Library Learning Commons
Selected Resources
Compiled by: https://blackhistorymonth.gov/
DocsTeach from the National Archives Access thousands of primary sources and an ever-expanding collection of document-based activities spanning the course of American history created by the National Archives and teachers around the world. Discover the activities, such as Analyzing a Letter from Jackie Robinson: "Fair Play and Justice" , The Impact of Bloody Sunday in Selma , We Shall Overcome: March on Washington , and Examining Where Rosa Parks Sat .
The Library of Congress
Civil War Images: Depictions of African Americans in the War Effort
Idea Book for Educators (in cooperation with the History Channel and Newman's Own Foundation) (PDF,21.5Mb)
National Archives
Analyzing a Letter from Jackie Robinson: "Fair Play and Justice"
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Confronting Work Place Discrimination on the World War II Home Front
From Dred Scott to the Civil Rights Act of 1875: Eighteen Years of Change
Documents relating the 1921 Tulsa Massacre:
-- Report About the Tulsa Massacre by Maurice Willows, 12/31/1921
-- Photo Album of the Tulsa Massacre and Aftermath, 1921
-- Tulsa Tribune Articles about the Tulsa Massacre, 6/5/1921
-- Additional documents on this topic
National Endowment for the Humanities
After the American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North
Colored Conventions Project (in cooperation with the University of Delaware)
The Freedom Riders and the Popular Music of the Civil Rights Movement
From Courage to Freedom: Frederick Douglass's 1845 Autobiography
Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women
The Green Book: African American Experiences of Travel and Place in the U.S
Mapping Prejudice (Site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
NEH Landmarks of American History & Culture, "African Americans and the Making of Early New England"
Solomon Northup's “Twelve Years a Slave” and the Slave Narrative Tradition
“Stony the Road: Exploring Alabama's Civil Rights Legacy” K12 Teacher Lesson Plans (Site supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
Teacher's Guide: African American History in the United States
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Folk Speech and Figurative Language
National Gallery of Art
Browse online materials (PDFs, interactive lesson plans, and podcasts) and borrow free-loan resources (teaching packets, DVDs/VHS) on African American art and artists at NGA Learning Resources.
In Memoriam: Honoring Heroes & Heroines through Sculpture (Grades 5–8)
National Park Service
Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.
Discover Colonel Young's Protest Ride for Equality and Country Lightning Lesson
Discover the African Burial Ground National Monument Lightning Lesson
Smithsonian Institution
Newsletter
First Book Poll
First Book is an international, nonprofit, social enterprise dedicated to working with educators, paraprofessionals, and program leaders to provide brand new, free and low-cost books to kids from low-income families. Since 1992, First Book has distributed more than 100 million new books to thousands of schools and community programs nationwide that work directly with children in need.
Last year, Norwalk Public Schools, in collaboration with NFEP, NFT, NASA and UPSEU partnered with First Book to bring 40,000 brand new books to families in Norwalk at the Carousel of Reading First Book event.
This year, we want to hear from you. Which books you would like to see at the Carousel of Reading First Book event?
Book Club
Join the NHS/PTECH book club. We'll meet once a month to discuss a book of the groups' choice. We'll take turns leading the discussion. Come during lunch to discuss this months book. If you are interested in joining book club, email Mrs. Caiola with your contact information. Include your name, grade, email address. caiolaj@norwalkps.org
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Wishlist
Ms. Caiola, Library Media Specialist.
Contact info: caiolaj@norwalkps.org
(203) 838-4481 ext. 12339
Susan Bucciarelli, Library Learning Commons Clerk.
Contact info: bucciarellis@norwalkps.org
(203) 838-4481 ext. 13239