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African and African American History Infusion Curriculum/Matrix

Division of Equity Opportunity, Rev. 2012 Copyright 1997, 2001, 2008, and 2012 by the School District of Palm Beach County

Units Course of Study

Theme Social Science

Humanities/Arts Language Arts

Science Mathematics Research Skills

Strategies

1 Ancient Africa History and Culture

Culture, Traditions, Classical,

civilizations, geography,

beliefs, leadership, economics,

Government

Celebrations/artistic expressions,

architecture, musical instruments,

origins/religious practices

Literature, hieroglyphics,

papyrus, writing stories,

biographies, and folklore

Mining Iron ore,

Astronomy, Mummificatio

n, Medical, Treatment, Irrigation,

Ventilation

Mathematical formulas, timelines,

pyramids, and math

applications: Area, Perimeter,

and Algebra Standard Core: Operations and

Algebraic Thinking

Google Earth location, manipulate and summarize

data; research books/materials on Ancient

Africa www.googleearth.com

Compare and contrast/ analyze,

evaluate, draw conclusions,

Venn Diagram and/or write an

essay on the differences/similarities of classical civilizations 4500

B.C. – 500 B.C. 2 African

Resistance to slavery in

Africa

Resistance Forest Kingdoms, West

Africa, Caribbean,

Egypt, South and Central

America, West African

Countries: Ghana, Songhai, Benin, Rhodesia,

Malia, Zulu Land, Haiti

Artifacts, culture, Study of the Nile River

Hieroglyphics, Artifacts, cave

renderings, Literary

Application

Pyramids, Invention: Irrigation

system, clocks papyrus, linen

Calculation of distance and

navigation system with

sailing ships and trade

Standard Core: Statistics &

Probability and Number System




Impact of the aforementioned

civilization of slavery

3 Brief History of the Caribbean

through the Emancipation

Slavery and Emancipation

Culture, Customs, Beliefs

and traditions

Celebrations and expressions of

creativity

Many forms of oral, written

expressions, e.g. stories,

biographies, poems, and

folklores

Environment, seasons, plants,

animals and rainforest

Currency, numbers,

calendars, charts, and games,

timelines, charts, graphs, map

distance, scales Standard Core:

Number System




Observe, identify, order, describe,

and compare and contrast, draw

conclusions; make a

comparison of the 20th Dynasty with Seminole

Slavery

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Course of

Study

Theme

Social Science

Humanities/Arts

Language Arts

Science

Mathematics

Research Skills

Strategies

4 Estavanico Slave-Explorer Map studies of Estavanico,

Songhai Empire 1350 – 1600

A.D.

African and Spanish Heritage

Primary Spanish in the

evaluation of Southern North

America

Environment, weather, and

seasons

Document distance traveled,

timelines, transcontinental

charts, graphs Standard Core:

Statistics & Probability and Number System

Use search engine e.g., Google, ask, yahoo to

research of primary sources, present oral reports

Observe, identity,

summarize, and draw conclusions

5 Haiti First free Black Nation in Western

Hemisphere

Culture, government,

traditions, values, customs

Biography of Toussaint L`ouverture Artifacts,

proverbs, music, voodoo

Patois, French, Creole-British

English, stories, folktales

Environment, Agricultural (farming),

plantations

Timelines, graphs, calculate

distance Standard Core:

Statistics & Probability and Number System

Helpful website http://www.biography.;

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ com/, ;

http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

Overthrow of slavery;

Distinguish fact from fiction in Haitian History

and Culture

6 African American

Insurrectionist

Rebellion History, Culture, and slave rebellion

Literature, speakers, drama, slave reports

Use of reports in supplement

reading

Use of transportatio

n, seasons, environment

Calculations of distances traveled,

timelines and graphs

Helpful websites http://eh.net/encyclopedia/

article/wahl.slavery.us ; http://www.floridastatepark

s.org/fortmose/ ; http://www.fortmose.org/hi

story/timeline.html

Summarize written reports,

historical investigations; compare and

contrast African slave rebellion to

the Civil Right Movement

7 Luis Pacheco Fugitive or Liberator

History, culture, values, belief

system of African slaves of

the time

Artifacts, literature proverbs, music,

drama

Seminole language, Spanish & American

communications

Scientific Developments, Agricultural

products

Historical Investigations Compare and contrast

Seminole and African

Americana amalgamation

8 Domestic Slave Trade

Free Enterprise Slave as property,

history of Blacks in the South

Artifacts, Proverbs, Music, folktales

Slave accounts and

autobiographies

Transportation, seasons, resources

Calculate distance and map route, graphs and

timelines

Price of slaves, in the United States after 1806 Helpful websites

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Compare and contrast

American Slaves uprisings other slave uprisings


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Strategies

9 Alliance Between Enslaved

Africans and the Seminoles

Interdependence Customs, values of different

cultures

Art, Proverbs, Folktales, Artifacts

Form of oral/written

expressions, e.g. stories,

biographies, poems, folklore

Natural resource/basi

c needs

Currency number,

calendar, charts, graphs, and

games, timelines, maps, distance,

scales

Research books, materials on a particular topic;

