MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS dbmergenthaler@wcpss.net
Podcasts
www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/u-s-contraband-camps.htm
www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/harriet-tubman-the-underground-railroad-part-1.htm
www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/harriet-tubman-union-spy-part-2.htm
www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/robert-smalls-from-contraband-to-congress.htm
www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/u-s-contraband-camps.htm
www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/harriet-tubman-the-underground-railroad-part-1.htm
www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/harriet-tubman-union-spy-part-2.htm
www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/robert-smalls-from-contraband-to-congress.htm
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African Map Game online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3163
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Through the year we will analyze television shows with African American characters at the front. We will compare the way shows through American Tv history depict African Americans, their lives, jobs, family and friends.
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August 27 & 28
- Introduction to class
- Make binders
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August 29, 30, 31
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Goals for class:
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September 4-7
1. Egypt continued 2. Black Pharaohs of the 25th dynasty and Kush Empire- watch the video and be prepared to discuss the following questions-
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September 10 and 11
Horn of Africa-label the Horn of Africa map and then fill in the chart about the civilizations of East Africa.
Horn of Africa-label the Horn of Africa map and then fill in the chart about the civilizations of East Africa.
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Open Note East Africa Quiz at testmoz.com/1818834
September 17 & 18
- Implicit bias test in computer lab
- implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
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September 21, 22, 23, 24
West Africa packet due on 9/25 |
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October 1&2
Sundiata, and Epic of Old Mali Today we will read this and then you will work with a partner or two and draw a poster for me where you illustrate part of the story somehow and explain the part you illustrate. mrcampbellrocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/An-Epic-of-Old-Mali-Full-Text.pdf The story would have originally been told by a griot. Here is a version told with traditional Mande instruments and singing. |
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October 3, 4, 5,8
African American Ancestry projects- directions in power point |
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We will take a final exam on Unit 1 about Africa on October 15&16. Use the Unit 1 Summary guide below to prepare and watch this video in class.
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Test Unit 1 on testmoz.com testmoz.com/1419639
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October 15, 16 & 22, 23
1. Beginnings of the Slave Trade notes 2. Compare and Contrast the First Episode of Roots 1977 and Roots 2016 3. Power point and notes 4. Readings about Slave Castles and Ships 5. TV project |
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October 24 & 25
Explore the information at www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/search and fill out the table on transatlantic doc below.
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October 29th 1st period-
watch Africa’s Great Civilizations episode 5 on Amazon and answer these questions- 1. Which European country started the slave trade in Africa? 2. What was so amazing about the ancient Kongo? 3. What mistakes do they make while dealing with Europe? 4. What are they growing on São Tomé and Principe? 5. Who is Queen Njinga? 6. Which African country was the largest source of slaves? 7. What religious practices came over with the people from Dahomey? | ||||||
Unit 1 test retake- go to testmoz.com/1419639 and enter your name and take the test online.
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November 7 & 8- Olaudah Equiano-go Through the power point and then watch this video. When you finish listen to the excerpt and answer the questions.
Olaudah Equiano's life and autobiography- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African chapter 2 history.hanover.edu/texts/Equiano/equiano_ch2_a.html Listen to the passages about the slave ship journey. audio www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/middle_passage/olaudah_equiano.aspx Answer these questions after listening to the excerpt Olaudah Equiano: Life on Board 1. What was Equiano’s first reaction to seeing a slave ship? The crew? 2. What would be one word you would use to describe the middle passage? 3. Equiano believed that the crew were savages. The crew believed that their black “cargo” were savages. Explain how you think each could feel this way. 4. What do you think was Equiano’s reason for describing the middle passage so graphically? |
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Friday October 27 and Monday October 30
Watch Slavery and the making of America, episode 1 and answer these questions |
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November 9 & 13
revealinghistories.org.uk/who-resisted-and-campaigned-for-abolition/articles/the-fight-african-resistance.html, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/middle_passage/resistance.aspx, www.understandingslavery.com/index.php-option=com_content&view=article&id=310&Itemid=222.html, 4.Fill out your sheet and then we will share with each other.
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Triangle Trade Map
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November 27 Laptop teams of 3-- answer questions while looking at this website.
