If you incorporate African American history into your classrooms (and I certainly hope you do), how do you relate it to Montana? And what resources do you need to do a better job teaching your students about Montana's African American history? These are not rhetorical questions! We really want to know, so I created this simple survey--take a few moments to help us out and have your name entered into our prize drawing. Act now to shape future resources from MHS and for a chance to win. I'd appreciate it!
Meanwhile, if you are looking to incorporate more Montana African American history in your classroom, check out these resources:
- the Montana The Magazine of Western History digital issue, "African Americans in Montana and the West"(good for high school) and
- the extensive web-based project Montana's African American Heritage Resources project. This project has
- a timeline and essays on topics ranging from African American women to political life;
- oral histories and census information
- StoryMaps, including Montana in the Green Book
- and teaching material: Overcoming Prejudice, a Model Lesson Plan for fourth through sixth grade;
Creation of a Community, a Model Lesson Plan for seventh through ninth grade; and Profiles of African American Montanans (.pdf) is a lesson plan and PowerPoint presentation to introduce students to some of the African Americans who contributed to Montana history.
P.S. Don't forget to register for our upcoming PD, "Montana's First Peoples: Essential Understandings. It will be held February 16, 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Register here.
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