• Black History on the NET

• Business & Enterprise

• Lesson Plans

• Science

Black History on the Net!

• Every Generation
  Empowering and influencing the black community through history, family genealogy and heritage
  http://www.everygeneration.co.uk/

• Multicultural History
  Trace the experiences of communities worldwide and the political style of their greatest leaders. Loads of resources.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/multicultural

• Black People in Britain
  Biographies
  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/BlackPeople.htm

• Black Presence
  Black British history
  http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/

• Your History
  This BBC website gives advice on how to research your African-Caribbean roots
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/your_history/family/caribb_family_1.shtml

• Black History Map
  This is a gateway to websites about black and Asian history across the British Isles. You can search for sites by location (via the map), time period (via the timeline) or subject (via the search facility).Subject specific resources for teachers
  http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/B/blackhistorymap

• Black Dimensions
  The African Diaspora, Contributions to civilisation, Eurocenteic view of the world
  http://www.kirklees-ednet.org.uk/subjects/ethnicmin/resources/blackdimensions/index.htm

• EMA Home Page
  Raising achievement, good practice and publications
  http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ethnicminorities/

• Martin Luther King Project
  Biography, interactive timeline, lesson plans
  http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

• Biography.com presents Black History Month
  African American History including biographies, photos, video
  http://www.biography.com/blackhistory

• 100 Great Black Britons
  A listing with biographies of each entry. Details of schools competition run in 2004 – the activities suggested could still be used by schools.
  www.100greatblackbritons.com

• Black History Archives
  On-line exhibition on Asian and Black History in Britain 1500 – 1850 – Galleries and virtual journeys (requires Flash) of London, Liverpool and Bristol
  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory

• Academy of Achievement
  www.achievement.org – American website giving more biographical information on high achievers from many spheres, including Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks and international achievers such as Desmond Tutu.

• infoplease
  Has a Civil Rights Timeline which charts the struggle for equal rights for Black Americans.
  www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

• Black and Ethnic Minority Experience
  A website set up to document the experiences of Black and other Ethnic Minority citizens of Wolverhampton, which now includes an audio archive which tell of the experiences of immigrants in their own words.
  www.be-me.org

Business & Enterprise

• http://www.knowledgecentres.com/bme/
  Business Link site for Black & Minority Ethnic Businesses, including news, events & resources.

• http://www.black-success.com/
  ‘The Black Success Stories E-book’ can be purchased for £9.95, containing interviews with some of the most prominent African Caribbean members of British society today.

• http://www.blackenterprise.co.uk/
  Black Enterprise’s mission is to facilitate the development, growth and long-term sustainability of business enterprise through support, encouragement, education, training and finance.
  

Lesson Plans

• www.pbskids.org/africa – Interactive activities for primary pupils – visit an African school, play some tunes on a virtual thumb piano, make a mask and hear a Swahili folk tale.

• www.learningcurve.gov.uk – Lesson plans using original online source material, including a lesson on post-war immigration, with links to the Windrush archive.

Science

• BHM at the Science Museums
  A range of resources to help you learn and teach about contributions to science and technology made by black people and others from a diversity of backgrounds.
  http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/learning/blackhistorymonth.asp

• Afro-Carribean Network for Science and Technology
  Teaching Resources
  http://www.ishangohouse.com/resources2.html

• Honouring Black Inventors
  Black people in technology past and present
  http://www.users.fast.net/~blc/xlhome2.htm

• African Inventors and Inventions
  These pages offer a glimpse at the often uncredited contribution African Inventors and their inventions have made to modern day society.
  http://www.khemet.net/newkhemet/nkinvent.htm

• Planet Science
  Profile on Black Britsh Scientists past and present
  http://www.planet-science.com/outthere/index.html?page=/outthere/black_history/