African Americans - from Slavery to the Present Day Tasks

Make a timeline from 1619 to 2009 and put on the following events with the correct dates.

• Civil War starts
• Civil War ends
• Emancipation Proclamation
• First Africans in America
• Slave trade grows
• Slave trade illegal
• Civil Rights Movement starts
• Civil Rights Act
• March on Washington
• MLK assassinated
• Barack Obama inaugurated as president

Search the Internet for information. Choose 2 of the following topics and find out who or what it is, in which time period it was important and one or two facts about it.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Sojurner Truth
• Rosa Parks
• Klu Klux Klan
• Martin Luther King
• Malcolm X
• Freedom Rides

Choose a famous African American from the present day and make a short oral presentation of the person. You should use a variety of media in your presentation, e.g. text, pictures, sound, video, etc. Remember to include your sources of information.