Re: African-American inventors - Elem.?

[Johanna Halbeisen Rebecca Johnson School]

>Each Feb. my sixth grade teachers provide their students with
>a list of names of Af. American inventors.  Assignment is to
>find what person invented, and bio. data.  for a 2 page report.
>   Most of the inventors are pretty obscure.  The source is a
>poster listing inventors.  I have telephoned an orgainzation
>which provided the poster; I receive only recorded "I'm out"
>messages.
>   Do any of you have any sources you would recommend for
>addition to my collection to meet the needs of this assignment?
>
>Mary Ludwick         Ludwick@tenet.edu
>
Mary,
        There's a whole series of booklets (with related activity books,
posters,etc) put out by Empak.  The booklets come at two reading levels (RL
3 or 4 and RL 6 or so).  Each set has historic black women, black scientists
and inventors, pioneers, civil rts leaders, abolitionists, African kings and
queens black firsts, blacks in the arts, in federal govt, and in education.
Write to Empak Publishing, 520 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 1004, Chicago, IL
60611.


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Johanna Halbeisen                               "We are confronted by
Rebecca M. Johnson School(K-8)                   insurmountable opportunties."
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