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/europe/index.aspx |
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November 26 & 27
Film and questions to answer along with viewing.
Film and questions to answer along with viewing.
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November 28-Dec 3 Founding Fathers and slavery-
Letter- www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2h71t.html |
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finish and present powerpoints
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December 10 & 11
Plantation Style Slavery Read these articles about Plantation Tourism www.theroot.com/plantation-tours-don-t-expect-to-hear-how-horrible-sla-1790860547 www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8847385/what-i-learned-from-leading-tours-about-slavery-at-a-plantation https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/10-notable-southern-plantation-tours-in-the-united-states/ Discuss the idea of The Lost Cause presented in this video Look up Plantations in North Carolina and fill out this chart
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January 9 &10
Slave Narratives and questions |
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NEARPOD LESSON ON PLANTATIONS share.nearpod.com/vsph/BBXsonPvwI
December 1-6
Harriet Jacobs
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/lZcsBIaDNu
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/jacobs.html
Harriet Jacobs
https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/lZcsBIaDNu
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/jacobs.html
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December 17-21
Glory |
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January 3&4
BELLRINGER QUESTIONS! GET YOUR NOTEBOOKS!
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January 7&8
Three of the ways that people resisted slavery were
DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD!
Three of the ways that people resisted slavery were
- Escape – find three examples of each of these and tell me who, what , where, when and how for each of them.
- A person could earn their freedom
- A person could sue for their freedom if they had legal backing
- A person could runaway
- Revolts-find three examples of each of these and tell me who, what , where, when and how for each of them.
- People organized slave revolts on farms and plantations
- Slaves revolted on slave ships
- Colonization Movements- Tell me which nation sponsored the movements in each nation, when the actions took place and how successful the programs were.
- Sierra Leone
- Liberia
- What are the origins of the Anti-slavery movement? (answer the question)
- What was the role of White Abolitionists? (find at least three examples and explain who, what, where, and they were, what they did.)
- What was the role of the Black Abolitionists? (find at least three examples and explain who, what, where, and they were, what they did.)
DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD!
January 9 & 10
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January 11&14
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Go to https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/raleigh/africanamericanhistory.htm
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January 11 & 12
Paths to Freedom |
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January 17th-
Watch Reconstruction: The Second Civil War and answer the questions for the first 35 minutes. Then go over the answers and then finish the film.
Watch Reconstruction: The Second Civil War and answer the questions for the first 35 minutes. Then go over the answers and then finish the film.
African American History Month PowerPoints
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January 22 & 23 Current Event- find a current event from the last 5 months and fill out this form. We will discuss in class.
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January 9 & 10
African American Religious roots
African American Religious roots
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February 19 and 20
Watch this episode of The Abolitionists and take notes
Watch this episode of The Abolitionists and take notes
Near Pod lesson- African Americans at the end of the War. share.nearpod.com/vsph/7EV9sTVlNu
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MARCH 12-16 www.commonlit.org/student class- African American History
code-3398w4
www.commonlit.org/texts/america-s-most-infamous-hate-group-the-kkk?id=961873
code-3398w4
www.commonlit.org/texts/america-s-most-infamous-hate-group-the-kkk?id=961873
March 16 &19
This packet has a picture, a short reading and questions to answer and turn in at the end of the period.
This packet has a picture, a short reading and questions to answer and turn in at the end of the period.
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African American History Bulletin Board- Sign up by March 19/20
Every student will be required to research at least five people, events or places in African American History from our state and prepare a short summary about the example they have chosen and create a neat written card with information about the example from North Carolina History they have researched.
The cards will be displayed on our class bulletin board and will need to be spelled properly and neatly written. The cards are due on March 23.
There is a sign up sheet where we will enter all your subject choices so we don't get duplicate cards.