Acquires skills in oral and visual reporting; interpret

information on tables graphs, charts, locate,

manipulate and summarize

Observe, identify, order, describe

and compare and contrast, draw

conclusion; Comparison of

the 20th Dynasty with Seminole

Slavery 10 Early Settlers

of Florida-Fort Negro

Origin and Use History, settlement, culture, and

customs

Artifact and literature about the early setters

of Florida

Seminole language, Spanish & American

communications

Scientific development

s and Agricultural

products

Oral presentations, historical investigations

Seminole and African

Americana amalgamation

11 Denmark Vesey

Freedom fighter Slave uprisings/ Slave resistance

Art, architecture, literature, music of enslaved persons

Writings of enslaved persons

Using astronomy to plan escapes

and rebellions

Oral presentations of the lives of enslaved resistors

Compare and contrast

American slaves uprisings other slave uprisings

12 Slave Life in Florida

Methods of enslavement

Different enslavement

practices in the tide water and lower southern

regions

Seminole artifacts, and African American

Artifacts

Compare the Seminoles,

Spanish Language and English Gullah

Compare and contrast, rice

growing regions with

cotton growing

regions in Florida

e.g. Charts and graph

Compare and contrast, rice

growing regions with cotton

growing regions in Florida

e.g. Charts and graph

Oral reports on American relations with enslaved

persons

Compare enslavement in

Florida to enslavement in

Georgia

13 Harlem Renaissance

Rebirth 1885 – 1935 History, and Traditions of

African Americans

I.B. Well’s Art, Proverbs, Drama

Literary works, Biographies,

Written expressions,

stories, songs, folktales

George Washington Carver, Black Scientist and

Inventor

Harlem Renaissance written speeches, books, reports and oral video clips e.g. Langston Hughes,

Zora Neale Hurston, and James Weldon Johnson Helpful websites:

http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/harlem-renaissance ;

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Comparative analysis of the

works of Harlem Renaissance

writers


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Strategies


The Great Debate Booker T. Washington and

W.E.B Dubois

Literature, speakers, drama

Use of prose and poetry to supplement

reading

Create a parallel

timelines that show the

connections between scientific

inventions and cultural changes that

occurred during the

renaissance period

Create a parallel timelines that

show the connections

between scientific

inventions and cultural changes

that occurred during the

renaissance period

Chart the cultural linkages between the Harlem

Renaissance artist and the African American

community

http://www.jcu.edu/harlem/Education/page_1.htm

Summarize written reports,

historical investigations; compare and

contrast speeches by W.E.

B. Dubois and Booker. T.

Washington

15 Florida’s Reconstruction

F.A.M.U.

The Morrill Act and its impacted

on higher education in

Florida

Seminole Indians,

education and higher

education

Seminole artifacts, and African American

artifacts

Biographies and Literature

Compare the size of the land grant

colleges with the size of

private colleges with

the same population dynamics

Compare the size of the land grant colleges with the

size of private colleges with the same population

dynamics

Locate publications that document the origin of

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Helpful websites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_

and_universities ; www.famu.edu

Complete an analysis of the

Morrill Act Land Grant and its

impact on higher education in

Florida

16 Dr. Mary McLeod

Bethune -

Trailblazer and Educator

History of African

American Women in America

Literature, Music, Drama, and Fine Arts

Many forms of oral and written expressions, e.g.

stories, biographies, poems and

folklores

Timeline Timeline, graph, and maps

Give oral presentations, prepare written reports

Helpful websites: http://www.biography.com/

people/mary-mcleod-bethune-9211266 ;

