Black History Month

Featured Black History Month

African Animal Fair - Choose a dough recipe from the Idea Box's craft recipe section: http://www.theideabox.com/ideas.nsf/craft+recipe Demonstrate how to roll, knead, shape and mold the dough into African animals. Choose animals like: giraffe, crocodile, gnu, gorilla, lion, tiger, dik-dik, rhinoceros, gazelle, emu, cobra, ...

Colors of Africa - Study the colors that represent Africa. Display the African Flag. Teach the four colors of Africa by having the children color and display black, red, yellow and green objects that represent Africa. Black: hippopotamus, coal Red: wildflowers,fruit, smiles Yellow: sunlight, grain, birds Green: grasslands, ...

Simon Says w/African Animals - Play an African version of Simon Says. You can use commands like this: Growl like a lion Swim like the crocodile Stretch like the giraffe Giggle like the monkey Trumpet like the elephant Trot like the hyena Wallow like the hippopotamus Climb like the gorilla Wiggle like the cobra Snort like ...

Boats, Boats - Have students perform the following actions as they recite Theodore Shorack's "Boats, Boats." Note the action movements for the students and the leader. Boats, Boats Boats, Boats off the coast, robbing Africans of what they love most. (Rowing: leader shading eyes and gazing towards shore) Chains, ...

At Home In Africa - Describe life as an african animal. Teacher: display pictures, read stories, or show videos or filmstrips about African animals. Have students select an African animal. Have them answer the following questions about their animal: What color are you? What do you eat? Where do you live? What do you doall ...

African Village - Have your students spend time exploring different types of African Homes. They can create a gallery by working in groups and choosing a home to draw and decorate. You can also take this a step further and have them work in groups to recreate a home using boxes and misc. craft materials listed above. Here ...