4th+Grade

Welcome 4th Grade

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= = = = =There are countless African-Americans who have made a difference in the world we live in today. Their hard-work, discipline, determination and faith carried them through tumultuous experiences. The sacrifices that these Americans made have afforded many of us the freedoms and luxuries we enjoy today. We will examine a small sampling of African-American Heroes. There are thousands of unsung heroes whose contributions have gone undocumented. = = = =We will be exploring the following website(s) to complete a Black History Month project: = = = = Biography =

National Geographic

= = = African-American Web Connection = = = = Who2Famous African-Americans = = = = Enchanted Learning = = =

Encyclopedia Britannica

__** Exploration Quest 1 **__ Explore the links above and select a person of interest. Students will be asked to select a person that has made major contributions to our communities and to the world we live in.Find pictures of that person and (5-7) other pictures or words that represent that person and their accomplishments and create a Mind Map.

**__ Exploration Quest 2 __** Using the person of interest from Quest 1, open up a Word 2007 document and write the name of their person of interest in the Header of the document. Student will answer the following questions in paragraph form:
 * Briefly explain why you chose this person?
 * Find (2) interesting facts about this person
 * Find and insert one picture of this person
 * Date of birth and death (if still alive, leave blank)
 * What did this person do/say that made a difference in his/her community?
 * What would this person think about our world today?

**__ Exploration Quest 3 __** In this activity students will match famous African American men and women to their accomplishments and to the year in which those accomplishments occurred. Students will use the online resources of Encyclopedia Britannica's Black History Biographies (select Biographies from the menu) to complete the activity. This activity is slightly different from the typical two-column matching activity with which students are familiar. In this three-way matching activity students I have provided two printable work pages for this quest. One page focuses on famous African American women and the other highlights the accomplishments of African American men. You may choose which page you wish to complete.
 * first draw a line in from the person's name in the left column to that person's accomplishment (in the middle column);
 * then they draw a line from the accomplishment in the middle column to the year in which that accomplishment occurred in the far-right (third) column.
 * Famous African American Women
 * Famous African American Men