http://www.cookman.edu/

Distinguish between fact and

opinion, draw conclusions from

research


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Course of

Study

Theme

Social

Science

Humanities/Arts

Language

Arts

Science

Mathematics

Research

Skills

Strategies

17

Dr. Mary McLeod

Bethune – National Civil Rights Leader

African American Woman’s Right

and Human Rights Leaders

Freedom of education for

Black Americans,

methods used, national and international

relations between African Americans and

others

Human rights activist change agent

Biographies/literary works to supplement

readings

Development of collegiate curricula at

Bethune Cookman College

Timeline, graph, educational plan

and business plan

Analyze speeches made, visual reporting, oral

presentations of Dr. Bethune

Compare modern presidential

wives to Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune

and other females of equal

stature

18 Dr. Mary McLeod

Bethune – Social Justice 1875 - 1955

Courage History of Florida and its relationship of

African American Women

entrepreneurs

Literature, Drama, Art Biographies, literature to

support readings

Timelines and charts,

scientific method/devel

opment

Document distance traveled

during her life

Research books on education for Blacks during

this period www.amazon.com;

www.barnesandnoble.com; K-12 instructional materials

& Library Media Services

Oral and visual presentations,

summarize, compare and contrast the

world of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune

to several modern males

Civil Right Leaders


Augusta Savage

Great African American Sculptor

Birth, Maturation,

presence of her father’s heritage

as a Floridian

Review Art and Music of the Harlem Renaissance

Review writings and literature of

the Harlem Renaissance

Materials used in her

figures – use of clay

Dimension and forms

Oral presentations Compare her work with other sculptors of the

era

20 Zora Neale Hurston

African American Woman Writer

History, culture, acceptance by

Blacks

“Art in Period” and Music

Biographies, Literary works, and Folktales

Scientific Developments in this era

Anthropological background

students of Franz Boas

Graphs Comparison of artist in era Helpful websites:

http://zoranealehurston.com and

http://www.history.com/topics/black-women-in-art-and-

literature

Describe, compare and

contrast female artist

e.g. Billie Holiday, Kathleen Dunbar, Josephine Baker


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UNITS

Course of Study




Strategies

21 Introduction to Kwanzaa- An

Overview

African American Celebration

Tradition and Cultures

Artifacts, Music, Religion

Additional reading to

supplement themes

Contribution of African

Americans to the

Development of Agricultural

products

Timeline and graphs

Analyze the increase in Kwanzaa practices from

1966 to 1997

Oral presentations,

written resources:

Analyze importance of

Kwanzaa to the African American community and

to society in general

22 Kwanzaa- Umoja (Unity)



systems of African

Americans and Kemet & West

African Kingdoms

Artifacts, Music, Religions, Proverbs,

Literature, and Folktales

Use of American and African

American prose to supplement

readings

Agricultural products that were a part of

the Columbian exchange

Graphically show the increase in

Kwanzaa in your community

activities from 1966 - present

PowerPoint presentation and prepare research base on Kwanzaa and the MA’AT

Analyze the use of coalitions to

ensure unity

23 Kwanzaa- Kujichagulia

(Self Determination)



systems of African


African Kingdoms





readings

Agricultural products that were a part of

the Columbian exchange





Compare and contrast the

freedom strategies of two African American

Leaders

24 Kwanzaa- Ujima

(Collective work/

Responsibity)



systems of African


African Kingdoms





readings

Agricultural products that developed in

Asia and were transported

to Africa





Critique the collective work

required to conduct a Kwanzaa

Celebration

25 Kwanzaa- Ujamaa

(Cooperative Economics)



systems of African






Asia and were




Critique the collective work

required to conduct a





African Kingdoms

readings transported to Africa


Kwanzaa Celebration





Strategies

26 Kwanzaa- Nia (Purpose)



systems of African


African Kingdoms





readings


Asia and were transported

to Africa





Analyze how setting goals

increases success in life

27 Kwanzaa- Kuumba

(Creativity)



systems of African


African Kingdoms





readings

Agricultural Products






freedom strategies of two African American

Inventors

28 Kwanzaa – Imani (Faith)



systems of African


African Kingdoms





readings

Agricultural Products






abilities of the Tuskegee Airmen

29 African American

Entrepreneurs form 1600 to the present

Free Enterprise National history of African American

businesses in Southern Florida

Use historical societies reports; Use enslaved Africans reports; Use

architecture and many source accounts

graphics of businesses, past/present

Use literature, speakers;

examine oral and written

accounts; Use biographies; Use news articles in

the past 40 years to identify

African

Review the types of

materials used to

construct businesses; review the

environmental factors that determined

Calculate distance between

businesses, document trend

in dollars earned, compare and contrast the

economic contributions of

African

Use the internet to review primary sources on national

African American businesses; Determine how African American businesses contribute to the national,

state, county economy; Select three areas of businesses e.g. a solo

medical office- discuss how

Conduct an interview of an

African American business owner

and prepare reports; Describe the differences between three

businesses development and




American businesses

types of businesses;

explores African

Americans and other

groups

Americans and other groups

much capital is required to start up and operate

success; Write an essay about the role and success

of women in businesses in

Southern Florida and U.S. A.





