LAHSER HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATES
Black History Month
In celebration of black history month, Lahser departments are incorporating black history awareness into their class studies.
This is a unique educational opportunity for all of our students.
Black History Month in
Social Studies Department
The Social Studies Department will be celebrating Black History Month throughout its classes. World Studies, will be learning about the history of Africa. American Studies, will be discussing the role of African Americans in World War II. AP US History, will be discussing the Civil Rights Movement and it's impact today. Students in various Social Studies Classes have also put up posters throughout the school detailing the lives of significant Africa Americans throughout all aspects of American life. AP Government students will research and discuss the ramifications of several key pieces of legislation throughout US History. |
Black History Month in
Directed Studies Department
The Directed Studies Department has some exciting ideas planned for Black History Month. In Mrs. Dougherty’s Language Class, the student’s are choosing an aspect of Black History, and writing a report. In Ms. Jenkin's Math Concept class, students will be researching famous African American Mathematicians. Mrs. Valentine's class has a bulletin board designated to Black History Month, which features famous African Americans who have made contributions to society and have had an impact on America today. |
Black History Month in the Visual Arts Department
The Visual Arts Department is working with groups of art students to create a three panel mural that will communicate Black History from slavery to civil rights to the present. Our goal is to educate through a visual story. The mural will be located in the Media center. It is our hope that it will be completed by the end of this school year. |
Take the Black History Quiz.....
Can you name the following events in this timeline?
ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
The stairwell to the Social Studies Wing has also been converted into a timeline of major events in the history of African Americans.
For More Black History Information, here are some websites of interest:
http://www.blackhistory.com/
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html
ANSWERS TO THE BLACK HISTORY QUIZ
1492 A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Niño, travels with Christopher Columbus's first expedition to the New World.
1849 Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery. She returns to the South and becomes one of the main "conductors" on the Underground Railroad, helping more than 300 slaves to escape.
1863 President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation legally frees all slaves in the Confederacy
1936 Track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in the Berlin Olympics, thwarting Adolf Hitler's plan to use the games to demonstrate "Aryan supremacy."
1947 Baseball great Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to break the color barrier and be allowed to play in the major leagues
1954 In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the Supreme Court rules unanimously against school segregation, overturning its 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white person, triggering a successful, year-long African American boycott of the bus system organized and led by a young Baptist Minister, Martin Luther King, Jr.
1957 The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., helps found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to work for full equality for African Americans.
2001 General Colin L. Powell is appointed Secretary of State by President George W. Bush. |
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