Think

• How did African Americans first arrive in the New World?

• How did enslaved Africans obtain their freedom during early exploration?

• What skills did Africans bring to the Americas?

• Juan Garrido was an African Explorer in the New World, what places did he travel to?

  • What was he responsible for doing in Mexico City?

• How did early colonial laws describe enslaved Africans?

• What colonial laws made it illegal for enslaved Africans to do?

Write

• Enslaved Africans believed family was very important because white slave owners would try to take them apart as a form of punishment. Write a story about your family. Tell us why your family is important to you.

Create

• Draw a photo of your family.

• Draw and label the 5 parts of the African continent.

• Juan Garrido was responsible for taking care of the Mexico City waterways. Recreate your own waterway system.

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Think

• How is Black American or African American Culture passed down?

• What is a proverb?

• What are some of your favorite stories?

Write

• Write a story about yourself. Tell us what you like to do and what makes yo special.

Create

• Dance to your favorite song.

• Put on your favorite outfit with your best hairstyle and take a phot to represent your cultural expression.

Think

• What is a griot?

• What is the name of the food created by enslaved Africans that we eat today?

• What is your favorite soul food?

Write

• Ask an adult to help you write the ingredients of your favorite soul food dishes.

Create

• Using your recipe, recreate a soul food meal.

Think

• What are the languages spoken by African Americans?

• What music genres did African Americans create?

Write

• Listen to the different types of music created by African Americans. Tell us which one is your favorite and why.

Create

• Write a song that falls into your favorite African American music category.

Project

• Of the heroes and heroines presented, present 2-3 facts about them. Tell us why they are your hero or heroine

  • Print their picture

  • Present photos that represent their contribution to African American History

• Think

  • Many stories of America begin with the exploration of Christopher Columbus in 1492 and the enslavement of Africans in the early 1600s. In between those years, Africans explored the Americas.

• Write

  • Consider the various ways that Africans came to the Americas. Explained the contributions of Africans at this time.

  • Explain the difference between an indentured servant and an enslaved person?

  • Write a letter to the British colony of Virginia explaining why enslaving Africans is wrong.

• Think

  • • Although America gained its freedom from the British, colonists still enslaved Africans. Do you think this is fair? Why or why not?

• Write

  • Write about the living conditions of enslaved Africans.

  • How did the early Black church influence the experience of enslave Africans?

  • What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• Think

  • Consider how brave it was for enslaved Africans and Free Black people to fight for their freedom.

• Write

  • How did African Americans influence the political climate post Emancipation?

  • Write a speech that supports the abolition of slavery.

• Create

  • Create a 3 point plan that supports the rights of newly freed African Americans.

• Project

  • Create a Juneteenth Celebration presentation

    • Explain the history behind it

    • Provide 3 values

    • Showcase what 3 things you may find at a Juneteenth Celebration

• Write

  • Read "On Being Brought from Africa to America (1773)" by Phillis Wheatley

    • Write a summary of the poem

    • Explain how it makes you feel about the enslaved African experience leaving their home in Africa and being brought to America

• Create

  • Paint a landscape portrait of your favorite place

• Write

  • Listen to an Old Negro Spiritual

  • Write about what you think the singers are singing about

  • Elaborate on what you think their emotions were behind the songs

• Create

  • Write a notable person from the Harlem Renaissance

    • What was their impact on the Black community

    • What did they create

  • Create a display of their work and present it at your school or for your family

• Create

  • Write a play and act out the story of one of your favorite Black movie, play, or story

• Create

  • Create an "Open Mic Night" where you and your friends get to showcase your talents in rap, singing, poetry, and other forms of art.