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Black History Month
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/multi/black-noir/index_e.cfm
Persons of national historical significance listed with other links.
- The
Black Canadian Experience in Ontario 1834-1914: Flight, Freedom, Foundation
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/black_history/index.html
Primary source documents of settlements of black settlement in Ontario.
- Black
History Canada
http://blackhistorycanada.ca/theme.php?id=3
Links to explore on this site.
- The
Underground Railroad Years: Canada in an International Arena
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/freedom/default.htm
- Ontario
Black History Society
http://www.blackhistorysociety.ca/
Historical personalities and places
- Owen
Sound's Black History
http://www.osblackhistory.com/
Use the menu under the titles to access more valuable links.
- The
John Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground Railroad Museum
http://www.undergroundrailroadmuseum.org/
Cursor doen the page for links to pictures of the site with explanations
of this time in Ontario's history. Ontario history of the Blacks who
settled here at the terminus of the Underground Railroad.
- Uncle
Tom's Cabin
http://www.uncletomscabin.org/
- Got Them Blues: A History
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/bluesjourney/bluesjourney.html
A wonderful site that lets the viewer take two different investigative paths: the theatre work of author Walter Dean Myers' picture book- "Blues Journey" and the history blues music. You can listen to clips that introduce you to the play or the music.
- Black
History in Guelph and Wellington County
http://guelph.ca/museum/BlackHistory/index.htm
- Black
History
http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Black_History/
Lesson plans supbmitted by teachers.
- Sweet
Clara and the Freedom Quilt
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Sweet_Clara.html
This grade four lesson has students look at maps of the United States,
Canada nad the routles that slaves took to freedom using the picture
book as background information.
- The
Undergraound Railroad Table of Contents
http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/contents.htm
Links to personal narratives and primary source documents.
- Becoming
a Slave in Canada
http://www.ecb.org/pdf/africanslavetrade5.pdf
Student activities on the history of slavery in Canada. - 11 page pdf
file
- Buxton
National Historic Site and Museum
http://www.buxtonmuseum.com/
- Black
History Month
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/multi/black-noir/index_e.cfm
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Canadian Black Heritage
http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~gpieters/blklinks.html
Use the left menu to read biographies of black Canadians.
- Slavery
Attacked in Upper Canada
http://parkscanada.gc.ca/index_e.asp
Search for slavery to view links.
- Anti-Slavery
Movelment in Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/anti-slavery/index-e.html
Primary source documents. Early selttlment, Black Communities, Refugees.
- Underground
Railway
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
Biographical links, routes, and an interactive "trip"
on the underground railway. Check out the drop down menu for other interactive
links.
Well worth a visit!
- Africans
in America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
- Voices
from the Days of Slavery" Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfshtml/
Audio clips sorted by names,Titles, Subjects, and Geographic Subjects.
- Born
in Slavery
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
Slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project- 1936-1938. Links
to primary source documents.
- The
History Makers
http://www.thehistorymakers.com/
Biographies of accomplished African Americans who are artmakers,
businessmakers, civicmakers, educationmakers, entertainmentmakers, lawmakers,
mediamakers, medicalmakers, militarymakers, musicmakers, politicalmakers,
religionmakers, sciencemakers, sportsmakers, stylemakers.
- Celebrate
Black History Month
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/blackhist/main.html
Biographies of Great Americans.
- Remembering
Black Loyalists, Black Communities in Nova Scotia
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/blackloyalists/
Between 1783 and 1785, more than 3000 Black persons came to Nova Scotia
as a direct result of the American Revolution.
- Birchtown
Archeology
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/sites/birch/
History of the Black Settlement in Nova Scotia.
- Signs
in Stitches and Song
http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/ugrr/start.html
Lessons and online information about the Underground Railway. The use
of quilts as a secret code.
- The
Courage of Rosa Parks
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9802/rosaparks/index.html
Comments from students about what courage is---
- Black
History Month
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html
Timelines, sports figures, scientists, inventors, and quizzes.
Level: Intermediate, Senior
- About
the Underground Railroad
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/
Links and maps of Sites in the United States.
- African
American Inventors and Inventions
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp221_05.shtml
Worksheet and link to a reference page of African inventors and inventions.
- Black
History Calendar
http://www.theblackmarket.com/dates.htm
Notable Black history dates of events and people.
Copyright
2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Sunday February 15, 2009 12:48 PM
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