Personally, I think every day is a great day to teach about Black artists (full stop). But, it just so happens that February is Black History Month. And what better time to design art projects inspired by them. I feel strongly that incorporating Black visual artists into art lessons is not just about teaching diversity.
Check out these fun and easy diversity crafts for kids! Adorable and creative arts and craft projects for kids big and small.
Exhibition: June 17 – October 6, 2016 In conjunction with the Association of African American Museums Conference in Riverside, CA Opening Reception: Friday, June 17, 2016, 6 p.m. The Riverside […]
A diagram contrasting the four main ways of reading the book of Revelation, in terms of the timing of the events in relationship to the original and contemporary readers. Adapted from ‘The Unveilin…
I created this moving photoshoot concept to honor Black History month, collaborating with local San Diego artists and photographers because I wanted to honor a legend and hero of Black History, Harriet Tubman. It took two days to photograph and two days to produce collaboration. The hardest part of this collaboration was the extreme emotional reality of where we are today in history and the time that she lived and persevered.
There are so many different ways to communicate our thoughts on what we believe is important: delivering a formal speech, repeating a chant at a protest, writing a song, performing an interpretative dance, producing a documentary, creating a work of art, constructing a poem or even writing an entire
Blank printable timeline worksheets are a practical and engaging tool for students of all ages. These worksheets provide a structured format for organizing information, allowing students to visualize the sequence of events. With clear boxes to fill in dates, descriptions, and illustrations, it becomes easier for students to grasp the chronology of historical events, key points in a story, or the progression of a project. By using these worksheets, educators can easily introduce the concept of timelines and help students develop their critical thinking and analytical skills.
One of ours Aaron Douglas Father of African-American Art, BFA 1922
Slavery has existed in various forms throughout history. In the Slavery series, we revisit Slavery in Africa, and the various forms in which it has existed over time beginning with Slavery in South Africa at the Cape Colony. Origins Of The Cape Colony The Dutch landed at the Cape
Famous art lesson for children to learn about the famous black artist Clementine Hunter and make a day-in-the-life art project.
Celebrate Black History Month with our vibrant bulletin board set, featuring compelling visuals and inspiring messages that highlight the rich contributions of African Americans throughout history. Additionally, receive a complimentary February 2024 calendar to stay organized while commemorating this important month. Transform your space into a source of education and inspiration with this free-spirited and informative display. HISTORICAL FIGURES INCLUDED: Martin Luther King JR Michael Jordan Rosa Parks Thurgood Marshall Bill Pickett
Harriet Tubman activities for kids & teachers. If Harriet Tubman is to grace the $20 bill, why not also the walls of your classroom?
This Black History Month, consider this homeschool artist study about realist painter, Henry Ossawa Tanner. This inspiring artist he has been referred to as, "the greatest African-American painter to date."
Black History Month collaborative poster featuring Thurgood Marshall, Ruby Bridges, George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman, and more.
A series of art-historic line drawings for your coloring page fun. You are free to save and print these for personal, educational and non-commercial purposes.
This product provides a timeline and basic information about the events of the Civil Rights Movement. Through a timeline and illustrations students can understand the chronology of the events of the Civil Rights Movement. The art is created by: Messare Clips and Designs https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Messare-Clips-And-Design
Photography: The Definitive Visual History (DK Definitive Cultural Histories) : Ang, Tom: Amazon.de: Books
Here are some Black History Month art lesson ideas featuring a list of celebrated black artists and ideas for relevant art lessons about them
This high quality CMYK print is available in standard framable 8" x 8" size. Printed on Epson Ultra Premium matte heavyweight paper and packaged in a 1.6 mil protective enclosure with a 4-ply pH neutral backing board. --- All images © Mario Zucca Illustration www.mariozucca.com
Best children's picture books to teach inclusion and foster an anti-bias attidude. These books share the joy and value of living in diverse communities.
