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Lee 6th Grade Research Projects: African American History Month Project

Exploring the World Around Us

Famous People

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dred Scott

Dred Scott

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron

Handouts

Famous People 

Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks

Malcolm X

Hank Aaron

Homer Plessy

Dred Scott

Roy Wilkins

Harriet Tubman

W.E.B Dubois

Jesse Jackson

Nat Turner

Frederick Douglass

Research Resources for African American History

Follow these steps to easily access academic research resources. 

1. From the Student Portal, Log in to Schoology.

2. Go to the Library Course (let Mrs. Carswell know if you do not have a Library Course.)

3. Click on the Destiny Discover icon on the landing page.

4. Log in to Destiny

username: id number   password: last name

5. Search for your subject. "Harriet Tubman"

6. Look for books under the book tab

7. Look under Databases for articles in online encyclopedias and research databases. 

8. Save the articles you use to your Destiny Discover Favorites.

9. Go to your Destiny Discover Favorites to create your citations for your bibliography. 

10. See the video on the right for more details about creating your bibliography in MLA format.