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America's black founders : revolutionary heroes and early leaders : with 21 activities
Publication Information
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2010.
Physical Description
150 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Summary
Celebrates the lesser-known lives and contributions of early African-American men and women, in a volume that features such complementary activities as recipes for colonial foods and advice for petitioning the government.
Contents
- When in the course of human events : colonial days : stuff a straw mattress : weave a fanner
- It becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands : years of unrest : make a stamp : draw a political cartoon
- We hold these truths to be self-evident : beginnings of war : pen a patriotic poem : write a new verse for "Yankee Doodle"
- That all men are created equal : the American Revolution : design a flag : read the Declaration : bake firecakes : explore your family tree : cook pepper pot soup : make homemade salt
- That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights : African Americans as citizens : paint a historic picture : celebrate Constitution Day : map a capital city : write a government official : organize a helpful event : write a petition
- Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness : African Americans lead the way : craft a clay pot : form a literary society : publish a newspaper.
Subjects
- African American leadership > History > 18th century.
- African American leadership > History > 18th century > Study and teaching > Activity programs.
- African American leadership > History > 19th century.
- African American leadership > History > 19th century > Study and teaching > Activity programs.
- African Americans > History.
- African Americans > History > Study and teaching > Activity programs.
- Activity programs in education > Handbooks, manuals, etc