Black History Month
TeachableMoment
February 7, 2018
Looking for engaging activities for Black History Month? Here's a selection of relevant Teachable Moment lessons. Most are appropriate for high school students, and in some cases middle school…
TeachableMoment
February 28, 2017
Learning Objectives
Students will:
read or watch the president’s remarks about Frederick Douglass
conduct research about Douglass
write an essay or letter about what they have learned about…
TeachableMoment
February 25, 2017
Introduction or Opening Ceremony
Explain that today we’ll reflect on "LOVE." Not romantic love or a reciprocal love between personal friends. Instead, we’ll talk about a love that Martin…
TeachableMoment
February 13, 2017
Preparation
To prepare for this lesson:
Make copies for students of this handout about Black History Month
Make copies for students of this handout with quotes
Preview and prepare for students…
TeachableMoment
February 7, 2017
Looking for engaging activities for Black History Month? Here's a selection of relevant Teachable Moment lessons. Most are appropriate for high school students, and in some cases middle school…
TeachableMoment
January 30, 2016
Introduction
History has a way of smoothing out the complexities of real life events. The Civil Rights Movement is a good example. What many of us know about that movement today is reduced to a few…
TeachableMoment
March 20, 2015
Objectives:
Students will
Share knowledge about women in the civil rights movement
Study the work of three relatively unknown women in the civil rights movement
Learn about the trajectory of…
TeachableMoment
February 15, 2015
"I felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing down on one shoulder and Harriet Tubman was pushing down on the other, saying, 'Sit down girl!' I was glued to my seat."
The Montgomery, Alabama,…
TeachableMoment
February 1, 2015
Question:
What Black leader expressed the following?
"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s…
TeachableMoment
January 16, 2015
Learning Objectives
Students will
read the 15th Amendment and explain why there was still a need to fight for voting rights in 1965
analyze a primary source document to learn how African Americans…