Scholastic Corporation : Free Resources on Scholastic.com Help Teachers Explore Black History Month in the Classroom
January 26, 2012 at 07:32 pm
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NEW YORK, NY - January 26, 2012 - As teachers make plans
for Black History Month in their classrooms in February,
Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL) has built a robust set of free
resources available on Scholastic.com to help teach
students about the African American experience. Educators
have access to lesson plans, student activities and plenty
of content to teach a wide range of topics from the stories
of the Underground Railroad and Ruby Bridges to the books
that inspire today's African American leaders. These
resources are a great way for teachers to dive deeper into
content and help kids learn about African American history
not only in February but throughout the school year.
As teachers increasingly turn to the web for free tools and
content to use in the classroom, Scholastic has continued
to build out its website for teachers on Scholastic.com
with more than 100,000 pages of free content and resources.
For Black History Month:
package for the classroom includes ideas for student
activities, videos, teaching strategies for teachers, and
articles about the iconic figures whose stories are part
of the African American experience.
A package of lessons and activities offers insight into .
Students can read about the famous day when Rosa Parks
refused to give up her bus seat, the successful boycott
of the Montgomery, AL, city bus system, and the eventual
Supreme Court ruling against segregation.
Students will learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and his nonviolent struggle for civil rights through
photos and by creating a timeline. With the Martin Luther
King Jr. students can sequence the important events in
the Civil Rights Movement and the life of Dr. King.
provides tools and activities to help students relive
Melba's historic experience integrating Central High
in Little Rock, AK. Students can even write about how
they would feel in her situation and publish it on
Scholastic.com.
An follows a runaway slave as he takes a terrifying
journey from slavery to freedom. Each of the four stops
on this journey explores a different curriculum theme in
American History.
, a hero of the civil rights movement. Six-year-old Ruby
was the first black student to integrate an all-white
elementary school in New Orleans in 1960. Year after
year, her story of courage inspires students of all ages.
, kid reporters conduct interviews with today's African
American leaders from government, business, sports and
entertainment.
The highlights the books that shaped the lives of
prominent African American mentor readers," including , ,
, , and many more.
Black History Month is an important topic addressed in
thousands of classrooms across the country every year, and
it's a time when teachers across many grade levels and
content areas are searching for engaging activities and
reliable content for instruction, said Francie Alexander,
Chief Academic Officer at Scholastic. We're excited
about the free resources we're offering for Black
History Month this year, and hope teachers will find them
useful in their classrooms.
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