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African Americans in us history
1. AFRICAN
AMERICANS IN US
HISTORY
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2. KWL
What do you know about the contributions of African Americans to
US and world history?
What would you like to know?
What are you willing to do, to learn?
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4. CULTURE
Anticipatory Listening guide to What is Culture by Bobbie Kalman
How is culture related to our ancestors (roots)?
What does it mean to emigrate?
What is history?
What do all people need to live?
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5. MULTICULTURALISM
Emigration
- Leaving one’s country or homeland
Immigration
- Arriving and settling into a new land
African Americans trekked from Missouri through the Rockies and
over the Sierra Nevada to Northern California or went through
New Orleans, Arkansas, across Native American
lands, Texas, New Mexico, The Mojave then entered Southern
California (Forbes, 1973).
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9. WORKING TOGETHER
African Americans arrived in California with Spanish-speaking
explorers and others from central Mexico in the 1700s.
African, Natives, and Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles in
1781.
26 of the 46 original settlers of Los Angeles were African or part
African.
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11. ALLENSWORTH
In August 1908 Colonel Allen Allensworth and four other settlers
established a town founded, financed and governed by African
Americans. Their dream of developing an abundant and thriving
community stemmed directly from a strong belief in programs that
allowed blacks to help themselves create better lives.
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13. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CALIFORNIA
Businesses
Churches
Banks
railroads.
Gold
Fraternities and later sororities
Literary societies
Social clubs
Cultural associations
Leaders
Civil rights activism
(De Graaf, 2001)
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14. CONTRIBUTIONS TO US & WORLD
Medicine
Government
Law
Education
Literature
Art
Music
Theatre
Science
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15. YOUR TURN
1) Get into groups
2) Choose a topic – medicine, literature, inventions, and leaders
3) Choose material to examine
4) Think about the role you want to play – We need note takers
(pictures & words), readers, and time keepers.
5) Create a visual presentation or demonstration about 1 fact you
learned today! You have 20 minutes to prepare then present to
your peers.
USE YOUR INSIDE VOICES PLEASE!
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16. CONTACT
Dr. Yvette Cormier Latunde, annointedife01@yahoo.com
For information on engaging activities that teachers can do to
celebrate African-Americans in US history please visit her blog
@http://stayinformedparents.blogspot.com/
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Notas del editor
What is your culture?Where are your ancestors from? What languages did they speak? How did they come to the Americas?