Our Story: American History Stories and Activities You Can Do Together
Celebrate President’s Day with OurStory! Have you ever thought about writing to the President? Well 11-year-old Grace Bedell did. She wrote to Abraham Lincoln and asked him to make a change. Read Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers and explore her actual letter to find out what happened.Read more »
February 1, 2012 marks the anniversary of the day when four African American college students challenged racial segregation by sitting down at a "whites only" counter lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, N.C. The National Museum of American History added an eight foot portion of the Greensboro lunch counter to its collection in 1993. Read more »
Celebrate African American History Month and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in February. Dr. King said, “Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.” How have you made the world better? In the 1950s and 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made big changes in America and around the world by showing people how to confront inequality and injustice without using physical force. His ideas can help you make your own changes in the world today. Read more »
February is African American heritage month! OurStory’s Find Books tab includes 92 recommended books about African American history. Whether you’re looking for a book for your kindergartener, middle schooler, or for your own reading, check out the search results for “African American History.” Read more »
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Celebrate President’s Day with OurStory! Have you ever thought about writing to the President? Well 11-year-old Grace Bedell did. She wrote to Abraham Lincoln and asked him to make a change. Read Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers and explore her actual letter to find out what happened. Read more »
Students Sit for Civil Rights
February 1, 2012 marks the anniversary of the day when four African American college students challenged racial segregation by sitting down at a "whites only" counter lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, N.C. The National Museum of American History added an eight foot portion of the Greensboro lunch counter to its collection in 1993. Read more »
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nonviolence
Celebrate African American History Month and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in February. Dr. King said, “Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.” How have you made the world better? In the 1950s and 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made big changes in America and around the world by showing people how to confront inequality and injustice without using physical force. His ideas can help you make your own changes in the world today. Read more »
More Books about African Americans
February is African American heritage month! OurStory’s Find Books tab includes 92 recommended books about African American history. Whether you’re looking for a book for your kindergartener, middle schooler, or for your own reading, check out the search results for “African American History.” Read more »
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Join the Parents and Families group in the free Thinkfinity Community to get advice, share concerns, or ask questions. The Thinkfinity Community can help you bring learning home! Join now »
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Freedom on the Menu
by Carole Boston Weatherford
In 1960, signs throughout the town of Greensboro, North Carolina told eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. When Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth’s lunch counter, she realizes that things may soon begin to change. Freedom on the Menu, tells the story through the eyes of young Connie.
