| African American Artists: Myth and Modern Society |
| Set of lesson ideas based on an examination of ways that African American artists have used classical mythology. Students compare paintings to the ancient text, or create their own myths based on an artwork. |
| Provider: Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| African American Artists: Education and Equity |
| Set of lesson ideas based on paintings that depict African Americans in school and library settings. All of the works are from the period following Plessy v. Ferguson. |
| Provider: Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| African American Artists: Masking Matters |
| Set of lesson ideas for a study of the art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance. Students create abstract works inspired by poetry and music, and write poems and stories based on paintings. |
| Provider: Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| African American Artists: My People, Our People |
| Set of lesson ideas based on an overview of African American history. Students bring artworks into comparison with poetry and music. |
| Provider: Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| An Organized Legal Campaign-Lesson |
| Lesson plan has students create posters to convey the importance of specific figures in the legal battle to end segregation including the role of Howard University as an African American cultural center, the emergence of black lawyers as civil rights leaders, and the importance of the NAACP and the roles of Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall. This lesson is part of the online exhibition entitled Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Anacostia Community Museum |
| Main website of Anacostia Community Museum Center for African American History and Culture, a national center for exhibitions, research, historical documentation, collecting, and educational programs relating to African American history and culture and the African Diaspora in the Americas. |
| Provider: Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits |
| Lesson plan has students study portraits of famous African Americans in history, explain the social and political impact of each portrait sitter, and discuss what it means to take a stand. Targets grades 3-6. |
| Provider: National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| African Americans in Air and Space History |
| Guided tour exploring the achievements of pioneering African American pilots and astronauts. |
| Provider: National Air and Space Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Art to Zoo: “Blacks in the Westward Movement,” “What Can You Do with a Portrait?” and “Of Beetles, Worms, and Leaves of Grass” (1976) |
| Premier issue of Art to Zoo, containing three sections: experiences of African Americans in westward expansion, the use of portrait art in the classroom, and the ordinary lawn as a habitat for plants and animals. |
| Provider: Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): PreK–3, 4–8 |
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| Document Detective |
| Lesson has students practice using primary sources to learn about slavery and the Underground Railroad by analyzing newspaper advertisements regarding runaway slaves. Part of the resource “Slave Life and the Underground Railroad.” |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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