FLVS Student Activities

FLVS Celebrates Black History Month
February 21-23

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Today's Spotlight

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Toni Morrison has won nearly every book award there is, including a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 for her book, Beloved.  She also received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.  She was the eighth woman, and first black woman to be awarded this honor.  Toni Morrison has written some of the most important and powerful works of literature about life as an African American, including The Bluest Eye, Jazz, Song of Solomon, and Sula, as well as several children’s books and a play. 

Learn more.

Photo credit: http://www.ronbrown.org/aboutus/AdvisoryBoard/ToniMorrison.aspx

Click to view student entries. 
If you would like to contribute, please email Mrs. Knoblauch at cknoblauch@flvs.net

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The first African American History event was celebrated during a week in February 1926 that encompassed the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, who both played an important role in Black American history.

Read about famous
African Americans

Inventors and Engineers
Visionaries
Athletes
Entertainers

2012_black_history_month_readinglist.pdf
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Schedule of Events

                    Click Session Title to view recording.

Feb. 21
2:00pm      The African American Experience
                    Through Music [click to view recording]
6:30pm      From Madam C.J. Walker to Relaxers: A
                    Historical Review of Black Hair in America
                         [click to view recording]
7:30pm      Book Discussion: "The Boy Who Harnessed
                    the Wind" by William Kamkwamba [click to
                         view recording] 

Feb. 22
7:00pm      Virtual Tour of Dr. M.L. King and Lincoln
                     Memorials
                    Guest Speaker: Dr. Randall Sampson,
                     EdWorks National STEM [click to view
                     recording] 

Feb. 23
1:00-3:00pm    African American Read-In, Part 1 [click to
                                 view recording]
5:00-7:00pm    African American Read-In, Part 2 [click to
                                 view recording]       


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Thank you to Dr. Randall Sampson for the inspiration and advice.  If you would like to follow Dr. Sampson:
www.twitter.com/randallsampson
www.storify.com/randallsampson

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Take a video tour of the Dr. Martin Luther King Monument in Washington, DC. 

Click here to learn more about this iconic statue.

Recommended Reading

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“I went to sleep dreaming of Malawi, and all the things made possible when your dreams are powered by your heart.”
--William Kamkwamba

Start reading now and join us for a book discussion on February 21st at 7:30pm!