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| Title: | Kid's Guide to African American History
: More Than 70 Activities |
| Author: | Nancy Sanders |
| ISBN: | 1556526539 : 9781556526534 |
| Illustrations: | b/w illus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 280x215mm |
| Pages: | 246 |
| Weight: | .594 Kg. |
| Published: | IPG (Chicago Review Press) - June 2007 |
| List Price: | 9.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | USA: AFRICA: American history: Multiculturalism |
Ages 7 to 9 years. What do all these people have in common: the first man to die in the American Revolution, a onetime chief of the Crow Nation, the inventors of peanut butter and the portable X-ray machine, and the first person to make a wooden clock in this country? They were all great African Americans. For parents and teachers interested in fostering cultural awareness among children of all races, this book includes over 70 hands-on activities, songs, and games that teach kids about the people, experiences, and events that shaped African American history. This expanded edition contains new material throughout, including additional information and biographies. Children will have fun designing an African mask, making a medallion like those worn by early abolitionists, playing the rhyming game "Juba", inventing Brer Rabbit riddles, and creating a unity cup for Kwanzaa. Along the way they will learn about inspiring African American artists, inventors, and heroes like Harriet Tubman, Benjamin Banneker, Rosa Parks, Langston
The Glories of Africa; Colonial America; Life on a Plantation; Free African Americans & Abolitionists; Civil War and the Road to Freedom; The Turn of the Century; The Civil Rights Movement Hope for Today and a Better Tomorrow.
