African Americans

Enrich content area reading and encourage students to take an in-depth view of the people and events of specific eras of American history. Nonfiction reading comprehension is emphasized along with research, writing, critical thinking, history, and geography. A readers' theater is also included.

Topics include:

• African Americans in Early America


• Leaders Before the Civil War


• War, Reconstruction, and Segregation


• Leaders from the Civil War to the Great Depression


• African American Heroes, 1865-1940


• The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970


• Moments and Movers in the Civil Rights Movement


• 5th - 8th Grades


• 96 pages