African and African American Studies
Social Studies Lesson Plans - Grades 9 – 12
9th Grade - World Cultural Geography
Population Demographics (SS WGeo LPQ3 027)
Students will learn how to create and interpret choropleth maps. They will convert data from tables to graphic forms, create and interpret population
pyramids using data from modern African nations.
Geography of the Caribbean Islands (SS 049)
Using powerpoint and map exercises, students will
locate and label on a map all islands and countries of the Caribbean;
describe the physical forces that have created these islands;
understand the impact of weather patterns on development of islands;
describe the biomes of islands.
Maroon Population in the Caribbean (SS WHis LPQ4 10 LA Caribbean Studies 054)
Students will research and understand the culture, customs, and languages of the Maroons in Suriname, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica, and analyze historical records tracing development of a Western civilization.
10th Grade - World History
Women in Traditional African Societies (SS WHis LPQ3 032)
Students will learn about the role of women in traditional African village life;
understand the contextual nature of artwork within traditional African village life;
become familiar with women writers of postcolonial Africa;
examine how the traditions of village life influence postcolonial arts and culture.
Scramble for Africa Simulation (SS WHis LPQ3 053)
Using this board game, the learners will
experience the competitiveness of the scramble for colonies in Africa in between 1884-1914;
experience the various ways that colonial powers acquired territory from the Africans; understand the relative economic value of the individual colonies.
Origins of Slavery in Africa (SS WHis LPQ1 052)
Powerpoint –based lesson that uses graphics, images, photographs, and primary source readings to describe the advent and impact of slavery on African societies. Students will analyze primary source documents to understand the economic, social, and political forces that were at work to develop African slave trade. Using demographic data about the enslaved Africans on the Middle Passage, students will analyze the demographics of the people forced into slavery.
Nubia: Land of the Bow (SS WHis LPQ1 039)
Students will learn the cultural, religious, political, and technological development of Nubian civilization; assess the cultural, commercial, and political links between Egypt and Nubia.
11th Grade - United States History
Slave Revolts in America (SS AmHis LA LPQ1 057)
Students are required to investigate the causes and effects of slave revolts in America as a reaction to their enslavement.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the nature and dynamics of slave society;
understand the factors which contributed to slave rebellions; compare and contrast slave revolts in US with those in Haiti and other areas; illustrate a timeline of slave revolts; prepare biographical material on leaders of slave revolts; analyze the effects of slave rebellions in slave societies.
Reconstruction (SS AmHis LPQ1 036)
Students will
summarize the efforts to extend or deny civil rights to former slaves;
analyze primary source documents related to freedmen in the South.
From Segregation to Integrated Education: the Little Rock 9 (SS AmHis LPQ4 044)
Students will use images, photos, artifacts from the Central High School of Little Rock, Arkansas to understand how the Civil Rights movement used every available means to achieve equal rights.
Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (LA LPQ4 037)
Students will identify the major literary figures and their works from the Harlem Renaissance;
understand the political, economic, cultural background of this significant 20th Century development and its lasting impact on American society.
Slave Literature (SS LPQ1 040)
Students will review examples of literature created by African Americans during the period 1700 – 1861; understand the perspective of the writers and their relationship to American society.
Modern Day Female Entrepreneurs (SS AHis LPQ4 034)
Students will describe in paragraph form the lives in and various accomplishments of the modern day female entrepreneurs such as Oprah Winfrey, Coco Chanel, Debbi Fields (Mrs. Fields), and Martha Stewart. Students will explain with at least 3 supporting arguments why these female entreprenurs are important in today’s society.
Madame CJ Walker: First African American Female Millionaire (SS AmHis LPQ4 026)
Students will trace the life of Madame C.J. Walker as an example of entrepreneuership in American society as they develop a basic understanding of supply and demand, and the goals of suppliers and consumers.
Langston Hughes' Poetry (SS AHis, LA LPQ 040)
Students will
develop a definition of what is meant by voice in poetry; learn about the qualities that make Langston Hughes's voice distinctive, forceful, and memorable; write journal entries to develop their own voices as writers;
learn how images convey strong emotions in poetry; learn how poetry gives shape, direction, and meaning to strong emotions.
African Americans in Sports (SS AmHis LPQ4 and LA 11th grade 050)
Students will identify and describe the African Americans who have made significant contributions to sports in American history.
12th Grade - United States Government
Civil Rights Amendments (SS AmHis LPQ1 043)
Students will understand the context in which the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments were written;
describe the actions in support of and against implementing these amendments;
summarize the Women's suffrage movement actions to demand civil rights;
identify and analyze key people and events from the Civil Rights Movement.
Segregation to Integration (11th American History SS AmHis LPQ4 015)
Students will interpret primary source documents to understand segregation and integration in the United States. Plessey v. Ferguson and Brown v. Topeka Board of Education will be the basis of the examination of legal segregation in American History.
Houston through Marshall: Path to Achieving Integration (SS AmHis LPQ4 058)
Students will learn about the 20th Century Civil Rights movement through the legal efforts by NAACP to end segregation.
African American History Legal Fight for Civil Rights (SS AmHis LPQ4 048)
Students will describe the role of the United States legal system in securing civil rights to all citizens and understand the legal arguments used by NAACP throughout the early part of the 20th Century to mandate and enforce civil rights laws.