Introduce kids to Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks with coloring pages depicting these famous black Americans. As you hand out the coloring pages, tell your students what each person did and how she or he contributed to better lives for both black and non-black people in America.
Show children on a map where Africa is and where America is, and explain that many African people were forced to come to America from Africa. Let students choose a mask from the African Masks site (See Resources below.), color them in and cut out the masks. Using a hole punch, punch a hole on each side of the mask and help the children tie a string from one side to the other, so they can wear the masks. Point out on the map the region of Africa from which each mask comes.
Read books about famous black Americans, such as "Young Jackie Robinson, Baseball Hero," "Follow The Drinking Gourd" or "The Story of Rosa Parks" to the students and ask them to draw pictures of an event depicted in the books, such as Jackie Robinson playing baseball or Rosa Parks on the bus. Ask each student to tell the story of his or her picture to the rest of the class and hang the pictures up for everyone to see.
Provide a selection of magazines for students. Ask students to pick out pictures of children of all races to glue on a large piece of paper. For students who can read, ask them to cut out the words "I Have a Dream" to put at the top of the collage.