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The Mini Page — 2009 Activities
A Long Journey
Issue 8
Feb. 21-27, 2009
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 understand how democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events and symbols. (History)
Activities:
1. Draw a large circle on a piece of paper. Divide the circle into three equal pie parts. In one section of the pie, put newspaper names and photos of African-Americans in the arts. In another section, put newspaper names and photos of African-Americans in local and national politics. In the last section, put names and photos of African- Americans in business.
2. Interview several family members and friends about President Barack Obama. What do they think his election says about our country? What do they think people in other countries will think? What do they like or dislike about his political positions?
3. Draw a line down the center of a piece of paper to make two columns.
Label one column "Good laws for African-Americans" and the other "Bad laws for African-Americans." Now find laws, amendments and court decisions that affected African-Americans over the years. List them in the correct column. For each one, explain why it was a good or bad law.
4. Find a newspaper article about a local or national situation where people feel they are not being treated fairly.
Write down: (a) who are the people or groups involved, (b) what is the situation, (c) why is the situation in the news, (d) how was the situation resolved (or how do you think it should be resolved)?
5. Use reference books or the Internet to learn more about one of the African-Americans in today's Mini Page. Use these questions to guide your research: When did the person live? What career did the person have? How difficult was it for the person to succeed in that career because of his or her race? How did the person change opportunities for other African-Americans? Write a paragraph discussing your findings.
Standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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