Breaking the Color Barrier - Notes
Your name __________________________________ Period ____
Famous Black American #1 ________________________________________ Date of “first” ___________
1. Description of the “first” _____________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are two major achievements of this person BEFORE the first?
#1_________________________________________________________________________
#2_________________________________________________________________________
3.What are two major achievements of this person AFTER the first?
#1_________________________________________________________________________
#2_________________________________________________________________________
4.What other information is interesting? ____________________________________________________
5. In your opinion, why was this “first” important?_____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
6. What is an important lesson you or any other young person might learn from the way this person lived?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Check the Sources You Used
___Famous First by African Americans at InfoPlease.com (http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmfirsts.html)
___Encyclopedia Britanica Online (http://school.eb.com) USER NAME: newhaven06 PASSWORD: library
___ Wilson Biographies + at iConn http://iconn.org LINK TO INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES>under SPECIFIC TOPICS FIND Wilson at bottom
___African American Encyclopedia ____ Africana
___ Other.(NOT Wikipedia) Please write website title and web address OR title of book
#1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
#2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________
>>>>>> person #2
Famous Black American #2 ________________________________________ Date of “first” ___________
1. Description of the “first” _____________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are two major achievements of this person BEFORE the first?
#1_________________________________________________________________________
#2_________________________________________________________________________
3.What are two major achievements of this person AFTER the first?
#1_________________________________________________________________________
#2_________________________________________________________________________
4.What other information is interesting? ____________________________________________________
5. In your opinion, why was this “first” important?_____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
6. What is an important lesson you or any other young person might learn from the way this person lived?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Check the Sources You Used
___Famous First by African Americans at InfoPlease.com (http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmfirsts.html)
___Encyclopedia Britanica Online (http://school.eb.com) USER NAME: newhaven06 PASSWORD: library
___ Wilson Biographies + at iConn http://iconn.org LINK TO INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES>under SPECIFIC TOPICS FIND Wilson at bottom
___African American Encyclopedia ____ Africana
___ Other.(NOT Wikipedia) Please write website title and web address OR title of book
#1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
#2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________