WHAT IS S.T.E.A.M?

STEM + ART = STEAM

AN ACRONYM FOR

SCIENCE

TECHNOLOGY

ENGINEERING

ARTS

MATHEMATICS

STEAM PROVIDES AN AVENUE FOR FORMALLY TEACHING THE INTER-RELATIONSHIPS OF HOW SUBJECTS RELATE IN REAL-LIFE.

WHAT IS BLACK HISTORY?

BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICA’S HISTORY…HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE PULLMAN PORTERS, WHERE

INSTRUMENTAL IN INFORMING THE BLACK COMMUNITY

ABOUT THE EVENTS OF THE TIME? OFTEN TIMES THIS

MEANT RISKING THEIR JOB AND PERHAPS THEIR LIVES.

OUR PULLMAN PORTERS WILL CONTINUE THE LEGACY BY

TAKING YOU ON THIS TRIVIA QUEST, STATION BY STATION.

FULL STEAM AHEAD!

OLD SCHOOL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION

• CLUES…

• 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN DIRECTOR OF THE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM IN NYC

• HOSTED “NOVA SCIENCE NOW” ON PBS

FIRST STOP, SCIENCE. ALL ABOARD!

FIRST STOP, SCIENCE. ALL ABOARD!

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON

ASTROPHYSICIST

• SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON WAS THE:

• A.FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO PERFORM OPEN HEART SURGERY

• B. FIRST AFRICAN AMERCAN WOMAN TO EARN A PH.D FROM MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUE OF TECHONLOGY

(M.I.T)

• C. DISCOVERED BLOOD PLASMA

FIRST STOP, SCIENCE. ALL ABOARD!

FIRST STOP, SCIENCE. ALL ABOARD!

SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON

B. FIRST AFRICAN AMERCAN WOMAN TO

EARN A PH.D FROM MASSACHUSETTS

INSTITUE OF TECHONLOGY (M.I.T)

• CREATED THE FIRST HOME GAME VIDEO SYSTEMS (IF YOU HAVE A WII, XBOX OR

PLAYSTATION, YOU SHOULD KNOW….

SECOND STOP, TECHNOLOGY. ALL ABOARD!

SECOND STOP, TECHNOLOGY.ALL ABOARD!

GERALD A. LAWSON

1940-2011

INVENTOR

• LED THE DESIGN TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE FIRST ONE-GIGAHERTZ COMPUTER PROCESSOR

• HOLDS 1/3 OF THE ORGINAL IBM PATENTS

• WITHOUT THIS PERSON, WE COULDN’T PROCESS THIS PRESENTATION!

SECOND STOP, TECHNOLOGY. ALL ABOARD!

SECOND STOP, TECHNOLOGY.ALL ABOARD!

MARK E. DEAN

COMPUTER ENGINEER

•WHILE WORKING ON CREATING A HEAT PUMP THAT USED WATER TO COOL DOWN

INSTEAD OF FREON, THIS ENGINEER CREATED A FUN SUMMERTIME TOY

• THIS INVENTION EARNED THIS INVENTOR MILLIONS!

THIRD STOP, ENGINEERING. ALL ABOARD!

THIRD STOP, TECHNOLOGY. ALL ABOARD!

LONNIE JOHNSON

AEROSPACE ENGINEER

THIRD STOP, TECHNOLOGY. ALL ABOARD!

TIGER WOODS MAY HOLD MANY

GOLFING TITLES, HOWEVER, GEORGE

T. GRANT, A BLACK MAN MADE IT

POSSIBLE FOR WOODS AND OTHER

GOLFERS TO PLAY BY INVENTING …

THIRD STOP, TECHNOLOGY. ALL ABOARD!

THE GOLF TEE

FOURTH STOP, THE ARTS. ALL ABOARD!

