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Black History Month Library - Google Drive Folder This resource, created and shared by Charles Preston , may provide some outstanding resources beyond what you have previously used.  The resources cover a wide range of history and people that may or may not be familiar to you.  This is a community contributed to work, so you will also see resources contributed by addition people.  Please note : many of the shared works are copyrighted, you be aware of Fair Use guidelines in using them with your students during classroom activities.  (The works that are creative commons licensed or in the public domain works have no such limitations.) Thank you to Charles Preston for sharing this out via Twitter - he may be someone you should follow.

Witness: The Story of Our Times Told By the People Who Were There Witness Black History: Interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history If you are looking for first person accounts of key moments in black and civil rights history to use in your curriculum, you should check out BBC's Witness Black History podcasts (a portion of their larger Witness segments).  Each podcast is an approximate 8 minute interview with people that witnessed these events.  Events span the globe.   Currently there are 47 episodes available. Episodes available include: Ruby Bridges attends an all-white school The Mississippi burning case Mixed race marriage victory in US (the film Loving is based on this) Black Congresswomen Shirley Chrisholm The children's crusade "I Have a Dream" Muhammad Ali and the draft The Los Angeles riots Available at iTunes Available on the BBC Website (iPlayer Radio)

From Tina Tribu, Instructional Technologist & Data Specialist from Kalamazoo RESA - Celebrating Women during Black History Month ~ just to name a few that you may not have studied before .  It is exciting that when conducting a search so many great individuals and groups are within our means to celebrate!  I am hoping a little something for everyone to explore.  Please feel free to share others that you are celebrating. 1.        Black Women in Computing 2.        The True Story of “Hidden Figures” 3.        Founder of Black Girls Code – Kimberly Bryant 4.        1 st Black Female Sheriff in Texas ~ Zena Stephens 5.        Technology Director, Educator, Author ~ Rafranz Davis 6.        Physicists Pioneer in Curing Cancer ~ Hadiyah-Nicole Green 7.    ...

History teachers that have not checked out the site "Facing History and Ourselves" really should spend a few minutes exploring it.  There are great resources which range from full unit plans, to videos and primary source materials that may be pulled out and used to support existing lessons. Their stated mission - "Our mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry."  Their work began with the holocaust, but has expanded to include a wide range of topics/events designed to make a "connection between history and the moral choices [students] confront in their own lives." Below is information about their materials that are about the Reconstruction Era after the American Civil war. From Big House Media: "Facing History and Ourselves  has produced a series of  free   videos  and  accompanying lessons  that ...

From Christine Schneider, K-12 Education Specialist with MeL - Did you miss the webinar?  It was amazing to see the great wealth of Primary Source documents, biographies, Freedman's Bank Records, and articles that can be used in the classroom related to Black History Month.  Luckily it was recorded! Here is a link to the recorded webinar: https://vimeo.com/200258649/ 3ce47187f4 I am pleased to announce a webinar that you won’t want to miss!   On Thursday, January 19th , j oin myself and trainers from Gale, Britannica, ProQuest (HeritageQuest), and WorldBook to learn about Digital Discoveries for Black History Month with MeL . Find out where to locate material that can be used in the library and classroom during Black History Month.  This webinar is geared toward Media Specialists, teachers, and other K-12 staff. We are offering two times for this hour-long webinar.  Please be sure to register and save your spot: Thursday January 19, 2017 ...