The first African American to be ordained a priest, Father Augustus Tolton, is on the road to sainthood. Fr. Alonzo Cox talks about what made him Venerable.
EducationCity Resources for you to share with your students during Black History Month:
Learn360 Black History Month Resources
Primary Level:
- Frederick Douglass (Slim Goodbody) (Grades PreK-2)
- Duke Ellington (Full Video) (Grades PreK-2)
- African-American: Global Wonders (Grades PreK-2)
- Pierre Toussaint (Saints Alive) (Grades PreK-5)
- Heroes of Freedom: Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks (Full Video) (Grades PreK-5)
Intermediate Level:
- Ellington Was Not A Street (Grades 3-8)
- Rosa Parks (Mother of Civil Rights (Grades 3-8)
- Follow the Drinking Gourd (Full Video) (Grades PreK-5)
- Barack Obama: Overcoming Barriers (Full Video) (Grades 3-5)
- Brown vs. The Board of Education (Grades 3-8)
- Jackie Robinson: Interactive Reading Comprehension (Grades 5-8)
Junior High Level:
- For Love of Liberty (Grades 6-8)
- Buffalo Soldiers & the Great War (Grades 6-8)
- Will the Negro Fight? (Grades 6-8)
- Stories of Black Patriots in the Civil War (Grades 6-8)
- All God’s Children (Full Video) (Grades 6-8)
- Civil Rights Act and JFK (video clip) (Grades 6-8)
- Moving North to Chicago 1900-1945 (Full Video) (Grades 6-8)
- Langston Hughes: African Americans Who Left Their Stamp on History (Grades 6-8)
- For the Love of the Game: Highlights (Audio) (Grades 6-8)
- What Impact Did Katherine Johnson Have on the U.S. Space Program? (Grades 3-8)
Basketball Player Kobe Bryant:
- *Remembering Kobe Bryant (The video leads to links outside of Learn360)
(Please note: This link is not appropriate for direct access by students-it is a good resource for teachers to pull from.)
- The Catholic Faith of Kobe Bryant (Catholic News Agency) (The CNS page has links to some very difficult topics.)
Other Resources:
- Applied Digital Skills (help students explore African American culture and history)
- Applied Digital Skills (Plan an event)
- Applied Digital Skills (Do a Research Project)
- The Historical Black University Founded by a Saint (Catholic News Agency)
- How a Schoolteacher Helped Create the First Black Peanuts Character (Please note: This link is not appropriate for direct access by students-it is a good resource for teachers to pull from.
- St. Josephine Bakhita
- Pierre Toussaint-On the Path to Sainthood
- NEA Black History Month Lessons & Resources — Grades K-8
- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Black History Month Resources (TeacherVision)
- Slave, Priest and (God Willing) A Saint (NET TV-Currents story)
- Black History Month Resources (Education.Com)