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    Black History Month WebQuest

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    This document provides information about Black History Month, which is celebrated in February in the US and Canada and in October in the UK. It was founded in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson to honor important African Americans like Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The document outlines a webquest task for students to research an African American hero, present information about their life and impact, and evaluate their positive contributions to American society in a group presentation. Resources for finding biographical information on potential heroes are provided.

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    Black History Month WebQuest

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    This document provides information about Black History Month, which is celebrated in February in the US and Canada and in October in the UK. It was founded in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson to honor important African Americans like Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The document outlines a webquest task for students to research an African American hero, present information about their life and impact, and evaluate their positive contributions to American society in a group presentation. Resources for finding biographical information on potential heroes are provided.

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    African-American Heroes: A WebQuest for the Black History Month

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    This document provides information about Black History Month, which is celebrated in February in the US and Canada and in October in the UK. It was founded in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson to honor important African Americans like Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The document outlines a webquest task for students to research an African American hero, present information about their life and impact, and evaluate their positive contributions to American society in a group presentation. Resources for finding biographical information on potential heroes are provided.

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    Black History Month WebQuest

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    Jonathan Acuña
    This document provides information about Black History Month, which is celebrated in February in the US and Canada and in October in the UK. It was founded in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson to honor important African Americans like Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The document outlines a webquest task for students to research an African American hero, present information about their life and impact, and evaluate their positive contributions to American society in a group presentation. Resources for finding biographical information on potential heroes are provided.

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    The key takeaways are that Black History Month celebrates important people and events in African-American history and aims to promote awareness of the contributions of African Americans. It is observed in February in the US and Canada and October in the UK.

    The task asks students to create a chart/collage illustrating how an African-American hero positively impacted life in the US today. Students will then present their findings to the class in a 5-minute presentation.

    Several websites are provided as resources for students to use to research prospective heroes and find biographical information, including links to learn about specific African American heroes.

    Black History Month

    African-American Heroes: A WebQuest

    Introduction:

    Black History Month is a remembrance of important people and events in


    the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United
    States (US) and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in the
    month of October.

    The remembrance was founded in 1926 by United States historian Carter


    G. Woodson as "Negro History Week". Woodson chose the second week
    of February because it marked the birthdays of two Americans who
    greatly influenced the lives and social condition of African Americans:
    former President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist and former slave
    Frederick Douglass. Woodson also founded the Association for the Study
    of Negro Life and History, now the Association for the Study of African
    American Life and History.
    Black History Month

    Task:

    This activity will help you think about important contributions made by
    African-Americans to the US History.

    Because of time constraints and lab use, you will create a chart/collage
    that will illustrate how an African-American hero had a positive impact in
    life today in the United States. Then, you will share your findings with
    the class in a five-minute presentation.

    Process:

    You will be divided in groups of three. Secondly, you will choose an


    African-American hero to work with. You have a 45-minute session in the
    lab to find information on the Web and one-week work to put it together
    for your five-minute presentation. Feel free to use our library resources if
    available in your site.

    Some of the questions you may answer to get information are:

    1. Who is/was your chosen African-American hero?


    2. What were some important events about his or her life?
    3. How did this "hero" impact American society positively?
    4. What is this "hero" remembered for?

    The day of your presentation, make sure you and your partners are
    prepared to explain the important aspects you were requested to search
    for.

    Resources:

    1. These Web-links will help you decide on prospective heroes you


    want to search about:
    http://www.teachervision.fen.com/africanamericans/activity/4125.h
    tml?detoured=1
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/quiz/bioquiz
    .shtml
    2. In this Web Portal you can find a number of links that can provide
    you with different links to get biographical information about
    African-American heroes:
    http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html#aabio
    Black History Month

    3. More information about African-American heroes can also be found


    here:
    http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmheroes1.html
    http://www.factmonster.com/spot/afroambios.html

    Evaluation:

    The evaluation and grading of your work will be based on your group's
    chart and presentation. Group and individual work, originality, and
    deepness of your final work will be taken into account for your grade.

    Conclusion:

    Through this set of tasks, you will have learned about the important
    contributions African-Americans have made to American history in very
    different fields. This learning will help you reflect on the "important"
    contributions people from different ethnic groups have also made to our
    history.

    Celebrating "the Black History Month" is a way to pay tribute to those


    who have also made historical changes possible.

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