America's Black founders
Subtitle: revolutionary heroes and early leaders : with 21 activities
By: Nancy I. Sanders
Edition: [Paw Prints ed.].
Publisher: Paw Prints
Published: 2010
Place of publication: United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781442083714
Subjects: African American leadership; Juvenile literature; History; Study and teaching; Activity programs; African Americans
Description: Celebrates the lesser-known lives and contributions of early African-American men and women, in a volume that features such complementary activities as recipes for colonial foods and advice for petitioning the government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-139) and index.
Table of contents: title: When in the course of human events : colonial days : stuff a straw matress : weave a fanner; title: It becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands : years of unrest : make a stamp : draw a political cartoon; title: We hold these truths to be self-evident : beginnings of war : pen a patriotic poem : write a new verse for "Yankee Doodle"; title: That all men are created equal : the American Revolution : design a flag : read the Declaration : bake firecakes : explore your family tree : cook pepper pot soup : make homemade salt; title: That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights : African Americans as citizens : paint a historic picture : celebrate Constitution Day : map a capital city : write a government official : organize a helpful event : write a petition; title: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness : African Americans lead the way : craft a clay pot : form a literary society : publish a newspaper.