African history unit plan pdfs

African History, Black History Month, Geography

The Amazing Africa! Heritage Pack is designed to introduce children to the wonderful continent of Africa through high-level overviews of many countries combined with more in-depth “visits” using engaging living picture books. An early elementary novel and richly illustrated book about African traditions round out this pack by adding perspective and fun. Though children will learn a bit about most of Africa’s 54 countries, they will go deeper with over 15 countries, sometimes remaining on a singl

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

African History, Black History Month, Music

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.7

, RL.1.9

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Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #1

African Music History Activities tour - Black History Month Music instruments

Created by

CLS Music Essence

Are you wondering what else to teach for Black History Month Music in your general music classroom? Africa Music History activities will build music appreciation for the landmarks, history, festivals, dances, musical instruments, and rich polyrhythms that can be found all over the world thanks to Africa. Includes follow-up activities for grades K-8. Plus music to teach an original performance ensemble song on percussion and xylophones. PDF - BW and google slides. Africa Music HistoryYou will l

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Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Around the World Music Cultures Music Unit Bundle Countries dance instruments

Africa Geography: A Long Walk to Water Interactive Notebook (LOST BOYS)

Created by

Geography and Math Made Easy

This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed. This Africa book study unit is written based on the story of the Lost Boys in the book: A Long Walk to Water. This is a great way to study Sudan and its struggles throughout the years. It teaches how the goodwill of one person can have a domino effect and change the lives of many while exploring the geographical aspects, environmental issues, political issues

Subjects:

African History, African Studies, Geography

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Unit Plans, Interactive Notebooks

Also included in: Interactive Notebook Bundle + 3 Freebies

African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs MEGA Bundle

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Heritage Packs are designed to help home educators and school teachers bridge the gap between the traditional curriculum they love and the legitimate need to add some delicious butterscotch, caramel, and mocha fudge to the yummy cream. If your table is set and the feast looks good but you’re missing a little flavor (or flava!), choose some “special sauce” from the selection of Heritage Packs below. Filled with literary mirrors and windows, these lesson guides will lighten your load and allow you

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

African History, Geography, Social Studies - History

The Amazing Race: Africa Edition for World Geography

Created by

Room 311

Whose world geography class is ready for an amazing race around Africa? This mini-unit is geared towards creativity, research, and critical thinking as students complete a series of challenges on the amazing race.This resource contains:Day 1:The Race is One: Students will complete exploratory questions on the region. Day 2: Road Map: Students will complete a map in which they put important landmarks on an outline map. (map not included)Day 3-5: Detour: Students will be completing a project on th

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

Africa Today-Berlin Conference and the Pan African Movement SS7H1

Created by

Teach Your Class Off

Graphic Organizers to use when teaching the history of Africa's Pan African Movement. Great pairing with the Gallopade textbook and perfect for standard's based instruction. Includes graphic organizers, flipbooks, cause and effect and much more. Print it out or upload sections to Canvas or Google Classroom.

Subjects:

African History, British History, Social Studies - History

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

Lift Every Voice and Sing History

Created by

Read the Rainbow

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is known as the Black National Anthem, and has a powerful place in American history. One of the most cherished songs of the African-American Civil Rights movement. Learn about the history of this song, the writer and composer, and follow it up with listed book recommendations, as well as documentary links and YouTube resources. Follow this unit study up with an artist study on Gwendolyn Magee, that is also available in my shop! Putting these two together make for a be

Subjects:

African History, African Studies, Black History Month

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Unit Plans, Homeschool Curricula, Printables

Heart and Soul Heritage Pack - African American History Literature Lesson Guide

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The Heart & Soul Heritage Pack is designed as a broad journey through the contributions and experiences of African Americans across the history of America. The lesson plans are grounded in Kadir Nelson’s stirring paintings and words that grace 100-plus pages of a gorgeous picture book whose story is told through the unique point of view and intimate voice of a one-hundred-year-old African-American female narrator. African American poets have often used words to express themselves during time

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

African History, Ancient History, World History

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.6

, RL.3.7

, RL.3.10

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Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #1

ANCIENT MALI - AN ELEMENTARY UNIT FOR VIRGINIA SOL AND NATIONAL STANDARDS

Created by

Education Contessa

Interactive notes venn diagram comparison Study Guides Pack a trunk for Mansa Musa's trip Take home projects and homework Map Making Activity Elements: AU and NaCl "I Have, Who Has" class game Test This bundle will prepare students for Virginia SOL standards and National Standards such as Common Core. Homeschoolers: This is all you'll need to teach Ancient Mali! SAVE $10 when you buy all 5 ANCIENT CIVILIZATION UNITS BUNDLE: Rome, Greece, Egypt, Mali, China

