An online collection of essays, which includes six corresponding lesson plans.

Lesson plan developed with National Endowment for Humanities "Crafting Freedom" Workshop. Mission of site is to focus on free blacks during antebellum era-to guide teachers & students through factual content showing them how to conduct research using a variety of sources and strategies.

Lesson plan and video dramatization on VHS of NC African-American folk tale written by Charles Chesnutt, early Black writer who expanded on slave lore, providing not only an example of late 19th century Black literature, but a near approximation of literature from antebellum slaves. Applicable to a wide age range.

Over 200 links to history articles and biographies of leaders and noted African Americans in all fields of endeavor.

Learning Network provides a cross-curricular thematic unit of lesson plans and online supplemental resources for teaching black history to K-12 students.

Use this classroom-ready lesson plan to examine the history of this 'city-within-a-city', a self-supporting African American community that prospered from the late 19th century until the 1930s.

Lists many links to articles on Black history.

Webquest created by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center for grades 9-12.

Lesson plan from Onate High School, NM. Students use Encarta resources to research contributions made by African Americans to American life and society and write an editorial on Black History Month.

From White Oak Elementary School, Edenton, North Carolina. Objective: At the end of this lesson, the student will be able to recognize famous Black Americans and their roles in America's society.

Nearly a dozen links to Black history sites. Gregory A. Levitt, University of New Orleans.

Lesson plan investigating the Amistad case in depth. Provides a summary of the historical record, suggests research and provides links.

Kathleen L. Nichols' extensive resource guide prepared for a class taught at Pittsburgh State University but very useful for anyone doing research on slavery.

Introduces research process as students investigate contributions of African American leaders of the 1900s. Each student constructs a quilt square, highlighting the achievements of an individual.