The Everglades National Park Join us today as we learn about one of the largest and most diverse National Parks in the United States.
Sources:
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/pinelands/native-flora-and-fauna
https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/national-park-system.htm
https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hardwoodhammock.htm
https://www.britannica.com/plant/bladderwort
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/nature/article/everglades
https://www.nps.gov/places/florida-bay.htm
Connors, Kathleen. Everglades National Park. Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2016.
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Who Is Barack Obama? Join us today as we learn about the forty fourth President of the United States.
Link to Sonya Sotomayor https://anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/episodes/Who-Is-Barack-Obama-e1udj63
Sources:
https://kidskonnect.com/people/barack-obama/
https://kids.kiddle.co/Barack_Obama
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/barack-obama
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Barack-Obama/470904
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Who Is Mae Jemison? Join us today as we learn about the first black woman in space--Mae Jemison.
Sources:
https://kids.kiddle.co/Mae_Jemison
https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Mae-Jemison/327536
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mae-jemison
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Have you ever heard of Ruby Bridges? Ruby became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement when she was only 6 years old and she is still alive today! Learn more about Ruby in this episode.
Additional Resources:
Books for Black History Month: blog.sonlight.com/books-black-history-month.html
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Who Was Patricia Bath? Join us today as we learn about Patricia Bath, the first black woman doctor to receive a patent.
Sources:
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Patricia-Bath/633097
https://www.biography.com/scientist/patricia-bath
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Henrietta Lacks' Amazing Cells. Join us today as we learn about the scientific contributions of Henrietta Lacks.
Sources
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/importance-of-hela-cells.html
https://www.biography.com/scientist/henrietta-lacks
https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/henrietta-lacks-who-was-she-why-are-hela-cells-immortal.html
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Who Was Katherine Johnson? Join us today as we learn about Katherine Johnson who served as a human computer for NASA in the early years of the space exploration program.
Sources:
https://www.biography.com/scientist/katherine-g-johnson
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-was-katherine-johnson-k4
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician
https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography
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Who Was Gordon Parks? Join us today as we learn about the first black man to work as a photographer for Life magazine.
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https://www.nga.gov/learn/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america/parks-photography.html To see some of Gordon Park’s photographs
https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Gordon-Parks/276289
https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/gordon-parks/biography
https://www.biography.com/artist/gordon-parks
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The Man Who Stood Up For What Is Right Join us today as we learn about the man who spent his life standing up for equal rights for all, Thurgood Marshall
Sources:
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Thurgood-Marshall/353436
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/thurgood-marshall
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thurgood-marshall-sworn-in
https://www.biography.com/legal-figures/thurgood-marshall
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Who Was Frederick Jones? Join us today as we learn about the man who invented the refrigeration truck.
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https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/jones-frederick-mckinley-1893-1961/
https://www.thoughtco.com/frederick-mckinley-jones-4587799
https://www.biography.com/inventor/frederick-jones
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/frederick-mckinley-jones-28122.php
https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Frederick-McKinley-Jones/471104
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Who Was Zora Neale Hurton? Join us today as we learn about Zora Neale Hurton
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zora-Neale-Hurston
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/zora-hurston
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Who Was Garrett Morgan? Join us today as we learn about some of the useful inventions of Garrett Morgan
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https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/garrett-morgan-9935.php
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Garrett-Morgan/443679
https://www.thoughtco.com/garrett-morgan-profile-1992160
https://www.biography.com/inventor/garrett-morgan
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Who Was Madam CJ Walker? Join us today as we learn about the first self-made black woman millionaire--Madam CJ Walker.
Sources:
https://www.biography.com/inventor/madam-cj-walker
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/madame-c-j-walker
https://madamcjwalker.com/about/
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/madam-cj-walker
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Who was Booker T. Washington?
Booker T. Washington was born at a time when there were not many opportunities for African Americans to get an education. He devoted his life to learning and to helping others learn as well.
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Booker-T-Washington
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/booker-t-washington
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Who Was Lewis Latimer? Join us today as we learn about the Renaissance Man
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https://www.britannica.com/question/What-does-Renaissance-man-mean
https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision
https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Lewis-Latimer/312102
https://www.thoughtco.com/lewis-latimer-profile-1992098
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Who Was Frederick Douglass? Join us today as we learn about a man who spent much of his life fighting for the freedom for all men.
Sources:
Slade, Suzanne, and Robert McGuire. Frederick Douglass: Writer, Speaker, and Opponent of Slavery. Picture Window Books, 2007.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Douglass
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Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? Join us today as we learn about the lady President Lincoln referred to as the "little woman who started the Civil War."
Sources:
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/harriet-beecher-stowe
https://www.biography.com/activist/harriet-beecher-stowe
https://www.americanhistoryforkids.com/harriet-beecher-stowe/
https://kids.kiddle.co/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/harriet_beecher_stowe.php
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Who Was Nat Turner? Join us today as we learn about the enslaved man who led one of the bloodiest revolts against slavery in the history of the United States--Nat Turner.
Sources:
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/nat-turners-rebellion
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Nat-Turner/399991
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nat-Turner
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Who Was Elizabeth Freeman? Join us today as we learn about Elizabeth Freeman, the first African American woman to be granted her freedom by the Sate of Massachusetts in 1781.
Sources:
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizabeth-freeman
https://www.elizabethfreemancenter.org/who-we-are/elizabeth-freeman/
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Who Was Benjamin Banneker? Join us today as we learn about the man with the great memory who helped lay out the streets of our nation's capital.
Sources:
https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Benjamin-Banneker/273098
https://www.biography.com/scientist/benjamin-banneker
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/benjamin-banneker
https://www.thoughtco.com/benjamin-banneker-profile-1991360
https://www.notablebiographies.com/Ba-Be/Banneker-Benjamin.html
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