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Cultural Activities, Interactive Notebooks

MLK Jr. Inspired Mini Unit Study for Young Learners (Ages 5-8)

Created by

Plan n Order

About the Mini Unit Study:Dive into four engaging lessons that introduce the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., explore symbols of peace, and emphasize the importance of kindness and respect. Perfect for young learners aged 5-8, this mini unit study is designed to spark curiosity and understanding.What you will find in this mini unit:- Biography- Speech Excerpt- Dreams of a Kind and Fair World- Symbols of Peace and Unity- The Importance of Kindness- What does kindness mean to you?- Kindn

Subjects:

African History, Martin Luther King Day, Social Studies - History

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Study Guides, Unit Plans, Cultural Activities

Harlem Renaissance Heritage Pack - African American History Lesson Guide

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The Harlem Renaissance Heritage Pack covers a golden age in African American culture from about 1918 until the mid-1930s when a brave and talented group of Black musicians, artists, poets, novelists, actors, and public figures came together in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. Fueled by the Great Migration, these notable figures established roots and took center stage while creatively expressing extraordinary pride in their culture. The zenith of this “flowering of Negro literature”, as James

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.6

, RL.3.7

, RL.3.10

...

Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #2

Melanated Tales Heritage Pack - African American History Literature Lesson Guide

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The Melanated Tales Heritage Pack takes children on a journey through African and African American folktales, fairy tales, and tall tales featuring Black characters. Several of the stories are retellings of favorites from Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm while others are completely original narratives. Some are contemporary stories, but many have been passed along through generations and across oceans to settle in today’s homes and school rooms. These magical tales involve intrigue

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.9

, RL.2.1

, RL.2.2

...

Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #2

African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #1

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Heritage Packs are designed to help home educators and school teachers bridge the gap between the traditional curriculum they love and the legitimate need to add some delicious butterscotch, caramel, and mocha fudge to the yummy cream. If your table is set and the feast looks good but you’re missing a little flavor (or flava!), choose some “special sauce” from the selection of Heritage Packs below. Filled with literary mirrors and windows, these lesson guides will lighten your load and allow you

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

African History, Asian Studies, Other (Social Studies - History)

7th Grade SS GSE Standards I Can Statements - Detective Theme

Created by

Lisa Stephens

Detective Theme posters for 7th Grade Social Studies GSE Standards deconstructed into "I Can" statements with an essential question at the top. Print on legal size paper.

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Grades:

7th

Types:

Unit Plans, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

Copper Sun by Sharon Draper Unit

Created by

TeachinginTenth

Complete, ready to print unit for Copper Sun by Sharon DraperThis product includes:Introductory Fill in the Blank NotesChapter Cover Pages (students predict what the chapter will be about based on the title of the chapterChapter Vocabulary Terms (student will define and create original sentences with each word)Chapter Guided Reading QuestionsAnalysis QuestionsVideo SuggestionsSuggested CommonLit readings to pair*Introductory Notes were created using the product titled "Copper Sun by Sharon Drape

Subjects:

African History, English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

9th - 10th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

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Artist study on Gwendolyn Ann Magee

Created by

Read the Rainbow

In this artist study you'll learn who Gwendolyn Ann Magee was and how the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" inspired her to create beautiful quilts depicting America's history. Using her quilt piece based off of the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" I have included a printable that can be printed and your child or student can create their very own colorful world, just like Gwendolyn Magee would have wanted. One where every person feels represented. Pair this unit study with my "Lift Every voice an

Subjects:

Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #2

Created by

Heritage Packs are designed to help home educators and school teachers bridge the gap between the traditional curriculum they love and the legitimate need to add some delicious butterscotch, caramel, and mocha fudge to the yummy cream. If your table is set and the feast looks good but you’re missing a little flavor (or flava!), choose some “special sauce” from the selection of Heritage Packs below. Filled with literary mirrors and windows, these lesson guides will lighten your load and allow you

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

African History, Art History, Black History Month

Black History Month Silhouettes

Created by

Primary with Patin

Celebrate Black History Month with these silhouettes of famous African Americans.

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Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Unit Plans, Posters, Clip Art

Schomburg Heritage Pack - African American History Lesson Guide

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The Schomburg Heritage Pack centers on the story of Arturo Schomburg – a passionate man whose lasting legacy, Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, still opens its doors to those wishing to learn more about the people he knew had been left out of the history books. This Afro–Puerto Rican collected books, letters, music, and more to bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. The additional books and optional videos scheduled in the lesson pla

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Grades:

4th - 6th

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