• BOTH A COMPOSER AND MUSICIAN (PIANIST), HE COMPOSED OVER 1,000 SONGS AND MUSICAL PIECES

• TRANSFORMED AMERICAN RAGTIME

• HE CO-COMPOSED PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN’S 1948 CAMPAIGN SONG “I’M JUST WILD ABOUT

HARRY”

• FOR MANY LMS STUDENTS, YOU’LL ATTEND A SCHOOL HONORING HIS LEGACY

FOURTH STOP, THE ARTS. ALL ABOARD!

JAMES HUBERT BLAKE FEBURARY 7, 1883- FEBRUARY 12, 1983

FOURTH STOP, THE ARTS. ALL ABOARD!

• SAVION GLOVER LEARNED A THING OR TWO FROM THIS DYNAMIC DUO

FOURTH STOP, THE ARTS. ALL ABOARD!

NICHOLAS BROTHERS

TAP DANCERS

FOURTH STOP, THE ARTS. ALL ABOARD!

THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTOR WAS THE FIRST TO WIN AN OSCAR

FOURTH STOP, THE ARTS. ALL ABOARD!

HATTIE MCDANIEL

ACTRESS

FOURTH STOP, THE ARTS. ALL ABOARD!

• GRADUATED FROM COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL IN 1923

• ALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER

• FLUENT IN NINE LANGUAGES

• MADE OVER 300 RECORDINGS

FOURTH STOP, THE ARTS. ALL ABOARD!

PAUL ROBESON

SINGER, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, SCHOLAR

Which African American inventor published a Farmers' Almanac?

a) Otis Boykin b) Madame Walker

c) Benjamin Banneker d) George Washington Carver

FIFTH AND FNAL STOP, MATHEMATICS.ALL ABOARD!

FIFTH AND FNAL STOP, MATHEMATICS. ALL ABOARD!

C. BENJAMIN BANNEKER

A “Free Negro”/Scientist/Mathematician

FIFTH AND FNAL STOP, MATHEMATICS.ALL ABOARD!

• CLUES…

• FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ACCEPTED IN THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

• NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY

• FIRST BLACK TENURED FACULTY MEMBER AT UC BERKELEY.

FIFTH AND FNAL STOP, MATHEMATICS. ALL ABOARD!

DAVID BLACKWELL

Statistician/Mathematician

WOMEN IN THE ARTS

ELIZABETH TAYLOR GREENFIELD

OPERA SINGER

ALMA WOODSEY THOMAS/ARTIST

MARION ANDERSON

OPERA SINGER

MISSY COPELAND

PRIMA BALLERINA

LOIS MAILOU JONES/ARTIST ELIZABETH CATLETT/SCULPTOR/

PRINTMAKER

LOCAL DC CONNECTIONS.SO MUCH TALENT IN ONE SMALL PLACE!

DAVID DRISKELL

ARTIST / UNIV. OF MD

EMERITUS FACULTY

MICHAEL EALY (BROWN)

SPRINBROOK HS ALUM

NOW TAKE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED FROM OUR PULLMAN

PORTERS AND TAKE YOUR OWN JOURNEY THROUGH

HISTORY AND HISTORY IN THE MAKING.

LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, PBS DOCUMENTARIES, ORAL

FAMILY HISTORIES AND THE ARTS ARE ALL GREAT METHODS

FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION AND INSIGHT.

NOW WE’RE JUST A GOOGLE AWAY FROM INFORMATION.

GOOGLE WISELY, YOU MIGHT JUST LEARN SOMETHING!

NEW METHODS OFCOMMUNICATION/ EDUCATION

TO MY DEAR SISTERFRIENDS AND MOMS OF OUR

VILLAGE. IT’S AMAZING WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED

OVER BRUNCH!

TRACY HUNDLEY/TAKOMA PARK MS PARENT

KIM SELLERS, PH.D/ARGYLE MS PARENT

SPECIAL THANKS!!!

Thank you! Sheila Chandler, Proud Loiederman MS Parent

NAACP Parents’ Council Representative 2014-2015