Celebrate Our History

Celebrating Who We Are, Where We’ve Come From, and And Who Paved the Way

Use these videos, podcasts, articles, and books to help you plan

An informational video
A Google Slideshow
Prezi Presentation

An organizer to help you as you learn: http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/pdf/feb05_unit/biographychart.pdf

Two rules only - Have fun and be creative

Your goal is to answer these questions:

Why were these people (and inventions) important?
How did they make a positive contribution to their community?
What do their contributions mean to you?
What action(s) do you want to take in their memory?

Who	Read	Listen	Watch
Carter G. Woodson	Carter G. Woodson - The Father of Black History	Chapter 5 of The Mis-Education of the Negro on Audible	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkBEjJH1j5U
Moziah Bridges	Dream, Dare, Do: A Guide to Exploring the Kidpreneur in Us All https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mos-bows-bow-tie-empire-founder-signs-nba-deal/ http://www.businessinsider.com/mos-bows-nba-deal-growth-2017-7		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqM3P0Ap4iM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7elivBOu31c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMCEzAmSPg8
Malcolm X	The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lERbO006Ppk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a3hT8f6Kkk https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/malcolmx/
Congressman John Lewis	Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis March - Book One	https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99560979	http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/rep-john-lewis-history-civil-rights-leader-40079042 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/note-to-self-congressman-john-lewis/
Harriet Tubman	I Am Harriet Tubman The Underground Abductor	Uncivil Podcast Episode - The Raid http://unCon artistscivil.show/	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYWRoB6Ucrc
Muhammad Ali	Muhammad Ali - A Champion Is Born Muhammad Ali - The People’s Champion		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avVqLeX9GZQ http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/remembering-muhammad-ali-greatest-time-39623493 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/jun/04/muhammad-ali-death-20-best-moments
Bass Reeves	Bad News for Outlaws - The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves		https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/bassreeves/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPJN62meSII
Langston Hughes	Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes https://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-9346313 My People by Langston Hughes and Charles Smith Jr.		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inP76rkYUso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D10t7mvH4EQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBTe4IG60u0
Question	Read	Listen	Watch
What was the Negro Baseball League? Also, was Jackie Robinson the first black player in major league baseball?	We Are The Ship		https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/flashback/video/the-negro-league-segregated-baseball-554746435821 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0udcvoq662w Real Sports HBO with Bryant Gumbel: Negro Leagues Sleuth - Not Forgotten
Why is everyone talking about Colin Kaepernick?	Newsela article - https://newsela.com/read/colin-kaepernick-award/id/38631 Colin Kaepernick: The Inspirational Story of Football Superstar Colin Kaepernick https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-making-of-colin-kaepernick/2017/09/07/d4d58e20-9320-11e7-8754-d478688d23b4_story.html?utm_term=.3f7c4c707e89		http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/colin-kaepernick-discusses-national-anthem-protest-43172050 http://kaepernick7.com/million-dollar-pledge/
Who invented potato chips? The water gun? And other inventions that enhance our lives?	What Color is My World? http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/		http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=4176 (some of the inventors in this video are in What Color is My World? Book - add to what you discovered after reading the book)