References for Teachers
- The Educators Reference Source - Type in Black History Month, to lesson plans
- Scholastic Teachers - With lesson plans, online activities, teaching strategies, and student activities for Black History
- AT & T Knowledge Network Explorer: Black History Hotlist - The following resources come from all over the Internet. Some are provided by companies like CNN Interactive while others are the products of university scholars or amateurs. Use these sites as the raw material for your own study of African-American history and issues.
Read-Alouds (Picture Books)
- Goin' Someplace Special - by Patricia C. McKissack
- A Place Called Freedom - by Scott Russell Sanders
- A Bus of Our Own - by Freddi Williams Evans
- Up the Learning Tree - by Marcia Vaughan
- Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman - by Alan Schroeder
- Jewels - by Belinda Rochelle
- Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad - by Pamela Duncan Edwards
- Almost to Freedom - by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- The Secret to Freedom - by Marcia Vaughan
- Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt - by Deborah Hopkinson
- Night Boat to Freedom - by Margot Theis Raven
- Remember the Journey to School Integration - by Toni Morrison
Juvenile Biography
- Minty: A Story of a Young Harriet Tubman - by Alan Shroeder
- A Picture Book fo Sojourner Truth - by David A. Adler
- A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass - by David A. Adler
- Dear Benjamin Banneker - by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman - by David A. Adler
- A Picture Book of Rosa Parks - by David A. Adler
- Talkin' About Bessie - by Nikki Grimes
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom - by Carole Boston Weatherford
- The Forbidden Schoolhouse of Prudence Crandell - by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain
- Through My Eyes: the autobiography of Ruby Bridges - by Ruby Bridges
Juvenile Non-Fiction
- Welcome to Addy's World (American Girls) - American Girls Collection
- Freedom River - by Doreen Rappaport
- Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad - by Marlene Targ Brill
- Slaves to Soldiers, African-American Fighting Men in the Civil War - by Wallace B. Black
- Bound for the North Star: true stories of fugitive slaves - by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Websites
- Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad - An award winning site by a second grade class
- Ask Jeeves Kids - Type in Black History Month
Online Library Resources
- Facts for Learning - To get to the information on African Americans, click on American History, then click on History, then choose African Americans. This leads to biographic information, weekly reader articles, special features and images.
- Kids InfoBits - For information about the African Americans, click on history and Social Studies, then choose Ethnic Groups, then African Americans.
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