Black History Month

Featured Black History Month

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 ...

Carribean Garden - Have students study pictures of native Carribean plants, such as, passion fruit, banana and lime trees, lilies, bouganvillea, oleander, hibiscus, bamboo, royal palms, guava, ginger, orchids, jade vine, mahogany and casuarina trees, whitewood, sea grape, flamingo flower, pineapple, and bay trees. You ...

Learn Swahili Words - Use African colors and harvest foods to decorate the cards or posters containing the words. asante (ah-sahn'-tay): thank you bendera (ben-de'-rah) the red, black, and green striped flag of Africa bibi (bee'-bee) Mrs. boga (bo'-gah): pumpkin buba (boo'-buh): an African house bwana (bwah'-nuh): Mr. chakula ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...