4th+grade+-+Black+History

NETS.2.3-5: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

Objectives:
 * Students will be able to research using the provided website to find the bio of a famous Black historian.
 * Students will be able to create a written report to verbalize for a video.

Activity...

slide 1 slide 2 slide 3 slide 4 slide 5
 * the person
 * your name
 * title - their name
 * when they where born
 * when they died
 * where they where born and raised
 * title - Most Known For...
 * what they are most know for
 * title - Family & Education
 * family
 * schooling
 * Title - More Interesting Facts
 * 3 more facts about their life that is important to who they were

Must include
 * theme 10 points
 * pictures - clear and relevant 4 pts each (20 total)
 * text should be appropriate size 4 pts each (20 total)
 * transitions**** 4 pts each (20 total)
 * accurate facts 4 pts each (20 total)


 * 1) **[|Marian Anderson]**First black member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, in 1955.
 * 2) [|Maya Angelou] - Poet
 * 3) **[|Arthur Ashe]**First black man to win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating Jimmy Connors in 1975.
 * 4) **[|James Hubert (Eubie) Blake]**Composed first Broadway musical written and directed by African-Americans.
 * 5) **[|Guion Bluford]**First African-American astronaut to launch into space, in 1983.
 * 6) **[|Gwendolyn Brooks]**First black to receive a Pulitzer Prize, in 1950.
 * 7) **[|Ralph Bunche]**First African-American to win a Nobel Peace Prize, in 1950.
 * 8) **[|Shirley Chisholm]**First black woman elected to Congress, in 1968 (from Brooklyn to 91st Congress).
 * 9) **[|Nat King Cole]**First back entertainer to host his own show on national television, in 1956.
 * 10) **[|bessie Colema]**n - pilot
 * 11) **[|Elbert Frank Cox]**First African-American to earn a PhD in Mathematics, in 1925 (Cornell University).
 * 12) [|Dorothy Dandridge] - film actress
 * 13) **[|Benjamin Oliver Davis]**First black appointed to the rank of general, in 1940. His son, [|Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.], was the first black general in the Air Force.
 * 14) **[|Frederick Douglass]**First black to receive a major US government appointment, in 1877.
 * 15) **[|Ella Fitzgerald]** - singer
 * 16) **[|Althea Gibson]**First African-American to play in the US Open, winning the tournament twice, in 1957 and 1958.
 * 17) **[|Dr. Mae Jemison]**First black woman astronaut to launch into space, in 1992.
 * 18) **[|Jack Johnson]**First African-American world heavyweight boxing champion, in 1908.
 * 19) **[|Robert Johnson]**The owner of Black Entertainment Television, Johnson became the first black billionaire in 2001.
 * 20) **[|Jacob LAwrence]** - painter educator
 * 21) **[|Thurgood Marshall]**First African-American appointed to the Supreme Court, in 1963.
 * 22) **[|Hattie McDaniel]**First African-American to win an Oscar, in 1940 for Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind.
 * 23) **[|Carol Moseley-Braun]**First black woman to serve on the U.S. Senate, in 1992 from Illinois.
 * 24) **[|Toni Morrison]**First black to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1993.
 * 25) **[|Sidney Poitier]**First African-American to win Oscar for best actor ("Lillies of the Field," 1963). First black nominated for Best Actor Academy Award ("The Defiant Ones," 1958). First black to star as romantic lead ("Paris Blues," 1961). First black to become number-one box office draw (1968). First black to insist on a film crew at least 50% African-American ("The Lost Man," 1969). First black to kiss a white woman on screen ("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," 1967).
 * 26) **[|Colin L. Powell]**First black chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, in 1989, and first black Secretary of State, in 2001.
 * 27) **[|Condoleezza Rice]**First black woman Secretary of State, in 2005.
 * 28) **[|Jackie Robinson]**First black major league baseball player, in 1947, and first black player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1962.
 * 29) **[|Madam C. J. Walker]**First self-made African American woman millionaire.
 * 30) **[|Tiger Woods]**First African-American to win the Masters golf tournament, in 1997