043 African-American Hero Memory Game

African-American Hero Memory Game

�� Mark the accomplishments of African-Americans with this simple game. Here are photos and vignettes about 10 famous black Americans. Print out two copies for each student. Direct him or her to rubber-cement the pages onto cardstock, and cut them apart into individual squares the same size - two for each hero.

�� Shuffle these 20 cards so that they're not next to each other. Lay them out in several rows, face down, and play a little game of "Memory." You turn one face over, try to remember where the matching face is, and turn over one other card. If it matches, remove them from the game and keep both. Keep going until you miss. If it doesn't match, it's the other person's turn.

�� Whoever has the most matches wins the game. Which is what we all hope African-Americans do in their continuing quest for equality and liberty. You can add more heroes to the game, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jackie Robinson, Louis Armstrong, Crispus Attucks, James Baldwin, Shirley Chisholm, Frederick Douglass, Dr. Charles R. Drew, Mae C. Jemison, Scott Joplin, Barbara Jordan, Thurgood Marshall, Jesse Owens, Dred Scott, Sojourner Truth and Ella Fitzgerald. Students can learn more about these and other famous black Americans, in sources such as this listing in the African American Web Connection, www.aawc.com/paa.html