Digital Media Black History Month Project

Digital Media

Black History Month Project

Students will prepare a visual presentation use Google Slides, Photo Peach, animoto on the following events as they relate to the history of Africans in the United States and abroad.

The presentation will be in the form of a time line complete with dates and visual representations of the events that are listed below. Students are encouraged to use web based pictures and other media to represent the events and people involved. Please list and identify important people involved in each movement Students must coordinate the time and events with both the United States and Africa. This will be worked on in class as well as outside of class if necessary. Each bullet should have at least 3 pictures and a 3-5 sentence summary of how the time period impacted the lives of the people of that period.

·         Ancient African Kingdoms and Civilizations

·         American Capitalism and Slavery

·         Scramble for Africa and European Colonialism

·         United States Post Civil War/Reconstruction

·         Jim Crow/Civil Rights Movement

·         African Independence Movement

·         Black Nationalism Movement in the United States