Black History Month
Featured Black History Month
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 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, ...
Happy Handshake - Trace and cutout 1 handprint on the skin toned construction paper. Cut out rectangles long enough to make "cuffs" for the wrists of the hands - glue on. Place the two hands together in a "shake" fashion with one thumb behind the other. Attach a brass fastener to the center!
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 ...
Black History Month
