1. StartTaskPeopleLinksAdvice Assess End T Famous African Americans By Miss Hayes

2. StartTaskPeopleLinksAdvice Assess End T Start Your group will research an African American that will be assigned to each group. The four people are Langston Hughes, Mae Jemison, Frederick Douglass, and Ida B. Wells.

3. StartTaskPeopleLinksAdvice Assess End T Task Your task is to research a famous African American. The class will have four groups with four members. All of you will research the person, and all of you will share it with the class. Two of you will create a poster, poem, or song. Two of you will write a story about the person.

4. StartTaskPeopleLinksAdvice Assess End T People Langston Hughes Born February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri Graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania Famous writer; liked jazz and blues Died from cancer on May 22, 1967 Mae Jemison Born in Decatur, Alabama Graduated from Stanford University when she was only 16 Was a doctor, member of the Peace Corps, and first African American woman in space Lives in Houston with her two cats Frederick Douglass Born February 1818 Was a slave and escaped to freedom in 1838 Was a writer and abolitionist Died of a heart attack on February 20, 1895 Ida B. Wells Born in Mississippi in 1862 Was a slave before the Civil War and later, became a teacher Refused to give up her seat on a train Died in 1931

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6. StartTaskPeopleLinksAdvice Assess End T Advice Remember: You will be sharing your story with the class. Be sure to write down your facts about your person. One fact should be why your person is a famous African American.

7. StartTaskPeopleLinksAdvice Assess End T Assess There is a rubric to grade your research and presentation. The project will be individually scored. You should: Write five facts about your person, including why he or she is important Cooperate with your group members Participate Speak clearly Have a visual or poem

8. StartTaskPeopleLinksAdvice Assess End T Black History Month is an important month to remember how far our country has come and how hard people fought for the rights that we have. Click on the picture to hear Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

9. StartTaskPeopleLinksAdvice Assess End T Teacher Information http://www.redhotjazz.com/hughes.html http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/TODTWD/jemison.bio.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.tml http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/barn-ida.htm http://americanrhetoric.com/speeches/Ihaveadream.htm http://www.csuohio.edu/history/Langston%20Hughes/events%20index.htm http://spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/jemison_mae.htm http://www.janicehuse.com/purchase.htm http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/WRC/history/1906to1910/1906to1910.htm