The Mini Page — 2007 Activities
BLACK HISTORY SITES
Issue 6
Feb. 3-9
This week's standards:
Students understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places by identifying examples of interesting Americans. (Social Studies: History)
Students use biographies and stories to understand the individuals who are honored by the nation. (Social Studies: History)
Activities:
1. Pick a building or park in your neighborhood that might make a good national park site one day. Draw the building/park. Write a sentence telling why it is important.
2. Find a news story about an African-American individual in your newspaper. Which national park site do you think that individual might like to visit? Write several sentences telling why the individual might like that site.
3. Draw five large circles on a large piece of paper. Label the circles: Government/Politics, Education, Arts/Entertainment, Sports and Business. Now cut out photos and names of African-American individuals from the newspaper. Paste the photos and names in the appropriate circle. Share your poster with a family member or friend.
4. Which national park site would you recommend to individuals interested in (a) military history, (b) music, (c) history of the civil rights movement, (d) education and (e) African-American women?
5. Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about one of the national park sites featured in today's Mini Page. Use these questions to guide your research: What person or persons were connected with the history of the site? What time period in history does the site represent? Who worked to have the person or history memorialized at the site? Why do you think this is an important site? Write a paragraph discussing your research.
Standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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