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Celebrating the Season.
Winters, Kay; And Others – Learning, 1992
Presents a collection of holiday-related winter activities for elementary students. November activities celebrate the Great American Smokeout, National Children's Book Week, National Geography Awareness Week, and Thanksgiving. December activities celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the coming of snow. Hands-on activities include cooking,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education, Holidays
Activity Book.
Hansen, Karen L. – Learning, 1991
An activity book presents arts and crafts projects for the special events and holidays occurring during November and December. The section includes class activities, student activity pages, and directions for making several kinds of bird feeders. (SM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Class Activities, Creative Teaching
Movers and Shapers.
Roth, Ilene; Roth, Leah – Learning, 1991
Presents a chart containing minibiographies of African Americans and highlighting the contributions they have made to society. The biographies are arranged under the headings science and medicine, pioneers, literature, public figures, the arts, and sports. Each biography is followed by questions and suggestions for additional research. (SM)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies, Class Activities
Thank You, Africa.
Learning, 1991
Presents a list of class activities for Black History Month to help students study African heritage. The activities listed, with appropriate grade levels, are storytelling, dances and games, crafts, posters, live-in history, movers and shapers, and a play. Each activity is explained in the pages that follow in this issue. (SM)
Descriptors: African History, Black History, Class Activities, Cultural Activities
Storytelling.
Blake-Alston, Charlotte – Learning, 1991
Presents storytelling as a way to teach students about African societies. The article explains how to teach storytelling and how to branch out into other related educational activities. A tale from Ghana suitable for bulletin-board use and a student activity page on African proverbs are included. (SM)
Descriptors: African History, Black Culture, Class Activities, Cultural Activities
Dances and Games.
Hansen, Karen – Learning, 1991
Presents guidelines for teaching students about African culture via dances and games and for developing related activities to expand student learning experiences. Student activity pages describe how to do the Ghana national dance and how to play Mankala, a popular African game. (SM)
Descriptors: African History, Black Culture, Black Studies, Class Activities
Crafts.
Hansen, Karen – Learning, 1991
Presents crafts projects to accompany the discussion of African tribes and their ceremonial items. The article describes how to create a ceremonial mask, ceremonial shield, goodbye cloth, and necklace. Background information is included for each item. (SM)
Descriptors: African History, Black Culture, Black Studies, Class Activities
A Play in Three Acts: Boley, A Town You Could Bank On.
N'Namdi, Carmen A. – Learning, 1991
Presents an excerpt from a play that can be used to help students learn about Black history. The play focuses on an African-American town, Boley, Oklahoma, that outsmarted the most feared bank robbers of the 1930s. It emphasizes Black triumphs. (SM)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies, Class Activities
Live-In History.
Blizard, Elizabeth B. – Learning, 1991
Guidelines for teaching about the relationship between African and American houses include an activity in which children unravel a trail of clues, moving from a West African house to a "shotgun" house in America. A student activity page on houses in Nigeria, Haiti, and New Orleans is included. (SM)
Descriptors: African History, Architectural Character, Black Culture, Black Studies