The Underground Railroad Online : http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html 
Interactive re-enactment of the Underground Railroad. Will you go or will you stay? You decide.
Click the drop down menu at the top for additional classroom ideas.

PBS: African American World : http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/index.html 
Discover the courage and talent that shaped the African American experience.
Click "classroom" in top toolbar for additional resources.

Black History Groundbreakers :  http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/ 
http://www.biography.com/classroom/blackhistory.jsp 
Meet legendary African American heroes at this Biography.com site, and then use the second link for
classroom study guides and discussion questions.

Time For Kids: Black History Month :
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,97217,00.html 
Lots of great resources including an interactive civil rights history challenge and timeline.

US Census Bureau: African American History Month : http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/013007.html 
Data from the Census Bureau.

Library of Congress: African American History Month : http://www.loc.gov/topics/africanamericans/ 
Collection of links to material in honor of African American History month. Includes links to collections,
 images, and audio and video sources for many well known individuals. Don't miss the "for Teachers"
link at the bottom of the page.

African American Odyssey : http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/  This exhibit from the
Library of Congress American Memory Project uses primary documents to show the courage
and determination of African Americans who overcame immense odds.

Culture and Change: Black History in America :
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/index.htm 
Meet famous African Americans, listen to jazz music, publish your own writing, and
explore history with an interactive timeline.

Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History : http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/home.do;jsessionid=69B55C4C7EA8AC5DDE77BB6B648A367C 
This site presents a vast array of articles, hundreds of images, and a wide assortment of audio clips,
film clips, and multimedia presentations.

Black History Hotlist : http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html 
Comprehensive list of a variety of Black History resources.

Black History Links : http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html  Links for younger children
celebrating Black History Month. Included are online games, activities, crafts, quizzes, and stories
about African-American personalities.

Webquest: Little Rock 9 - Integration 0 : http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/little_rock/index.html 
A collaborative webquest on desegregation in schools.

Lesson Plans

Finding Your Way:The Underground Railroad (Grades K-2) :
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/gk2/quilting.html 

Follow the Drinking Gourd (Grades K-2) : http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/History/HIS0014.html 

What Does this Song Really Say (Grades K-4) :
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2273/ 

Quilting: The Story of the Underground Railroad (Grades 3-5) :
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g35/quilts.html 

Escaping Slavery: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Grades 3-5) :
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=127 

Reliving History Through Slave Narrative (Grades 5-8) :
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2358/ 

Would You Have Helped Out? (Grades 6-8) :
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g68/railroad.html 

The Illusion of Race (Grades 6-8) :
 http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=7&DocID=468 

After the American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North (Grades 6-8) :
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=452 

African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War (Grades 6-8) :
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=453 

John Brown and the Underground Railroad (Grades 9-12) : http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g912/undergroundrail.html 

Perspective on Slave Narratives (Grades 9-12) :
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=321 

Varying Views of America (Grades 9-12) :
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=194 

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