Here are some websites you can use to do your research and get ideas.
memory.loc.gov/mss/mesn/111/111.pdf
http://docsouth.unc.edu/highlights/roundup.html
http://nchistoricsites.org/chb/
http://nchistoricsites.org/iredell/
http://nchistoricsites.org/stagville/
http://nchistoricsites.org/somerset/
http://www.blackpast.org/tree/North+Carolina/North+Carolina
http://www.blackpast.org/tree/North+Carolina/North+Carolina
https://aahc.nc.gov/
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sncc
https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/the-story-of-sncc/
http://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/civil-rights-movement/
http://northcarolinahistory.org/subject/african-american/
https://www.ncpedia.org/history/cw-1900/black-caucus
https://blackamericaweb.com/playlist/famous-folks-from-north-carolina/item/352034/
https://wakecounty.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/famous-african-americans-of-north-carolina/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk-Holden_war
Every student will be required to research at least five people, events or places in African American History from our state and prepare a short summary about the example they have chosen and create a neat written card with information about the example from North Carolina History they have researched.
The cards will be displayed on our class bulletin board and will need to be spelled properly and neatly written. The cards are due on March 23.
There is a sign up sheet where we will enter all your subject choices so we don't get duplicate cards.
Here are some websites you can use to do your research and get ideas.
memory.loc.gov/mss/mesn/111/111.pdf
http://docsouth.unc.edu/highlights/roundup.html
http://nchistoricsites.org/chb/
http://nchistoricsites.org/iredell/
http://nchistoricsites.org/stagville/
http://nchistoricsites.org/somerset/
http://www.blackpast.org/tree/North+Carolina/North+Carolina
http://www.blackpast.org/tree/North+Carolina/North+Carolina
https://aahc.nc.gov/
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sncc
https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/the-story-of-sncc/
http://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/civil-rights-movement/
http://northcarolinahistory.org/subject/african-american/
https://www.ncpedia.org/history/cw-1900/black-caucus
https://blackamericaweb.com/playlist/famous-folks-from-north-carolina/item/352034/
https://wakecounty.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/famous-african-americans-of-north-carolina/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk-Holden_war
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March 22, 2018
Today I want you to watch this documentary and them to this assignment on Commonlit.com www.commonlit.org/texts/the-harlem-renaissance?id=987641 |
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April 10 & 11
First we are going to watch a video and answer questions,then we are going to start a new assignment on Civil Rights figures of the 20th century.
Everyone will make a presentation about important figures in the movement and present to the class next Monday and Tuesday and everyone will take notes on the people. We will test on this information so it will be important to take notes.
First we are going to watch a video and answer questions,then we are going to start a new assignment on Civil Rights figures of the 20th century.
Everyone will make a presentation about important figures in the movement and present to the class next Monday and Tuesday and everyone will take notes on the people. We will test on this information so it will be important to take notes.
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After we finish the film, read this article from the New York Times about the Emmett Till murder case last year and we will discuss.
nyti.ms/2kd16uE
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Eyes on the Prize episode 2- watch and take notes and turn notes in to Ms Mergenthaler for credit.
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For this assignment, you will each pick two people and present information about them to the class. You will need to tell us this information
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April 12 & 13
Civil Rights Webquest. Go to www.boycp.org/ourpages/auto/2016/8/24/54257586/Civil-Rights-Movement-Webquest-293anv0.pdf
Answer the questions as a team in your notebooks. Then we will begin the activity above.
Civil Rights Webquest. Go to www.boycp.org/ourpages/auto/2016/8/24/54257586/Civil-Rights-Movement-Webquest-293anv0.pdf
Answer the questions as a team in your notebooks. Then we will begin the activity above.
April 16-19
Presentations on Civil Rights figures
Presentations on Civil Rights figures
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April 20, 23
New Assignment on African American influences in American Music Go through the PowerPoint together and then get into groups to do presentations on different musical styles influenced by African American music and people.Presentations due on the 24th and 25th. |
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May 4th- nearpod lesson on Black Panthers. share.nearpod.com/vsph/c3TDhd9rNu
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Video - Watch Loving and do these questions
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May 8 & 9
Watch this video and write a list of political messages you see in the video. You may want to watch it more than once. Then, find a video that you think we should analyze for meaning in class. Be prepared to share and discuss. |
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MAY 14 & 15th
Hey guys! Let's read the last chapter ( 24) in the online book and answer questions! Turn them in to me at the end of the period. |
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FINAL EXAM INFORMATION AND STUDY GUIDE
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