculum about Harlem at the Kennedy Center. Designed for grades 3-4, children will learn about the artists, writers, performers, history and cultural life of Harlem through a variety of excellent online resources.
More Resources for Learning About Black History
- About Race Relations
- About African-American History
- Kulture Kidz - Black History A-Z
- Education First: Black History Activities
- Interactive Underground Railroad at National Geographic
- TIME.com Black History
- Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History
- Our Shared History - African American Heritage from the U.S. National Park Service
- Slave Narratives from Documenting the American South
- Seattle Times: Martin Luther King Jr.
- Brief Biographies of Important African Americans
- Booker T. Washington Exhibit
- Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
- African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Homepage
- The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress)
- Folk Tales at Afro-American Almanac
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