• Ch 1: Groups of People Who Live In Africa

• Ch 2: Cultural Values of Africa

• Ch 3: Royalty Today

Activity:

• Create a blog page, or document that explains your culture as an African American living in the United States.

• Discuss your customs and values

• Speak about your leaders

• Compare and Contrast them to the African people and culture you've read about

• Explain what makes you similar and what makes you different.+

Ch 4: The Delicious Eats of Africa

Ch 5: The Now Generation: Music and the Arts of Africa

Ch 6: Leisure Lifestyles of Africans Today

Activity

• Put on an event that highlights the food, music and art of African American culture. Incorporate one of the African cultures you've read about and tell how it has impacted you.

Ch 7 Money Matters in Africa Today

Ch 8 Critical Issues Facing Africa Today

Activity

• Create a comparison chart that details the important issues facing Africans in Africa and African Americans in the US

• Form a plan that details how both our communities can work together to find a solution in our locations.

Ch 1: How Ancient Africa Influenced the World

Ch 2: Historic African Civilizations

Ch 3: Health and Well Being in Ancient Africa

Activity

• Research 1 of the ancient African civilizations you read about. Write a 3 page report on your findings. Include information about their location, customs, values, and traditions.

Ch 4 The Origin of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Ch 5: The House the Enslaved Built: Who Benefited and Who Lost from the Slave Trade

.Activity:

• Explore the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Write a 2 page report about how the Slave Trade started and how it impacts us today.

Ch 6: The Civil War and Black American Contributions

Ch 7: Building Black Communities

Ch 8: Justice and Freedom: Winning Equal Rights for All

Activity

• Read: The Lost Cause https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lost-Cause

• Compare and Contrast the Lost Cause Myth to what you have read about the Civil War and the impact of African Americans

Ch 1: Resistance to Colonialism

Ch 2: Exploration

Ch: 3 First Black People in America

Activity

• Read African Resistance, Nationalism and Independence http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/resistance-nationalism-and-independence-explain/

• Read Resistance and Rebellions (Africa) https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/resistance_and_rebellions_africa#:~:text=Africans%20escaped%20colonial%20military%20and,avoid%20violent%20confrontations%20and%20dispossession.

• Watch: The Woman King (2022)

• Write: In a 3 page essay, describe what you've learned about African resistance. Detail the different ways Africans resisted against the colonization of their countries.

Ch 4: Northern, Middle, and Southern Colonies

Ch 5: The Revolutionary Era and the Colonies Fight for Independence

Activity:

• Read: African Americans and the American Revolution https://jyfmuseums.org/learn/learning-center/colonial-america-american-revolution-learning-resources/american-revolution-essays-timelines-images/african-americans-and-the-american-revolution/

• Read: 7 Black Heroes of the American Revolution https://www.history.com/news/black-heroes-american-revolution

• Watch: The American Revolution: Crash Course Black American History #8 https://youtu.be/y75yPx9WKHY

• Write:

  • Write a 3 page essay on the Black American experience in the American Revolution.

  • Discuss what was promised and what promises were broken and/or kept.

Ch 6: And They Fought

Ch 7: How Enslaved people Fought for Equal Justice

Ch 8: The Enslaved in the Constitution and the Law

Ch 9: A Growing Nation: Westward Expansion

Ch 10: The Civil War

Ch 11: The Reconstruction Era

Activity:

• Read: The Myth of the Happy Slave: https://www.accessible-archives.com/2012/04/the-myth-of-the-happy-slaves-in-the-north-star/

• Read: Did African American Slaves Rebel? https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/did-african-american-slaves-rebel/

• Watch: The US Constitution, 3/5, and the Slave Trade Clause: Crash Course Black American History #9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57xUbch1viI

• Read: Exodusters & Western Expansion https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/migrations/exodusters#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%20in,to%20approximately%2041%2C000%20African%20Americans.

• Watch: Black Americans in the Civil War: Crash Course Black American History #18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NgdnsjPFNE

• Watch: Reconstruction: Crash Course Black American History #19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGPAnLDzQYY&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNYJO8JWpXO2JP0ezgxsrJJ&index=20

• Write

  • Write a 5 page essay detailing the transition of Black Americans from enslavement, to rebellion, to reconstruction. Detail the obstacles they faced.