Spotlight: On America African Americans

Grades: 5-8

Enrich content area reading and encourage students to take an in-depth view of the people and events of specific eras of American history. Nonfiction reading comprehension is emphasized along with research, writing, critical thinking, history, and geography. 96 pages.

A readers theater is also included. Topics Include:

African Americans in Early America

Leaders Before the Civil War

War, Reconstruction, and Segregation

Leaders from the Civil War to the Great Depression

African American Hero's, 1865-1940

The Civil Rights Movement 1945-1970

Movements and Movers in the Civil Rights Movement