Originally painted in 1884-86 Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is Seurats most famous painting and one of 19th centurys biggest icons. Measuring 81.7 x 121.25 it took him two years to fully finish the image and start the Neo-Impressionism art movement. Enjoy the history and beauty of this painting created in a more intimate size for your home. Georges-Pierre Seurat took a scientific approach to painting. He believed color could be used to evoke emotion from a viewer the same way a musician uses notes to create harmony for an audience. He shared his new ideas on pointillism influencing other artists to take a similar approach. He coined this new visual language of color and schema Chromoluminarism. Frame Description Gallery Black
This idea has been stuck in my head for awhile, ever since I heard about how quilts were used to communicate to runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad. Their patterns and blocks were a code, providing direction, signifying safety, and issuing warnings (according to some historians). Before my son and I played the game I made, we read the perfect book to pair with this activity - The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom by Bettye Stroud. Having already read a biography on Harriet Tubman, my son had a basic foundation of knowledge on the Underground Railroad. Stroud's book filled in the rest - explaining how quilt blocks held messages for Hannah and her father on their journey from a Georgia plantation to freedom in Canada. What You Need to Play the Game PDF of the 3-page game board and 7 pages of playing cards Cardstock to print the 10-page PDF on Tape to piece the game board together Pictures of slaves who found freedom on the Railroad (I printed images of Henry Bibb, Frederick Douglass, Josiah Henson, and Harriet Tubman on cardstock and laminated)* Medium-sized binder clips Paper cutter to cut the game cards Prep Cut the pictures so that when they are inserted into a binder clip, the faces are visible. These are your game pieces. If necessary trim the white border (this depends on how your printer prints full-bleed pages) on your game board pages so that the map image butts up against each other. Affix the pages with tape on the back. Cut the game cards apart and shuffle. The Objective Be the first to move your game piece along to Cleveland, OH (the Underground Railroad station nicknamed "Hope"). How to Play Each player picks their game piece and places it on the start star. Everyone should be dealt three cards, which they turn over on the table to look at. (Secrecy is not important.) Before a player can move to the first space on the game board and leave the plantation to begin their journey on the Underground Railroad, they must play the Monkey Wrench card. If it is not in their hand, they draw and discard either the card drawn or another card in their hand. Play continues this way until they draw the Monkey Wrench card and can start their journey. The same is true for the next quilt block space (Tumbling Blocks). It may take awhile to get these cards. If you suspect that your child will grow impatient quickly, print more of page 5 and 6 on the PDF so there are more Monkey Wrench and Tumbling Block cards in the deck. Likewise, if you have more than two players, additional cards will be necessary. Anytime a space along the railroad has a quilt block next to it, the player must play that very same quilt block card in order to move there (and beyond it). A player can move to any space not designated with a quilt square by playing either a Log Cabin or Flying Geese card. If a player has multiple Flying Geese or Log Cabin cards, they can all be played on his/her turn (e.g. if two Log Cabin cards are played, the player can advance two spaces). The player must always draw more cards to maintain three cards in their hand. BEWARE! If you draw the Drunkard's Path card, you must move back 1 space. You cannot play any other cards during this turn. NOTE: if you move back to a space before a quilt square space, you do not have to replay that same quilt block card again to move forward. A Log Cabin or Flying Geese card grants you passage forward. If you run through the entire deck of cards, simply grab the pile of cards already discarded or played and turn them over to reuse. VARIATION: Use colored binder clips so each player has multiple game pieces (i.e. all the game pieces for Bobby have blue binder clips, while Sarah has game pieces with red clips). Every time a Monkey Wrench card is drawn, the player can begin moving a new game piece on the journey. Decide to play for 45 minutes (or so) and when the time is up, see how many game pieces for each player made it to Cleveland. The player to free the most slaves is the winner. This is a great strategy game that piques kids' interest in history, codes, and folk art. Got a kiddo that's interested in quilts? Or looking for a math extension of this game? What about our Quilt Square Fractions? *Due to copyright protection, I'm not providing you with printable game pieces. A Google search should result in MANY choices, though.
102 10 6.5K 2 0 25 I am the mother of two black sons, and I am always looking for ways to teach them (and my 3 other kids!) about black history. For the past year I have been getting biographies of African-Americans (and Africans) out of the library to read to my kids. Black...Read More »
Deeps > Representing Bois Caïman > Painting Mystery and Memory: Bois Caïman in Visual Art by Courtney Young Remembering an event, a person, or a moment in one’s life can be fraught with diff…
"Even in death, who has ownership over Black women's bodies?" Questions like this lurk between the lines of this stunning collection of stories that engage with African women's histories, both personal and generational. Their history is not just one thing: there is heartbreak and pain, and joy, and flying and magic, so much magic. An avenging spirit takes on the patriarchy from beyond the grave. An immigrant woman undergoes a naturalization ceremony in an imagined American state that demands that immigrants pay a toll of the thing they love the most. A first-generation Zimbabwean-American woman haunted by generational trauma is willing to pay the ultimate price to take her pain away-giving up her memories. A neighborhood gossip wakes up to find that houses are mysteriously vanishing in the night. A shapeshifting freedom fighter leaves a legacy of resistance to her granddaughter. In Drinking from Graveyard Wells, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu assembles poignantly reflective stories that center the voices of African women charting their own Black history through the ages. Ndlovu's stories play with genre, from softly surreal to deeply fantastical. Each narrative is wrapped in the literary eloquence and tradition of southern African mythology, transporting readers into the lives of African women who have fought across space and time to be seen. Drawing on her own early experiences as a Zimbabwean living under the Mugabe dictatorship, Ndlovu's stories are grounded in truth and empathy. Ndlovu boldly offers up alternative interpretations of a past and a present that speculates upon the everyday lives of a people disregarded. Her words explore the erasure of African women while highlighting their beauty and limitless magic. Immersed in worlds both fantastical and familiar, readers find themselves walking alongside these women, grieving their pain, and celebrating their joy, all against the textured backdrop of Zimbabwe"--
