There are many ways that netTrekker can be utilized to add an exciting and interactive component to your Black History Month lessons.

Students can use the timeline to study the Civil Rights Movement, use the Famous Person tool to learn about important African Americans throughout history, or use the keyword search to learn about any other topic related to black history.

We’ve put together several ideas for incorporating netTrekker into your classroom activities for Black History Month.

• Timeline: Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement
  Use netTrekker's timeline to develop your own! Put it together on poster board and cut out pictures printed from websites for visual interest.

  1. Drill Down through netTrekker:*
     Social Studies > U.S. History > The Upheaval of a Nation > American Society > Social Revolution > Minorities > Civil Rights Movement.

  2. Click on the timeline icon .

• Famous Person List: Famous African Americans*
  Select from hundreds of famous African Americans listed, or narrow your search by specifying a time period, an occupation, or gender in the Famous Person List. With this information you can have your students create a chart or write a paragraph on each individual's contribution to black history.

  Suggested Famous People:
  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Rosa Parks
  Harriet Tubman
  Malcolm X

• Keyword Search: Black History Month*
  Find a variety of multimedia items, learning exercises, learning games, and lesson plans to help convey the history of African Americans in the United States.

• Keyword Search: How to Interview*
  Interview three African American adults who lived during the Civil Rights Movement. Plan the interview by entering “how to interview” into the netTrekker keyword box for great suggestions. Find out how they felt about the movement, what leaders were important to them, what their fears were, and what their hopes were.

• Drill Down Search: Minorities in the 1960s and 1970s*
  Drill down into netTrekker into the 1960s and 1970s time period in U.S. History and compare the Civil Rights Movement to the Women's Rights Movement and the Latino Movement.

  Drill Down through netTrekker:*
  Social Studies > U.S. History > The Upheaval of a Nation > American Society > Social Revolution > Minorities