It is important to incorporate diverse civics and history content in our ESL, ABE, and U.S. Citizenship courses. Here are some resources for Black History month. Do you have any further resources, activities, or strategies to share? Add your resources in the comments and join us for A Civics Preview for 2024 on Wed, Feb 8, 3 pm ET to discuss how to incorporate more civic celebrations in to the adult education classroom.
Civics and Resources for Black History Month
- Adult Education Matters: Septima Clark "Black History is Adult Education History"
- American English at State: Black History Month
- American English at State: Sing Out Loud Word Play: Black Alley: Be Me
- Anacostia Community Museum: Virtual Exhibits
- Center for Racial Justice: Black History Month for Educators and Families
- College Board: AP® African American Studies
- Common Sense Ed: Free Learning Resources for Black History Month (And Beyond)
- BlackHistoryMonth.gov
- ELCivics.com: Black History Month
- Google Applied Digital Skills: Google Celebrate Black History, Culture & Identity
- History: Black History Month
- Immigrant Learning Center: Black History Month: 10 Famous Black Immigrants
- LOC: Protests Against Racism Web Archive
- Postal Museum: African Americans in the Postal Service and Philately
- Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco
- National Archives: African American History
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- National Museum of African Americans on Stamps: Civil War to Civil Rights
- NCES.ed.gov: Black History Month Fast Facts; ELs Who are Black (infographic)
- NPS: Black History Month
- NPS: 28 Days of Black History
- NYTM: The 1619 Project (also check Hulu)
- Smithsonian Education: Black History Month
- Story Corps: Black History Month
- Story Cops: Honoring Black Voices
- TED-ed: Hidden Figures: Black History
- this i believe: In Celebration of African American History
- US Census: National Black (African American) History Month: February 2024
- US Courts: African American History Month
- US Dept of Labor: Black History Month
- uscitizenpod: U.S. Citizenship Resources for Black History Month
- VOA News: From Africa to America
- WH: A Proclamation on National Black History Month, 2024
updated 2024-02-07
Comments
Septima Clark was "The Mother of the Movement" and was also a "Mother of Adult Education." She should be celebrated, taught about, and learned from! I would love to see formal lessons created on what she accomplished and her legacy - which was huge! Learn more about Septima Clark at https://adulteducationmatters.blogspot.com/2022/02/black-history-is-adult-education.html.
Thanks to Cynthia Eagleton for celebrating this important foremother!
Crash Course: Black History Month
Over the course of 51 episodes, we're going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will teach you about the experience of Black people in America, from the arrival of the first enslaved Black people who arrived at Jamestown all the way to the Black Lives Matter movement. full video playlist