Student Sites Colonial Middle Teacher Sites

 

Black History Sites

African American Odyssey provides an extensive amount of information from the Library of Congress.

Africans in America is put together by the Public Broadcasting Service and provides information from the Terrible Transformation through Judgment Day.

The Afro-American Almanac has biographies, timelines, resources, folk-tales, games, and more.

Scholastic's Black Culture in America provides information on a variety of aspects of the Black American culture. They also provide teacher's guides that are very helpful.

Black History Month is an archive of great ideas provided by the Learning Network. 

Black History Hotlist is part of the Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer. 

Black History Treasure Hunt

Deep in the Bush where People Rarely Go has teacher lesson plans to accompany the travel through the Bush of Africa.

Design your own Black History Stamp  has been put out by the U.S. Postal Service to encourage promotion of stamps devoted to Black History.

Houghton Mifflin has some great elementary activities for Black History Month.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl can be read online.

The Internet African American History Challenge is an interactive quiz that helps you sharpen your knowledge of African American History.

Internet Hunts for Black History 

Martin Luther King Links:

bullet Martin Luther King, Jr.
bullet Martin Luther King Day on the Net
bullet Great Timeline for younger students with an accompanying webquest
bullet Don't miss the interactive chronology from Stanford University.
It is very comprehensive, so you may have to wait for the page to load.
bullet Martin Luther King Jr. Day from Scholastic
bullet Excellent encyclopedia of all of Martin Luther King's life.
bullet Martin Luther King timeline from Fact Monster
bullet Martin Luther King Quiz
bullet Quotes from M.L.King, Jr.
bullet Check out the Primary Games page for activities

Stamp on Black History  has an exhaustive list of online research.

(Great list of teacher resources) Teacher Vision  

Underground Railroad Weblesson from Peabody Elementary.

Wikipedia has a good encyclopedia entry for African American history.