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November: Native American Heritage Month

FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES

VISUAL ART ACTIVITIES

National Museum of the American Indian: Corn Husk Dragonfly (Video)

National Museum of the American Indian: Corn Bead Necklace (Video)

Merced Multicultural Arts Center: Native American Weaving (Video)

MUSIC AND DANCE

How to Powwow Dance: Dance Lesson for Kids (Video)

Sesame Street: Listen to the Wind Blow (Music Video)

Sesame Street: Celebrating Family Stories (Video)

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Read-a-Loud: Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (Video))

PBS: 8 Children’s Books to Celebrate Native Heritage

Scholastic: Native American Heritage Book List

CELEBRATE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE

HISTORY & STORYTELLING

Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Online Exhibitions

Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Lenapehoking: The Land of the Lenape

I Love NY Path Through History: Native Americans

MUSIC AND DANCE

First Native American Dance Group to Appear on "World of Dance" (Video)

PBS: Native American Musicians You Should Know (Video)

Smithsonian Institute's Folkways Recordings

Art & Craftsmanship

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage: Sculpture Nora Naranjo Morse (Video)

Musical Instrument Museum: Arizona Instrument Makers (Video)

Craft in America: Corine Pearce and Pomo Basketry (Video)

Literature

First American Art Magazine: Native Writers Awarded Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and Poetry

Brooklyn Public Library: Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month Reading List

American Writers Museum: Native American Writers

Science & Technology

History Channel: 10 Native American Inventions Commonly Used Today

Science Buddies: Native American Scientists and Engineers

NASA: Native American Heritage Month

February: Black History Month

Paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.

Learn more at https://blackhistorymonth.gov

HISTORY

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

https://washington.org/visit-dc/guide-to-smithsonian-national-museum-african-american-history-culture#

New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg

NPR: Here's the Story Behind Black History Month: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1075623826/why-is-february-black-history-month

Museum of the History of New York: https://www.mcny.org/black-activists-19th-century-nyc?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5Kyspaqh9gIVTv_jBx2O_A93EAAYASAAEgI11_D_BwE

Weeksville Heritage Center: https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/

History Channel: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month

VISUAL ARTS

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art: https://mocada.org/about/

Biography: 10 Visual Artists Who Broke Barriers: https://www.biography.com/news/jean-michael-basquiat-black-artists

The Studio Museum: Kahlil Robert Irving: https://www.studiomuseum.org/exhibition/projects-kahlil-robert-irving

New Museum: Faith Ringgold: https://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/faith-ringgold-american-people

African American Art: A History: https://www.oxfordartonline.com/page/african-american-art

PERFORMING ARTS

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: https://www.alvinailey.org/

National Jazz Museum in Harlem: https://jmih.org/

Carnegie Hall: Afrofuturism: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Events/Highlights/Afrofuturism?sourceCode=35629&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiI2I8auh9gIVQeKzCh2PNwYHEAAYASAAEgI7VvD_BwE

Dance Theater of Harlem: https://www.dancetheatreofharlem.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrJT_jbSh9gIVW_LjBx2pGA-BEAAYAiAAEgInsfD_BwE

LITERATURE

PEN America: Black Literature - A Reading List: https://pen.org/black-literature-past-present-and-future-reading-list/

Library of Congress: Celebrate African American History Month! http://cdn.loc.gov/project/lcnet/BlackHistory/

Penguin Random House: Black Stories Have Power: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/cc/black-history-month

Hachette Book Group: Black History Month Reads: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/landing-page/books-for-black-history-month/

The Center for Black Literature: https://centerforblackliterature.org/

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Science Buddies: Learn More About These 32 Scientists for Black History Month: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/black-history-month-scientists

Biography Channel: Famous Black Scientists: https://www.biography.com/people/groups/black-scientists

The National Space Centre (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2ytmzqgSQ

National Geographic: Katherine Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4j_LpKzcZQ

NASA: Black History Month: https://www.nasa.gov/subject/13465/black-history-month/

MIT: Black History: https://www.blackhistory.mit.edu/story/nasa-figures

FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES

Stepping Performers: Celebrate Soulfully, Black History Month (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZZyFwTuaws

Celebrating Black History with Children’s Books by Black Authors: https://www.pbs.org/education/blog/celebrating-black-history-with-childrens-books-by-black-authors

Read-a-Loud: What if we were all the same (Video): https://youtu.be/JlpNhfOorWg

Scholastic: Remarkable Books for Black History Month: https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/books-celebrate-black-history-month.html

Black History Month (PBS Kids): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f00AatzvxC0

March: Women's History Month

Join us in celebrating Women's History Month and International Women's Day on March 8 by exploring the links below!

https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov

https://www.internationalwomensday.com

https://www.nysenate.gov/women-of-distinction

ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS & FAMILIES

VISUAL ART ACTIVITIES

Georgia O'Keefe: Coloring Clouds

(https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Activity-Clouds.pdf)

NYC Parks: Sculptures by Women

(https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/women/sculptures-by-women)

National Gallery of Art: Mary Cassatt Inspired Activities

(https://www.nga.gov/learn/teachers/lessons-activities/pre-k/mary-cassatt.html)

MUSIC AND DANCE (Videos)

Sesame Street: Women Can Be Song (video)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpjmeyI2pfI)

Women Are History Makers | Miss Jessica's World (video)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUnVhzKsbj0)

Sesame Street: Women's History Month Playlist (videos)

