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Titles in our Collection

His Truth Is Marching On by Jon Meacham; John Lewis (Afterword by)
Call Number: 921 LEW
ISBN: 9781984855022
Publication Date: 2020-08-25
King of the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Call Number: FANTASY FIC CAL
ISBN: 9781338129335
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
Lifting As We Climb by Evette Dionne
Call Number: 323.3 DIO
ISBN: 9780451481542
Publication Date: 2020-04-21
A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper
Call Number: 797.123 COO
ISBN: 9781250754769
Publication Date: 2020-06-30
Separate No More: the Long Road to Brown V. Board of Education (Scholastic Focus) by Lawrence Goldstone
Call Number: 323.119 GOL
ISBN: 9781338592832
Publication Date: 2021-01-05
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: 305.8 REY
ISBN: 9780316453691
Publication Date: 2020-03-10

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Websites to Use for African-American History Month

Best of History Websites : African American/Black History Month
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The Do's and Don'ts of Teaching Black History Month
Black History Month is an opportunity to emphasize the history and achievements of African Americans. But too often, Black History Month gets relegated to a couple of lessons and some wall art that only stays up for a couple of weeks. There are several ways for teachers to increase the impact of Black History lessons on students. Here are some do’s and don’ts of teaching Black History Month.
Library of Congress - African-American History Month
This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
National Museum of African-American History
Powerful moments in African American history, culture, and community.
NEA : Black History Month Lessons & Resources, Grades 9-12
To help you integrate Black History Month into your classroom, we offer a selection of lesson plans that cover a variety subjects and that can be adapted to fit grades 9-12.
Research Guides & Websites : African American History
Many many sites within this site.
Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance's mission is to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy.
Zinn Education Project
The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. The Zinn Education Project is coordinated by two non-profit organizations, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change.

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Black History Month 2021: Home

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