Teacher's Guide A free Teacher's Guide for middle and high school teachers can be downloaded or ordered from Africans in America Teacher's Guide, WGBH, 125 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02134, or by sending e-mail to WGBH_Materials_Request@wgbh.org. Lead Teacher Initiative Teacher workshops will be conducted in 1999 by educators participating in our national Lead Teacher Initiative in Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Our national education partners are the National Council for the Social Studies and the National Education Association. Educators can tape the series off the air and use it in the classroom for up to one year, or purchase videocassettes through PBS Video, (800) 344-3337. Youth Activity Guide A free Youth Activity Guide shares WGBH's experiences in eight youth initiative sites where young people created their own history projects, highlighting the leadership and courage of early Africans during our nation's founding. This guide offers tips for how you can create innovative youth history projects and activities in your community. To order, write to: Africans in America Youth Activity Guide, WGBH, 125 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02134; WGBH_Materials_Request@wgbh.org; or download it from our Web site. Our national youth initiative partners are the National Urban League, P.O.V., Youth Service America, and YWCA of the U.S.A. Youth Initiative The Youth Initiative included eight urban communities where young people created their own history projects that were used to foster community discussions about race and American identity: Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; St. Charles, MO; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Charleston, SC; Nashville, TN. For further information about educational outreach, contact: Rhonda Gray at rhonda_gray@wgbh.org. Additional Resources Africans in America, the companion book by Charles Johnson, Patricia Smith, and the WGBH Series Research Team (Harcourt & Brace Company, 1998), is available at bookstores and libraries. The series soundtrack, produced by singer, composer, and historian Bernice Johnson Reagon, is available on Rykodisc/GBH Records. The single compact disc ($15.98) or single cassette ($10.98) and deluxe box set of 3 compact discs ($34.98) or 3 cassettes ($24.98) can be purchased at a $3.00 discount through EARFUL mail-order, 1-888-2-EARFUL.

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