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Celebrating Black History Month in the Media Center 1. Display biographies and photos of important black Americans. 2. Display African Art and books on African Art and Culture. 3. Make a graphic timeline of dates important to African Americans. Timeline info. 4. Feature African and African American folktales in storytelling. 5. Book talk books written by or about African Americans.
9. On morning announcements feature African American moments, (short historical info). 10. On morning announcements ask obscure questions about African-American history and offer prizes for the correct answer. 11. Bring in African American speakers, African dancers, sports figures, etc., (especially African-American motivational speakers). 12. Have student do simple craft activities that relate to Africa, ie masks. African crafts, shekeres, adire cloth 13. Play the "I Have a Dream" speech, (or a portion of it), for all classes. Speech online. 14. Do an activity involving African or African-American food. About soul food. African food 15. Play jazz softly in the background and feature books on jazz and jazz artists. Show relationship to African Americans. jazz history 16. Make Black History bibliographies available. 17. Do READ posters with influential African Americans in our community. 18. Develop a library search activity which features facts about African Americans. Make sure all basic reference sources are included. 19. Incorporate rap into a unit on poetry. Have students create their own raps about particular books they like. 20. Play Wari the ancient African board game. Wari online. 21. Feature books on African American Women to coincide with a visit by an influential African American woman. 22. Do a word wall with words that relate to Black History. 23. Do a display of local black history. Include historic photos of black schools and churches, childhood photos of well known black teachers or public figures, old quilts or historic artifacts related to local black individuals, etc. |