(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8TioFHubWFt46xOiy2JUrDNylbaACy52)

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFJkBSbJe18)

Scholastic: Engaging Biographies About Courageous Women

(https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/book-lists/our-favorite-courageous-women-biographies.html)

National Geographic: Women Hero's

(https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/topic/women-heroes)

NYPL: Kids Books & Digital Resources to Celebrate Women in the Arts

(https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/03/01/kids-books-resources-women-art)

History

Women's History Month | PBS KIDS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVrvMJWrJlk

International Women's Day | PBS KIDS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JB1-_W29Ng

Marvie Talks About Women's History Month (Sesame Studios)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgfll7p_kY

CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY

History & Storytelling

National Women's History Alliance: Quizzes

https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/quizzes/

National Women's History Museum: Harriet Tubman

https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/harriet-tubman?gclid=Cj0KCQjw_4-SBhCgARIsAAlegrVFj5HkOAEYTx2SH7QLhHsTyLYiXnxBtD3Yn8BzWow6IuLuW4PLEGEaAiWvEALw_wcB

New York Historical Society: Center for Women's History

https://www.nyhistory.org/womens-history

National Women's History Museum: History of Women's History Month (Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgGOBbjeNZU

PERFORMING ARTS

Martha Graham: Primal artistic force of the 20th century

https://marthagraham.org/history/

Wendy Wasserstein: First woman playwright to win a Tony Award

https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/wasserstein-wendy

VISUAL ARTS

American Artist: Faith Ringgold

https://www.faithringgold.com/Art/

Museum of Modern Art: Women's History

https://www.moma.org/interactives/modern_women/history/

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Five Women Changemakers in American Art

https://americanart.si.edu/blog/artists-women-history-month

Metropolitan Museum of Art: On "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" Symposium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAAc4i8SFbE&list=PL8HAkqKX065CROqCONrVtjJBl-p9sNsxj&index=41

MUSIC

Smithsonian Libraries: Music HerStory Women and Music of Social Change: https://library.si.edu/exhibition/music-herstory?mc_cid=68520420fd&mc_eid=a74c26042c

LITERATURE

Edith Wharton: First Woman to Win a Pulitzer

https://www.edithwharton.org/discover/edith-wharton/

National Women's History Museum: Maya Angelou

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/maya-angelou

New York Pubic Library: Women's History Month

https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/womenshistorymonth?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7Jvo96bx9gIVcMqzCh2NvQ0FEAAYASAAEgJrJPD_BwE

Brooklyn Public Library: Women's History Month

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA: Women's History Month

https://www.nasa.gov/subject/13464/womens-history-month/

U.S. Navy: Dr. Gladys West (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McIemoQWv64

Science History Institute: Women in Chemistry

https://www.sciencehistory.org/learn/women-in-chemistry

National Women's Hall of Fame: Annie Dodge Wauneka

https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/annie-dodge-wauneka/

PBS News: Hour Elizabeth Blackwell: First Woman Doctor in the United States

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/elizabeth-blackwell-becomes-the-first-woman-doctor-in-the-united-states

May: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

Paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success.

Learn more at: https://asianpacificheritage.gov

June: LGBTQ Pride Month

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States.

National Library of Congress

https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/

July: Disability Pride Month

Honoring the diversity and uniqueness of people within the disability community.

Learn more at http://disabilitypridenyc.org.

New York Public Library

https://drupal.nypl.org/spotlight/disability-pride-month

National Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15 - October 15: National Hispanic American Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is recognized in the United States from September 15 to October 15 with celebrations and reflections on the histories, cultures, and contributions of Americans with ancestry from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.

Check out the links below to learn more:

History & Storytelling

Smithsonian National Museum of American History 2022

U.S. Department of Education

Inside ED: Hispanic Heritage Month 2020 Stories

National Parks Service

Hispanic Heritage NY

The History Channel

Music, Theater & Dance

Smithsonian Institute's Folkways Recordings: ¡Que Viva la Música Latina!n (Video)

PBS Celebrates Rita Rita Moreno Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It (Video)

Ballet Hispanico: 2021 A La Calle Virtual Block Party (Video)

New York Botanic Garden: Fiesta de Flores (Video)

PBS 34th Hispanic Heritage Awards (Video)

Literature

Brooklyn Public Library: Hispanic Heritage Calendar of Events

New York Public Library: Contemporary Latina Writers

Penguin Random House: Hispanic & Latinx Fiction

Library of Congress Hispanic Reading Room

Science & Technology

NASA Hispanic Heritage Month Employee Profile: Scarlin Hernandez (Video)

PBS Celebrates Ynés Mexía: Mexican-American Botanist (Video)

For Educators

Mexican American Migrations and Communities

Hispanic Heritage Month | All About the Holidays

Science History Institute: Mario Molina

Hispanic Scientists and Engineers

For Kids & Families

Visual Art Activities

The Hispanic Museum and Library

National Museum of Mexican Art

The Mexican Museum

El Museo del Barrio

Music & Dance

Sesame Street, Hispanic Heritage Fiesta Compilation (Video)

Sesame Street, Rosita Sings Sing After Me (Video)

Miami Children's Museum: How To Dance Salsa (Video)

Sonia De Los Santos, Children's Music (Video)

Books

Read-a-loud: Story Time w/ Kayla (Video)

Unite for Literacy: Children's books in English and Spanish

PBS: 11 Picture Books Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Scholastic Hispanic Heritage Book List

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