Web Site Resources

Lesson Plan: Ruby Bridges

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/rubybrid.html

Stitch a Quilt

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/quilt

The Jeopardy Theme Song, Pomp and Circumstance, and Other Presentation Sounds

http://www.milori.com/ttools/ttsounds.asp

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad for Children

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html

Units on African-American Culture: Famous African Americans by Phillis Litterick

http://www.courses.dsu.edu/eled360/publish/phyllisl.htm

Art Drama Experiences Literature Listening Math Music Poetry Reading Research Social Studies Speaking Science Technology Writing Cooperative Learning Discovery Center. Many lesson plans designed to teach a variety of subjects, incorporate high level thinking, reading skills and African American history in a positive light.

Units on African American Culture: Famous African Americans by Jennifer Semmler

http://www.courses.dsu.edu/eled360/publish/jenifers.htm

Art, Drama Experiences, Literature, Listening, Math, Music, Poetry Reading, Research, Social Studies, Speaking, Science, Technology, Writing, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Center

Paint a Quilt

http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-52923--,00.html

A brief history of quilts and the role they played in helping slaves escape to freedom

African American Literature

http://www.bluefield.wvnet.edu/library/afamlinks.htm

Web Resources on African American Writers and Literature, African American Culture, African American Literary Movements, African American Quilts, Digital Collections, General Biographical Sources, General Literary Sites, Local History Periodicals.

Prominent African Americans: Past and Present

http://www.aawc.com/paa.html

Gateway to educational resources on selected prominent African Americans: Past and Present. Suitable for the entire family.

Librarian’s Picks: African-American Perspectives

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfs/publib/afri.html

Bibliography of children's books having to do with the black African experience in America, prepared as part of the Ann Arbor District Library Parents' Page

10 Quilters and their Quilts

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~wahlman/quilters.html