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African-American Experience: History; Heroes Posters

An important history and social studies book by Richard Beck

15 wall posters of images and heroes of the African-American experience.


* Recommend this series to a friend or colleague

 

Cover of African-American History - 1528

African-American History

Author:Beck, Richard
Subjects:African-American; History; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Slavery
Geographical:Africa; American South
Grade:5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Order Code:1528
Price:$15.00 Add to Cart

Class sets of 10 or more: $10.00 each. (Order Code: 1528S) Add to Cart

This is a vast yet concise history of the economic, political, social and military contributions of African-Americans. From African roots to Civil Rights, Black Power and current movements, Mr Beck reclaims the experience that is seldom mentioned in mainstream history texts.

28 lessons and numerous illustrations: bill posters, advertisements, photographs, cartoons and maps.

Depending on the motivation and sophistication of the students, this history can be used at any grade in middle or secondary school.

Second Edition

Contents:

Lesson 1: Slavery in the Old World
Lesson 2: The African Heritage
Lesson 3: West Africa: Background and Ghana
Lesson 4: West Africa: Mali and Songhay
Lesson 5: West African Culture
Lesson 6: From Africa to the Americas
Lesson 7: The Latin-American Experience
Lesson 8: The English Colonies
Lesson 9: Slavery and a New Nation Lesson 10: Blacks in the West: 1800-1860
Lesson 11: King Cotton and Slavery: The South 1800-1860
Lesson 12: Slavery Defended and Opposed: The South 1800-1860
Lesson 13: Controlling Slaves and Free Blacks: The South 1800-1860
Lesson 14: Blacks in the North: 1800-1860
Lesson 15: Fighting for Freedom and Equality: The North 1800-1860
Lesson 16: Slavery Leads to War: 1820-1860
Lesson 17: The Civil War: 1861-1865
Lesson 18: Blacks During Reconstruction: 1865-1876
Lesson 19: The Western Frontier: 1865-1900
Lesson 20: Fight For Progress: Blacks After Reconstruction
Lesson 21: The Growth of Segregation: The South, 1876-1900
Lesson 22: Blacks Between Wars: 1898-1919
Lesson 23: The 1920’s: Reaction and Renaissance
Lesson 24: The New Deal: 1932-1940
Lesson 25: Blacks in War and Peace: 1941-1953
Lesson 26: The Civil Rights Revolution
Lesson 27: The Black Power Movement
Lesson 28: Black America Today - Into The Future

 

Cover of African-American History Teacher's Manual - 1536

African-American History Teacher's Manual

Author:Beck, Richard
Order Code:1536
Price:$10.00 Add to Cart













 

African-American Experience: Set of Posters

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544S
Price:$50.00 Add to Cart

All 15 of the posters of African-American images, heroes and civil rights leaders, saving $25.00 on buying them individually.

Each poster is 18 inches by 24 inches, and headed, in red:

HEROES OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

 

Tubman, Harriet (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Classroom Posters; Underground Railroad; Slavery
Order Code:1544A
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Harriet Tubman, nurse, spy and perhaps the most well-known of the Underground Railroad 'conductors'.

 

Douglass, Frederick (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Slavery; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544B
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Frederick Douglass, former city slave who ran away and became abolitionist adviser to Abraham Lincoln and a brilliant speaker.

 

Black Migrants (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Classroom Posters
Geographical:American South
Order Code:1544C
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
The poster features a photograph of a migrant group waiting on a Mississippi levee, men, women and children leaving the South in 1897

 

Deadwood Dick, (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Cowboys; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544D
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Black cowboy, Deadwood Dick, whose real name was Nat Love.

 

Pickett, Bill (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Cowboys; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544E
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Reproduction of a film poster of Bill Pickett, cowboy and the first black man elected to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

 

Carver, George Washington (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544F
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
George Washington Carver, gifted inventor.

 

Washington, Booker T (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544G
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Booker T Washington, major African-American spokesman.

 

DuBois, W.E.B. (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544G
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
W.E.B. DuBois, sociologist, author and civil rights leader.

 

Garvey, Marcus (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544J
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Black and white poster: 18 inch by 24 inch, of Marcus Garvey, founder of the UNIA: Universal Negro Improvement Association in the 1920s

 

Black Soldiers in World War Two (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; World War Two; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544K
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Two black soldiers manning a tank in World War Two.

 

King, Martin Luther (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544L
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Martin Luther King giving the 'I Have a Dream' speech during the March on Washington, August 28, 1963

 

Davis, Angela (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544M
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Poster produced by the New York Committee to FREE ANGELA DAVIS NOW!

 

Malcolm X (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544N
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Malcolm X, charismatic, former Black Muslim, nationalist leader

 

King, Martin Luther and Malcolm X (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544P
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
The two influential leaders together.

 

Jackson, Jesse (Poster)

Subjects:American History; African-American; Social Studies; Civil Rights; Classroom Posters
Order Code:1544R
Price:$5.00 Add to Cart
Black and white poster, 18 inches by 24 inches, Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and minister.