Learning Guide

Module Name: Identify prominent African-Americans

Course Name: Contemporary Influences on African American Culture
Learning Goals/Outcomes
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:
Identify prominent African-Americans
List accomplishments of prominent African-Americans
Utilize PowerPoint to identify and list accomplishments
Utilize Audacity or other free sound recording tool to identify prominent
African Americans and list their accomplishments (UDL)

Learning Resources
Required Resources

100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia by Molefi Kete

Asante

PowerPoint 101: Everything You Need to Know to Make a Basic Presentation

in PowerPoint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=51cfguwIO
0E
Library research tutorial link,
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/research/resources.cfm

Additional Resources
African American Web Connection, http://www.aawc.com/zpaa.html
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africanamericans-many-rivers-to-cross/category/history/100-amazing-facts/

Learning Activities
Activities for This Lesson
Create a PowerPoint presentation listing the names of prominent AfricanAmericans
Create a PowerPoint presentation identifying the accomplishments of
noteworthy African-Americans
Create a sound clip identifying prominent African Americans and listing
their accomplishments
Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
2008.

Self-Assessment
Check your understanding.
Can you identify and list the accomplishments of prominent AfricanAmericans?
Can you create a PowerPoint presentation outlining the accomplishments of
prominent African-Americans?
Can you create a sound clip identifying prominent African Americans and
listing their accomplishments?

Lesson Evaluation: Graded Assessments

Five pictures posted of prominent African-Americans

Five accomplishments identified of prominent African-Americans
PowerPoint presentation

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
2008.

Learning Guide
Module Name: Review current news articles and events within the African
American community
Course Name: Contemporary Influences on African American Culture
Learning Goals/Outcomes
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:
Describe a current news event involving an issue facing the AfricanAmerican community
Summarize how current news events impact the African-American
community
Utilize Audacity or other free sound recording tool to describe a current
news event involving an issue facing or involving African-American(s)

Learning Resources
Required Resources

Major newspaper or newspaper located on the Internet (i.e.: New York Times,
Washington Post, local newspaper)

Local radio and/or television news reports or radio/television Internet news sites

Audacity free download, http://audacity.en.softonic.com/download

Audacity tutorial manual,

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorials.html
Library research tutorial link,
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/research/resources.cfm
Microsoft Word Version 2010 or higher

Additional Resources
Ebony Magazine, http://www.ebony.com/
The Root, http://www.theroot.com/
The Grio, http://thegrio.com/

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
2008.

Learning Activities
Activities for This Lesson
Create a sound clip describing a current news event involving an issue facing
or involving African-American(s) involving an issue facing or involving
African-American(s) no more than three minutes in length
Cite examples of current news event utilizing four sources
Create a PDF transcript of audio clip utilizing four cited sources (UDL).
Create work and submit it for evaluation

Self-Assessment
Check your understanding.
Can you create a sound clip describing a current news event involving an
issue facing or involving African-American(s) involving an issue facing or
involving African-American(s) than is no longer than three minutes?
Can you cite four sources of a current news event?
Can you create a PDF transcript of audio clip utilizing four cited sources?
Can you create work and submit it for evaluation?

Lesson Evaluation: Graded Assessments

Sound clip describing a current news event involving an issue facing or

involving African-American(s) involving an issue facing or involving AfricanAmerican(s) no more than three minutes in length
Cite examples of current news event

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
2008.