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AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE?

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE
BY COMPLETING THE FOLLOWING.

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 14

Make a list of the Top 50 African-Americans of all time. Your list should include the following:
 1. The name of the person. Example, Barack Obama.
 2. The historical achievement of that person. Example, the first Black  
   President of the United States.
 3. The year or time period when their historical achievement took place.

   Example, elected President in 2008 and/or President from 2008-Present.

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 13

THE HISTORY OF BLACK MUSIC 

I. DEFINE OR GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF MUSIC:

 1. African Music
 2. Slave Songs
 3. Ragtime
 4. The Blues
 5. Gospel
 6. Jazz
 7. Rhythm & Blues
 8. Rock-n-Roll
 9. Go-Go
10. Hip-Hop
11. Rap

II. How did each of these forms of music develop?
III. How do each of there types of music reflect African-American culture?
IV. Name some famous musicians, Black and non-Black, who wrote, played or sang each type of music.  

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 12

MOTOWN

1. View the DVD, "Standing In The Shadows," on the history of Mowtown. Use the DVD to answer the following questions.
 
 1) What is Motown?
 2) What is the history of Motown?
 3) Who is Barry Gordy?
 4) Who are the Funk Brothers?
 5) Why did Motown become the center for Black music in the United States?
 6) How did Motown become the center of Black music in the United States?
 7) Who are some of the great artists that came out of Motown?
 8) What are the names/titles of some of their best known works?
 9) Was Motown the only major outlet for Black music in the 1960's?
10) What led to Motown's decline in the music world? 
 

MR. ARTIS

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON

UNIT 11

THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Write a 500 word paper on the Harlem Renaissance. Your paper should include answers to the following questions:


1) What is the Harlem Renaissance?

2) When did the Harlem Renaissance happen?

3) Why did Harlem become the center of Black cultural activity in the United States during this time?

4) How did Harlem become the center of Black cultural activity in the United States?

5) Chose one great artist, (singer, musician or writer) that came out of the Harlem Renaissance and tell and tell about their life and their best known work(s).



MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON

UNIT 10


THE ORIGINS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE
 
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

  1. Until the mid-1960’s how did most Black Americans feel about Africa? 
  
 2. Why is Africa called, “The Cradle of Civilization?”
  
 3. What are the names of the three earliest great African states/dynasties?
  
 4. Who is Tenkamenin? When did he rule? What dynasty did he control? 
  
 5. What is the Keita Dynasty? When did the Keita Dynasty rule? 
  
 6. Who is Mansa-Musa? Why is Mansa-Musa important? What dynasty did Mansu-Musa control?
   
 7. Who is Sonni Ali? Why is Sonni Ali important? What dynasty did Sonni Ali control?
  
 8. Who is Askia Mohammed? Why is Askia Mohammed important? What dynasty did Askia Momammed control?
  
 9. Why is the city of Timbuktu important? During what time period was Timbuktu most important?
 
10. What was life like in the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay? 
 
11. Who is John Hope Franklin?

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WEB LESSON
UNIT 9

FIGHTING IN AMERICA'S WAR EFFORT

     The student will explain and discuss African-American contributions to America's war efforts from the American Revolution to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The student will also watch the movies "Glory" on the Civil War, and "The Tuskegee Airmen," on World War II which illustrate the role of African-Americans in America's war efforts.
 
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

  1. Given America's denial of civil rights to African-Americans throughout American history, why did African-Americans contribute to America's war efforts?
  2. What role did African-Americans play in America's war efforts?
  3. How many African-Americans served during each war America participated in, including the Indian Wars?
  4. Who are some of the famous African-Americans who served in America's war efforts?
  5. What are some of the famous African-American troop units that served in America's war efforts?
  6. In the Battle of the Buldge, Iwo Jima and D-Day during World War II, what role did Black soldiers play?
  7. What role did Blacks play under Gen. Patton during World War II?
  8. What role did Black play in liberating German concentration camps in World War II?
  9. What is Executive Order 9981?
10. What is meant by the phrase of, "Fighting for a greater cause?"

