Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Discuss Dr. King's dream for African-Americans and the nation. Explain why Dr. King wanted peace and harmony for everyone. Then, have children draw and color a huge cloud on construction paper. Ask the children what are their dreams. Help the children write their dream in the cloud. Display the children's clouds throughout the classroom.
Illustrate an African animal's life. View videos, show images and read short stories regarding African animals. Instruct students to pick an African animal. Then have the students explain the color of the animal, talk about where the animal lives and the type of food the animal eats.
Highlight and discuss prominent African-American inventors. Set up replications of objects created by African-American inventor around the classroom. Have the students identify the objects. Then, asked the children to draw a picture of an invention created by an African-American that they may have used at home or have seen. For example students may include Alfred Benjamin's scouring pad, Sarah Boone's folding ironing board, J. A. Burr's lawn mower, George Olden's postage stamp, J. H. Smith sprinkler, Sarah E. Goode's folding bed or Joseph Hunter Dickinson's player piano.
Teach preschool children the four colors of Africa: black, red, yellow and green. Compare the difference in Africa's colors to America's red, white and blue colors. Show books, magazine images, posters, fabrics and posters. Ask students to identify by color the items and shapes.