Try these interactive quizzes related to Black history:

• When/where were these discoveries made?

  • First to design and create a city

  • First to discover the art of medicine (examination, diagnosis, surgery)

  • First to create a school of higher learning (college)

  • First to create any form of art

• Name the African-Americans who created these inventions:

  • Golf tee, refrigerator, lawn mower, traffic light, gas mask, pencil sharpener, street sweeper, fountain pen, gas burner, water closet (toilet)

• Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize and for what?

• Who came before Rosa Parks in protesting the segregation of public transportation?

• Identify these 25 important historical figures by photos

http://www.toptags.com/aama/trivia/trivia.htm
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hunt_quiz.html
http://www.blackvoices.com/feature/bhm_00/photo_quiz.htm

Black History Crossword Puzzle
www.ornl.gov/divisions/ ctd/historymonth.htm

History of African-American Women - a comprehensive guide to research; bibliographies, encyclopedias, journals, periodicals, etc.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-afam.html

Full-text African-American historic documents and books available on the Internet
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/ethnicstudies/historicdocs/

Black History Hot List - an extensive collection of Internet sites concerning Slavery and African-American History, African-American and "Buffalo" Soldiers, Civil Rights Movement and Protests, Million Man March, African-American Leaders, In Their Own Words, Church Burnings, Poetry, Institutional and Legislative Changes
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html

Free Blue Mountain E-cards related to Black History
http://free.bluemountain.com/cdb/AWA/AH/HIS/index.html

Scholastic Teachers Guide to "Culture and Change:  Black History in America" - lesson plans and class activities for grades 3-8, including assessment and rubrics, and standards correlation
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/tguide.htm

Rhythm of History - over the past several hundred years as American history has unfolded, music has had a constant presence, inspiring and inspired by the events that shaped our collective past.  American music as we know it would be unrecognizable without the disproportionate and indispensable contributions of its citizens of African descent.  This fascinating site chronicles their influence on the musical evolution of gospel, blues, jazz, R & B, funk, and hip-hop.
http://www.rhino.com/blackhistory/