IDENTIFY AND GIVE THE WAR THESE MEN FOUGHT IN:

  1. Crispus Attucks
  2. Peter Salem & Salem Poor
  3. Robert Smalls
  4. Robert Shaw
  5. The 54'th Massachusetts
  6. The 9'th and 10'th Cavalry
  7. The Buffalo Soldiers
  8. The Harlem Hell Fighters; The 369'th U.S. Infantry
  9. Dorie Miller
10. The Tuskegee Airmen; The Fighting 99'th Fighter Squadron
11. Benjamin O' Davis
12. Colin Powell
13. Chappy James
14. The USS Mason
15. 320 Barrage Balloon Batalion
16. The Red Ball Express
17. The Black Panthers/Gen George Patton/Battle of the Buldge
18. Gen. Matthew Ridgeway


MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 8

MAKING A FAMILY TREE

     African-American Culture is generational. In order to truly understand African-American Culture it is necessary to understand the events and stories of past generations. For this unit complete the following.

1) Create a Family Tree.
2) Name and explain the Constitutional Amendments passed during each generation of your Family Tree.
3) List the important events which took place during each generation of your Family Tree based on the events and dates listed in Unit 7.

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 7

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
                   
I. PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

     In 1926, historian (1) ___?___ began (2) ___?___. It is celebrated in the month of (3) ___?___ because of the birthdays of two important people, (4)  ___?___ and (5)  ___?___. In 1976, this event became known as (6) ___?___.

WORD BANK FOR THE ABOVE: Negro History Week, Black History Month, February, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglas,
Carter G. Woodson, Booker T. Washington, March, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

II. PUT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN THE CORRECT ORDER:
  
A. The 1964 Civil Rights Act becomes law.     B. Slavery begins in America.     C. The Emancipation Proclamation is signed.  D. Barack Obama is elected President of the United States.   E. The Civil War Amendments are passed. 
F. The 1965 Voting Rights Act becomes law.                                                          

7.______           8.______           9.______           10.______           11.______           12.______

III. MATCH THE FOLLOWING EVENT WITH THE YEAR IT HAPPENED:

1619,   1776,   1857,   1863,   the late 1860's,   1877,   1896-1954,   1896,   1954,   1955,   1955-1965,   1963,   1964,   1965,   1976,   2008

13. ______The Supreme Court decides in the "Dred Scott Case" that slaves and free Blacks have no Constitutional rights.               
14. ______ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech at The March on Washington.
15. ______ Barack Obama is elected President of the United States.
16. ______ Slavery begins in America.
17. ______ The Supreme Court decides in "Plessy v. Ferguson" the concept of "Separate But Equal."
18. ______ Negro History Week becomes Black History Month.
19. ______ When was the Jim Crow Era?
20. ______ When were the Civil War Amendments are passed?  
21. ______ Reconstruction Ends.
22. ______ The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins.
23. ______ When did the Civil Rights Movement happen?
24. ______ Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation.
25. ______ The Supreme Court decides in "Brown v. Board of Education" that school segregation is Unconstitutional. 

IV. There are 2 required readings for the unit. 1) "A Message To The Brothers," an essay by Mr. Artis and 2) "To Be A Slave," a book by Julius Lester. Both the essay and the book will be read and discussed as a class.
 

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 6

THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY

     Write a 500 word paper explaining the meaning of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration and the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge here in Roanoke, Va.
 
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
 

1) Does Dr. King deserve a holiday?
2) What does the King Holiday mean to many people?
3) What is the history of the development of the King Holiday?
4) Why are some against the King Holiday?
5) How is the King Holiday celebrated in Virginia and other parts of the South: Lee/Jackson/King Day?
6) How is the King Holiday celebrated in Roanoke, Va.?
7) What is the history of the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge in Roanoke, Va.?
8) What does the Dr. King Holiday mean to you?

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 5

THE MEANING OF KWANZAA AND JUNETEENTH

     Write and discuss a 500 word essay explaining and giving the meaning of Kwanzaa and Juneteenth and why these cultural holidays are important to members of the African-American community. Include in your essay Kwanzaa and Juneteenth Celebrations in held Roanoke, Va.

INCLUDE IN YOUR ESSAY THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1) What is Kwanzaa?

2) What is Juneteenth?

3) When are these events celebrated?

4) How and when did these celebrations develop?

5) Why are these celebrations important to the African-American community?

6) Why are these celebrations important to the diversity of America?

7) Are these celebrations a threat to America as some claim?

 

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 4

BARACK OBAMA BECOMES PRESIDENT

     IN NOVEMBER 2008, BARACK OBAMA BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HOW DID HE DO THIS? YOU ARE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. PLEASE ANSWER AND EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.