Strategies

30 African American

Entrepreneurs in Palm Beach

County

Economic Development

Analyze a timeline with businesses in Palm Beach

County; Analyze the influence of

African American culture on

businesses, economics of

African American

businesses

African American artist as an economic venture; role of the

music and other visual and performing arts in

the economy

Use literature especially

biographies on African

American entrepreneur in South Florida,

speakers, newspaper, magazine articles on businesses

Review the types of

businesses involved in computer, medical,

engineering and other

scientific and technological

fields; Examine

architecture and materials

used

Quantify the economic

contributions of African

Americans to Palm Beach

County economy (percentages); document the

distances between African

American business by

charting on a map

Use internet to review primary sources on African American businesses in the

county; Select areas of businesses e.g. a solo dental

office, discuss how much capital is required to start up

and operate

Conduct an interview of a

African American business owner in Palm Beach

County and write a report; Using a

powepoint presentation describe the differences

between the sources of three businesses, write an essay on the success and role

of woman in business in Palm

Beach County 31 African

American Pioneers in Delray; The

founding of a community

Democracy Compare census data then and now; Interview families about

life experiences; Establish

timeline of events and

people; Examine diversity of

cultures

Document the art and artifacts of the

pioneers; Document music and

entertainment, then and today; Document how art influences the

community

Use historical documents especially

biographies of early settlers;

Use old newspapers;

Interview elders about their experiences

Document the

environmental challenges; Document

how diseases were treated;

Document the

engineering, medical

professions and their

Calculate cost of land, then and

now; Document distances settlers

traveled; Document

economics/cost of living

Use search engine e.g. Google, ask, yahoo, and etc... for documents of

genealogy of African American pioneers;

Research a single family tree; Create a scrapbook of

key pioneers

Conduct an interview of the

oldest living pioneers; Use PowerPoint

presentation to present the

contributions of the African

Americans, then and now in

Delray




contributions





Strategies

32 Religion and Social Life in Delray Beach

Democracy Develop a map of the churches;

Describe the timeline and events of the

African American Churches; Examine

strategies of collaboration with native

Americans and Europeans

Document the architecture of the

churches; Document the art in churches; Document/analyze African American

church music of this period

Use historic primary

documents and newspapers to document the role of religion

among American pioneers, Describe

differences between African Methodist and

Episcopal churches

Document the role of

environment on the type of

church structures; Document the science behind the

construction of churches; Document

the nutritional sources of

food then and today

Calculate the building cost of

the typical church; Compare the income, then

and today of African

Americans; Calculate the

distances between churches

Use search engine e.g. Google, ask, yahoo, and

etc... to develop and expand the documents of African

American churches in Palm Beach County; Document

the diasporas of Caribbean settlers in the Delray/Linton

areas

Build a scrapbook of Bahamian and African American religious leaders,

then and now; Interview two early settlers

about the role of churches;

Present findings in Power Point

33 From Linton to Delray:

Economics and Education

Economic Development

Analyze a timeline of

businesses in Linton/Delray;

Analyze the history of

African Americans in

Palm Beach and their impact on economic life of

African American

businesses; Document types

of businesses

African American educators and artists

in economic development;

Document art, music of the era; Compare it

to today

Use literature especially

biographies on African

American entrepreneur in South Florida,

Speakers, newspaper, magazine articles on businesses;

Write essay on the life of a

business owner

Review the types of

businesses involved in computer, medical,

engineering, and other

scientific and technological

fields; Examine

architecture and materials

used

Quantify the economic

contributions of African

Americans to Palm Beach

County economy (percentages); document the

distances between African

American business by

charting on a map

Use search engine e.g. Google, ask, yahoo, and etc... to review primary

sources of African American businesses in the county; businesses in the county; Select areas of businesses e.g. a solo dental office,

discuss the business plan required to start up and

operate

Conduct an interview of a

African American business owner in Palm Beach

County and write a report; Using a

PowerPoint presentation describe the differences

between the sources of three businesses, write an essay on the success and role

of woman in business in Palm

Beach County








Strategies

34 Florida History the 1928

Storm

Natural Disaster Survival resources for African American before, during, and after the storm

Zora Neale Hurston “ Their

Eyes Were Watching God”

Discuss the climate before a

hurricane. Create a

hurricane with the use of a 2-liter soda bottle see website

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Create a parallel timelines that

show the connections

between 1928 storm and

8inventions and cultural changes

that occurred during the

renaissance period

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Eliot Kleinberg. Black Cloud: The Great Florida Hurricane

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