BLACK HISTORY ONLINE RESOURCES
Black Facts Online is a large "online database of Black
History information." Users can search the database by
date (month and day) or keyword for facts. History.com also serves as an excellent portal of Black History resources.

The Black History web site provides excellent information for technology integration as well as being an excellent resource to help secondary students explore African American issues. The site consists of a six sections: Hotlist, Subject Sampler, Treasure Hunt, and WebQuests. The Black History Hotlist section serves as a great starting point for anyone studying African-American events and issues. To test knowledge, try the Interactive Treasure Hunt & Quiz. The Subject Sampler helps engage students in the topic and allows them to explore things about Black history that interests them. Two excellent webquests, Little Rock 9 and the Tuskegee Tragedy, help secondary students think critically about the historic events that involve Black history and the deeper issues that triggered these events.

Another excellent resource for studying black history can be found at the Black History Hotlist site sponsored in part by SBC Pacific Bell. Topics include Black History Month (February), slavery, abolition, The Underground Railroad, "Buffalo" soldiers, civil rights movement, Million Man March, poetry, news, people, and much more.

Visit The Internet African American History Challenge site where you will find some profiles of famous African Americans to explore with your students. Students can also take the online interactive quizzes to test their knowledge. Students can check their test results to see how well they scored and go back for more reading and research on the site if they have trouble with the quiz questions.

The African-American Mosaic site is posted by the Library of Congress as an online avenue to present its African American collection which covers more than 500 years.

The Slave Trade Encyclopedia of Slavery web site is a comprehensive encyclopedia of slavery. Most entries contain a narrative, illustrations and primary sources. The text within each entry is also hypertexted to other relevant pages in the encyclopedia. This makes it possible for students to research individual people and events in great detail. The sources are also hypertexted so students can find out about the writer, artist, newspaper, organization, etc., that produced the material. To date there are sections on: The Slave System, Slave Life, Slave Narratives, Anti-Slavery Movement, Events and Issues and Political Organisations.

Younger students will find interesting articles, photographs, and an interactive timeline at the Culture & Change: Black History in America Scholastic site. There are also excellent suggestions and lesson plans available for teachers at this site. Many of the resources used at the site would be perfect to use in DBQ development.

BROWN @ 50
The Howard University School of Law has posted a page of links that celebrate the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary or Brown vs. Board of Education. The site features a chronology of slavery, segregation, and civil rights in the United States; court decisions; and links to civil rights resources.

AFRICAN AMERICAN VISUAL ARTS
Students can learn about African and African American Artists when they visit the Incredible Arts site.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
I have created a Martin Luther King online presentation called Martin Luther King Jr. had a Dream. The presentation describes Martin's life from birth and includes historical photographs. Please note: it can take a while to load so you will want to prepare to show the presentation ahead of time. Students could use the ABCTeach printable report form as a follow-up activity to the presentation.

ONLINE MUSEUM LINKS
"The National Civil Rights Museum exists to assist the public in understanding the lessons of the Civil Rights
Movement and its impact and influence on the human
rights movement worldwide...." The site shares scenes
from the Memphis, Tennessee, museum's exhibits along
with an article covering highlights of U.S. civil rights history.

The site for the proposed United States National Slavery Museum in Fredericksburg, Virginia, presents some facts about slavery and slaves as well as plans for the museum, including the need for such a museum, its mission, and a timeline for construction.

NEGRO SPIRITUALS
The Negro Spirituals site features fascinating information about the history of spirituals, actual songs, singers, and composers. Take time to check out the composers and songs sections. Students will be able to listen to songs to gain a greater appreciation of the talent and spirituality of these special songs.

A SEGREGATED PLAYING FIELD
"Even if you're not a baseball fan, you've probably heard of the New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, and Boston Red Sox. But what about the Kansas City Monarchs, Homestead Grays, and Pittsburgh Crawfords? How did these teams contribute to the national pastime and to America's history?" Visit the interesting Life in the Negro Leagues web site posted by Riverside for an interesting look back in history. Students will be able to view historical photographs and listen to player "Buck O'Neill provide living testemony to a remarkable time in baseball history that many have overlooked.

ROSA PARKS
The Hall of Public Service section of the Academy of Achievement site has posted a biography of Rosa Parks which includes a profile, interview and several historic photographs of this courageous woman.

Enchanted Learning has also posted biographical information about Rosa Parks that may be more appropriate for younger students as well as reproducible Cloze worksheet that can be used with younger students.

A BOX OF CRAYONS
I was so impressed with this lesson when I read it I used the poem to create an online book for young readers. Use the online book and the lesson plan to help early elementary students learn how a box of crayons is more exciting with more colors, and how different colors are part of our own human rainbow. This is a wonderful art project to help young students celebrate Black History Month... the crayon pattern is included.