www.tolerance.org Has a wide range of materials and activities that teach about tolerance. www.pbs.org/americaresponds/tolerance Ideas for teaching about tolerance. http://lii.org/women The Libraran's InternetIndex is a wealth of links. This one is for women's issues. http://www.pbs.org/journeytopeace/teachers/index.html Journey To Peace: Activity ideas about ethnic identity, conflict resolution, and active listening. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/cryfromthegrave/lessons/lesson2.html Srebrenica: A Cry From The Grave Lesson plan focused on ethnic identity as a burden and benefit in society, discrimination, and fear. http://splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html Teaching Tolerance: Includes classroom activities, articles, fact sheets for students, and more. http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/africanamerican/ Sites about "the history of black women in America http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html Links to Internet resources for exploring African-American history and issues http://www.lib.washington.edu/mcnews/EthnicNewspapers/ Ethnic and Special Audience Newspapers of the Pacific Northwest http://www.blackfacts.com/ Black Facts Online. A database of Black History information. http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2002/brotheroutsider/ Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin who was the gay civil rights activist who "organized the 1963 March on Washington that culminated in King's I Have a Dream speech. Learn more about his legacy of protest and the making of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday." http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/ Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Speeches, photos, quiz, links and study guides. http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/womenofthecentury/ Women of the Century: 100 Years of American Heroes "Women who left an indelible mark on our nation." http://www.asalh.org/ Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) The mission at this site is to "to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history, and culture to the global community."
http://freedmensbureau.com/ Freedmen's Bureau Online This site looks at the creation and history of the Freedmen's Bureau, as well as issues facing freed slaves after the Civil War. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/ African American World tries to cover all things Black or African American and does a good job at it. Sections included are history, arts and culture, race and society, and biographical profiles. http://boxer.senate.gov/juneteenth/ The Holiday Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the USA. |