1. Name the 2 major political parties.

2. Name the 3 major qualifications to be President.

3. How much money will you need to raise to be taken seriously to run for President?

4. How much money did Barack Obama raise for his Presidential Campaign?

5. Define public and private financing.

6. Where is the first Presidential Caucus? What is a caucus?

7. Where is the first Presidential Primary? What is a primary? What is an open primary? What is a closed primary?

8. Name the Democratic and Republican candidates for President and Vice President from the 2008 Election. What state are they from?

9. What is a delegate? What is the main job of a delegate?

10. What is the main purpose of the National Convention?

11. Name 3 qualifications to be a voter.

12. Define: Provisional Ballot, Early Voting, and Absentee Voting

13. What is the Electoral College?

14. How many Electoral votes are needed to become President of the United States?

15. When are the Electoral College votes counted by Congress?

16. When is Inauguration Day?

17. What happens on Inauguration Day?

18. What is "a winner take all" primary? What political party uses this system?

19. What is a "proportional" primary? What political party uses this system?

20. Explain how the Electoral College works from Election Day to Inauguration Day.
21. Explain the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
22. Explain the evolution of voting rights for women and African-Americans in America.

MR. ARTIS

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON

UNIT 3

MALCOLM, MARTIN & CIVIL RIGHTS

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS


1. If Rosa Parks would have followed the law instead of her convictions, would history have changed? How?

2. Without the actions of Rosa Parks, would there have been a Civil Rights Movement or a Dr. Martin Luther King?

3. What are the two key components of non-violence?

4. American racism is based on 2 factors. What are those factors?

5. What was life like for African-Americans in the years before, during and after the Civil Rights Movement?

6. What two post-Civil War Supreme Court cases, (in 1898 and 1954) led to the necessity of the Civil Rights Movement? 

7. How has the Civil Rights Movement affected 21’st Century America?

8. What positive effects did Whites and the media have on the Civil Rights Movement beginning with the Montgomoery Bus Boycott?

9. How did Malcolm X and Dr. King agree and disagree on what needed to be done to insure Black people got their Civil Rights?

10. What is Pan-Africanism?

11. How did Pan-Africanism change the relationship between American Blacks and African Blacks during the 1960’s?

12. What is Black Nationalism?

13. What is the Nation of Islam? What did they believe in? Who was their leader during the 1960’s?

14. What is non-violence? What is self-defense?

15. What is the difference between non-violence and self-defense?

16. What were the conflicts between Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam?

17. How were these conflicts resolved?

18. Could Dr. King have used the same tactics Malcolm X used to get Civil Rights in the South?

19. How did Malcolm X’s views on race change in the last year of his life?

20. Compare and contrast the views of Marcus Garvey, Dr. King and Malcolm X on race and Civil Rights.
 

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 2


THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1955-1965


EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:


1. The Emmett Till Murder

2. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

3. Sit Ins & Freedom Rides

4. The Little Rock Nine

5. The March on Washington

6. Plessy v. Ferguson, Jim Crow, Brown v. Board of Education

7. SNCC

8. The NAACP

9. The SCLC

10. The Civil War Amendments


FILL IN THE BLANK


     Some say the Civil Rights Movement began when Black troops returned from 11)____________________. Others say the Civil Rights Movement began when 12) ________________ became the first Black player in Major League Baseball. Most historians say the Civil Rights Movement began when 13) _______________ refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a White man in the city of 14) _______________________. Her act of defiance started this will known event 15) ___________________________ on 16) _____________.


     Two events contributed to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. One was the court case
17) _____________________________, in which the Supreme Court said America’s public schools must be integrated “with all deliberate speed.” The lead attorney in this case was 18) __________________________. Two other attorneys who helped decide this case were 19) ________________ from Roanoke, Va. and 20) ________________________.


     One other event that contributed to the start of the Civil Rights Movement was the murder of
21) ___________________________ by 22) _________________ and 23) ___________________. Both men were found not guilty of the murder in spite of the eyewitness testimony of 24) _____________________________. These men later told their story to 25) ___________________ for $4,000. This murder gained national attention when 26) ____________________________ published pictures of the body and United States Congressman
27) ________________ was treated as a second-class citizen at the trial.


     28) __________________________ was a Black business executive who helped with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The 29) ____________________________ was the civil rights organization who helped with the boycott, also. The man credited with leading the boycott was 30)_________________________________, who in 1957 founded the 31) ____________________________. 32) _______________ was the organization that organized and carried out the boycott.


     Two groups that were against the boycott and for segregation were the 33) __________________________ and the 34) _______________________. The boycott lasted for 11 months and ended when the 35) ________________________

ruled segregated public transportation was unconstitutional.


