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I'll Make Me A World
http://www.pbs.org/immaw/suggestedactivities.htm
Design a monument to an African-American artist, and learn how African American artists
participated in the WPA during the Depression. Explore the art and history of the Gullah
community in the American southeast and learn about cultural effects of the Great Migration.
[ Grades 5-12 ]
Richard Wright: Black Boy
http://www.pbs.org/rwbb/ed.html
Discuss educational opportunities for black students in the Jim Crow south, and compare
American education to other countries' systems.
[ Grades 9-12 ]
American Masters: Ralph Ellison
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/
education/lesson16_overview.html
Investigate the theme of invisibility in Invisible Man, in your live and your community.
[ Grades 11-12 ]
Africa
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/tools/
culture/goals.html
Explore the role of oral traditions in the African culture. Students will read articles
about the daily lives of people living in a variety of African countries, and create a mock
interview based on the information.
[ Grades 9-12 ]
Mississippi River Song
http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/teachers/ext2.html
Explore clogging, African American drumming, bluegrass, and Mississippi steamboat
soundings and folksongs.
[ Grades K-8 ]
Continental Harmony: Music, Slavery and the Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/harmony/
teachersguide/lesson6.html
Analyze the various forms of spirituals and the role of spirituals played during
the period of slavery and the Civil War.
[ Grades 3-8 ]
Jubilee Singers
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/
singers/tguide/index.html
Review lyrics as part of an investigation into the history and meaning of spirituals, both as
an art form and as a tool for slave resistance and communication.
[ Grades 9-12 ]
American Roots Music: Desegregating the Airwaves
http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/
pbs_arm_itc_lesson_two.html
Learn about the emergence of the blues as a form of popular music on the radio,
beginning in Helena, Arkansas in 1940.
[ Grades 6-12 ]
American Roots Music: Gospel Music Meets a Wide Audience
http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/
pbs_arm_itc_lesson_three.html
Identify the leading figures in postwar gospel music and compare the differences in
style and approach of several gospel singers.
[ Grades 6-12 ]
Jazz
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/classroom/
Through this popular program and Web site, younger students will learn the concept of
beat in music. They will practice following a pattern and become familiar with the concept
of beat in music. Middle School and high school students will explore African American history
through jazz. Kids can form imaginary jazz bands, which will tour segregated Southern
cities or produce a jazz radio program during the school desegregation crisis in Little Rock,
Arkansas.
[ Grades K-12 ]
American Masters: Lena Horne: Race and the American Artist
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/
education/lesson3_overview.html
Focus on the role of race in the American entertainment world during the 20th century
and make connections to Horne's life story.
[ Grades 6-12 ]
African Arts and Music
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/
tools/music/goals.html
Listen to folktales and African music, create African crafts, and explore websites
that depict images of many different kinds of art forms.
[ Grades 3-6 ]
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