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Black History Online - Fun and Games!!! *
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- here you'll find 20 terrific classroom activites
- check out especially "Invent-O-Rama"
- there is an interactive
Q U I Z
Black History Month Games
- children can tackle interactive "History Challange" -
created by Time Magazine for Kids
- or they can play "Oh Grow Up!" in which the children learn
about famous African Americans and then try to identify them
with their childhood photos
- for excellent teacher resources, including reproducibles, click
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Escape to Freedom
- students will learn about slavery and the Underground
Railroad as they play this attractive adventure game
players must help two modern-day children - Jake and Emily,
who find themselves mysteriously taken back to the 1850's -
return to the present
- children also can try their hand at an online quiz AND
- lots of crossword puzzles at Harriet Tubman and the
Underground Railroad
Stand up for Your Rights
- a nice interactive site about the American civil rights
movement
- click on "Buzz" and meet Melba Beals, who describes her
experience as one of the first black students to integrade
Little Rock High School during the 1960's
Black History Games
- this site features a concentration-like "Matchup" game
in which children try to pair up names with corresponding
pictures of notable African Americans
- the "African American Quotes" game challenges players to
correctly match a person with an important statement
The African American Journey
- this site offers five chronological sections on black history
- click on sidebar links in each section for an interactive
quiz
* selected from School Library Journal February 2003 - p. 34
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