SHORT ANSWER

36) Who was Margie Jumper?
37) Why did Ms. Till have an open casket funeral?

38) Why do some call the Civil Rights Movement the Second Civil War?

39) What Constitutional Amendment makes the states protect your basic civil rights?

40) How has the Civil Rights Movement affected you?
41) What was the Albany Campaign?
42) What was the Birmingham Campaign?
43) What effect did the media have on the Civil Rights Movement?
44) What is the key component of non-violence?　
45) What role did Whites play in helping Blacks gain their Civil Rights?

MR. ARTIS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE WEB LESSON
UNIT 1

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE PRE-TEST 

 

SHORT ANSWER:


1. In what year did American slavery begin?

2. Slaves came from the western part of what continent?

3. The middle part of the Triangle Trade was called what? B. What is the Triangle Trade?

4. How much did top male slaves cost?

5. Did Black people own slaves? Why or why not?

6 & 7. Name the two cash crops that fueled slavery.

8. How many slaves did most people own?

9. By 1860, more than half of all slaves were under what age?

10. In economic terms, what is the importance of slavery?


TRUE/FALSE


_____ 11. Slave owners thought they were doing the slaves a favor by keeping them slaves.

_____ 12. According to the slave master, an offense against the slave master was also an offense against God.

_____ 13. The 13'th Amendment ended slavery in America.

_____ 14. The 14'th Amendment made the ex-slaves citizens.

_____ 15. The 15'th Amendment gave the ex-slaves the right to vote.

_____ 16. The 19'th Amendment gave women the right to vote.

_____ 17. The case Plessy v. Ferguson gave us integrated schools.

_____ 18. The case Brown v. Board of Education gave us separate but equal.

_____ 19. The 1964 Civil Rights Act ended Jim Crow segregation.

_____ 20. The 1965 Voting Rights Act gave all Black people he right to vote.


21. - 30. Put the following in the correct order:


A. Barack Obama elected President in the United States; B. Bloody Sunday; C. Freedom Summer;
D. The Montgomery Bus Boycott; E. Slavery begins; F. Plessy v. Ferguson; G. Brown v. Board of Education;
H. The 13'th, 14'th and 15'th Amendments passed; I. Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation;
J. The White Citizens Council and the KKK work to deny Black people Civil Rights through terrorist acts and violence.

21. _____

22. _____
23. _____
24. _____
25. _____
26. _____
27. _____
28. _____
29. _____
30. _____

IDENTIFY OR EXPLAIN:


31. The Black Codes

32. Jim Crow

33. The Grandfather Clause

34. The Poll Tax

35. The Literacy Test

36. The SNCC

37. The SCLC

38. The NAACP

39. The Selma to Montgomery March

40. The Black Panther Party


MATCHING:


41. _____ The Compromise of 1877          A. Taught Blacks to be proud of who they were

42. _____ The 10'the Cavalry                    B. Black female newspaper publisher

43. _____ The Buffalo Soldiers                 C. Assassinated NAACP leader

44. _____ Ida B. Wells                              D. Said Blacks should wait to get their rights

45. _____ Booker T. Washington              E. Wrote "The Souls of Black Folks"

46. _____ W.E.B. DuBois                           F. Leader who left the Nation of Islam

47. _____ Malcolm X                                G. Fought in the Indian Wars

48. _____ Frederick Douglass                   H. Fought in Spanish-American War

49. _____ Medgar Evers                            I. Ended Reconstruction, started the Black Codes

50. _____ Fannie Lou Hammer                 J. Black leader during the Civil War

51. _____ Marcus Garvey                          K. Mississippi Freedom Party civil rights leader


WHO ARE?


52. Jesse Jackson

53. Shirley Chisholm

54. Elijah Muhammad

55. Emmett Till

56. Rosa Parks

57. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

58. Adam Clayton Powell

59. Ella Baker
60. John Hope Franklin
61. Thurgood Marshall

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON 9/11.

 

 62. Why are the events of 9/11 important?

 63. How has 9/11 impacted our lives?

 64. Have the issues which led to the events of 9/11 been resolved?

 65. What role has the United States played in a world confronted by international terrorism?

 66. Should America continue its current policy toward terrorism or should a new policy be developed?

 67. How are the terrorists funding their operations?

 68. Have the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan been successful?

 69. Should a mosque be built near Ground Zero?

 70. What are the social, cultural and political results of 9/11?

 71. Where was America attacked on 9/11, three places?

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