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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NEARPOD LESSON ON PLANTATIONS share.nearpod.com/vsph/BBXsonPvwI
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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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Go to https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/raleigh/africanamericanhistory.htm
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December 11 & 12
Slave Narratives and questions |
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December 13 & 14
African American Religious roots |
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December 18-20
Watch The Book of Negroes episode 1 & 2
Watch The Book of Negroes episode 1 & 2
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January 2 & 3
Read Ch 5 section 1 and answer questions |
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January 8-9
Paths to Freedom |
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January 10-11
Answer these questions while reading chapter 5 section 2 in the copied chapter I gave you last week. African American History Month PowerPoints
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February 5-9
Expansion of slavery, Ch 6. Powerpoint and questions on the last slide. |
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5February 12-14
Listen to this podcast and answer these questions www.thisiscriminal.com/episode-59-in-plain-sight-1-20-2017/
Answer these questions using the online textbook or the copies of the chapters. Do not look these answers up on google.
Questions-
1.Why was the North economically than the South? (219 and 220)
2.What made transportation better in the North? (219 and 220)
3.How did the Democratic Party aid slavery? (220)
4.Where were “Black Laws” applied? (222-223)
5.What kinds of things were used to disenfranchise blacks in the North? (223-225)
6.What kind of voluntary organizations were created to support free Blacks in the North? (239)
7.Who had to carry free papers? What could happen to free people of color even if they had their papers? (240-241)
8.Who were the Oblate sisters? (242)
9.What was the three-caste system? (234)
10.How was life different for Black people and free people of color in Louisiana and the West?
11.Which political party was said to be a “slave power conspiracy”? What does that mean? (256)
12.As the South expanded its cotton production into new areas it had to remove the Native Americans who lived there. What was the Trail of Tears? (256)
13.At first, abolitionists wanted to recolonize Black people with groups like the American Colonization Society. Who were they? What was their goal? (263)
14.Why did Black nationalists agree with these groups? (263-264)
15.Who opposed recolonization? Why? (265-266)
Listen to this podcast and answer these questions www.thisiscriminal.com/episode-59-in-plain-sight-1-20-2017/
Answer these questions using the online textbook or the copies of the chapters. Do not look these answers up on google.
Questions-
1.Why was the North economically than the South? (219 and 220)
2.What made transportation better in the North? (219 and 220)
3.How did the Democratic Party aid slavery? (220)
4.Where were “Black Laws” applied? (222-223)
5.What kinds of things were used to disenfranchise blacks in the North? (223-225)
6.What kind of voluntary organizations were created to support free Blacks in the North? (239)
7.Who had to carry free papers? What could happen to free people of color even if they had their papers? (240-241)
8.Who were the Oblate sisters? (242)
9.What was the three-caste system? (234)
10.How was life different for Black people and free people of color in Louisiana and the West?
11.Which political party was said to be a “slave power conspiracy”? What does that mean? (256)
12.As the South expanded its cotton production into new areas it had to remove the Native Americans who lived there. What was the Trail of Tears? (256)
13.At first, abolitionists wanted to recolonize Black people with groups like the American Colonization Society. Who were they? What was their goal? (263)
14.Why did Black nationalists agree with these groups? (263-264)
15.Who opposed recolonization? Why? (265-266)
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February 15-16
Answer these questions using Ch 10 section 2 ocas.pearsonschool.com/ph/cd/0-13-194731-1/unit_2/Ch10_sec_2.pdf
Answer these questions using Ch 10 section 2 ocas.pearsonschool.com/ph/cd/0-13-194731-1/unit_2/Ch10_sec_2.pdf
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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 1 & 2 Watch this video and take notes
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Post Reconstruction Study Questions- Using Chapter 13 in the book, answer these questions and turn them in on Monday the 12th or Tuesday the 13th
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 March 16 &19
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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Triniti's survey: https://goo.gl/forms/m3gyhUw0IqcNEcIz1
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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