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Black History Month Research

Essential Question : How did the efforts, struggles and accomplishments of African Americans affect our lives today?

Language Arts students will write a short one-two page paper about a not-so-famous African American. Students will select a person from a list found in the classroom. Students will research about their person's personal life, accomplishments, contributions to society, hardships and struggles. Finally students will reflect upon the efforts of the not-so-famous African American and how it has impacted their lives. Students will use at least three resources and maintain accurate bibliographic citations for all useful resources.

Students will type or neatly handwrite the final paper. Students will need to include a bibliography of resources used for this project. Final papers are due in one week.

Students are required to use both print and digital resources. Select library books have been put on reserve in the school library. Below are some digital resources students will find useful.

Grolier Online--encyclopedia articles. At-home use requires username and password. Click here for details http://www.ccps.org/ccps/grolier/grolierhome.htm (An email message from Grolier will assign you a personal username and password.)

Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou 2
Grolier Online

Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis 2
Grolier Online

Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 2
Grolier Online

Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis 2
Grolier Online

Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker 2
Grolier Online

Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall 2
Grolier Online

Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune 2
Grolier Online

Garrett Morgan
Garrett Morgan 2
Grolier Online

George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver 2
Grolier Online

Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens 2
Grolier Online

Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm 2
Grolier Online

Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige 2
Grolier Online

Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby 2
Grolier Online

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks 2
Grolier Online

Charles Drew
Charles Drew 2
Grolier Online

Colin Powell
Colin Powell 2
Grolier Online

W.E.B. DuBois
W.E.B. DuBois 2
Grolier Online

Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph 2
Grolier Online

Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass 2
Grolier Online

Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth 2
Grolier Online

Miles Davis
Miles Davis 2

Grolier Online

Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman 2
Grolier Online

Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 2
Grolier Online

Nat Turner
Nat Turner 2
Grolier Online

Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald 2
Grolier Online

Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker 2
Grolier Online

Matthew Henson
Matthew Henson 2
Grolier Online

Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington 2
Grolier Online

Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday 2
Grolier Online

Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley 2
Grolier Online

Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes 2
Grolier Online

Daniel Hale Williams
Daniel Hale Williams 2
Grolier Online

Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson 2
Grolier Online

Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson
Grolier Online

Mae C. Jemison
Mae C. Jemison 2
Grolier Online

Richard Wright
Richard Wright 2
Grolier Online

Lewis Latimer
Lewis Latimer 2
Grolier Online

Malcolm X
Malcolm X 2
Grolier Online