Black History Web Design

Author:
Cecilia Baker

State of Origin:
Virginia

Subject Area: Technology, Social Studies

Grade Level: 8-10

Objective(s)

Students will use the internet to research black history.
Students will design a web page.

National Standards

Technology: Research and evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources concerning real world problems; design, develop, publish, and present products using technology resources that demonstrate and communicate curriculum concepts to audiences in and outside of the classroom.
Social Studies: Analyze group and institutional influences on people, events, and elements of culture.

Summary

Each student or student team will be given a category for which to create a web page. Students will research and make decisions for content of the page. Each web page should contain at least six images and six links, as well as any necessary commentary. Students should indicate on the web page its purpose and school's email address.

Technology and/or Materials Needed

  • Computers with Internet access
  • HTML editor, such as Netscape Composer
  • Student experience in keyboarding and searching Internet

Implementation Time Frame

Seven 45-minute class period

Activities

Each student or pair of students will choose a category of black history. The categories include:
Africans in the Diaspora
African Art
Black Images in Western Art
  • "Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley" by Anne-Louis Girodet
  • "Harpsicord Recital at Count Rumfords" by Benjamin Thomson
  • "George Washington and Family" by Edward Savage
  • "The Bone Player" by William Sidney Mount
African American Artists
  • Romare Bearden
  • Henry O Tanner
  • Charles W. White
  • John Biggers
  • Elizabeth Catlett
  • Jacob Lawrence
Black Music
  • Gospel and Spirituals
  • Jazz and Blues
  • Rhythm and Blues
  • Rap Music and Hip Hop
  • Classical and Opera (Marian Anderson, Leotyne Price, Kathlene Battle)
Black Scientists and Mathematicians
Black Novelists
  • Richard Wright
  • Ralph Ellison
  • Toni Morrison
  • James Baldwin
  • Alice Walker
  • Jamaica Kinkaid
Black Inventors
Black Cowboys
  • Nate Love
  • Baz Reeves
  • Bill Pickett
Black Jacks
Black Seamen
Blacks in the Military
  • Blacks in the Revolutionary War - Black Patriots (James Armistead, Crispus Attucks), Black Loyalists
  • Blacks during the War of 1812
  • Blacks during the Civil War
  • Buffalo Soldiers
  • Blacks during World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf
The Harlem Renaissance
The Back to Africa Movement
  • Paul Cuffee
  • Marcus Garvey
The Civil Rights Movement
  • NAACP
  • SNCC
  • CORE
  • Black Panther Party
Civil Rights Leaders
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Malcolm X
  • Medgar Evans
  • Ralphe Bunche
Black Athletes
  • The Negro Leagues
  • Integration of the Major Leagues
Blacks and the Labor Movement
  • A. Philip Randolph
Blacks and the Justice System
  • Dred Scott
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson
  • Scottsboro Boys
  • Brown vs. Board of Education
Blacks in the Media
  • Film, Televison, Newspapers
Black Politicians
The Black Church
Once students have their topic, they should spend three to four of the class periods researching their topic using search engines and sites provided. They should evaluate each site critically as they choose images and information. Images should be saved to student folders on the hard drive or to disks. Students should take notes on the content so they can summarize and put in their own words on their pages.
Once all of the content has been chosen, students will create a web page. Parts of this process should be completed together so students can learn how to add images and text, and change characteristics of text, background, and layout.

Assessment

Each web page can be assessed for layout and content.

Resources and Related Links

Search Engines:
  • Yahoo
  • AltaVista
  • Dogpile
Other important sites:

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