• With older kids, rent (WGBH Boston Video, 1998), the four-part public television series that recounts the history of slavery. Watch and discuss one segment each week. Check out the series' Web site at www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html.
•Make greeting cards that feature facts about African-American history and culture or quotations from African-American writers.
• Play a traditional African-American ring or clapping game such as Brown Girl in the Ring or Miss Mary Mack.
• Explore the subject through a good children's book or the Encarta Africana CD-ROM.
• Take an African-American Heritage walking tour. Many cities and towns now offer them.
