SPARTAN ACADEMY

Black History in Honors English

What do you think of when you see the word “February”?  For many in the American world it is a time of football and Valentine’s Day presents, but for the school-going child it is about Black History. Black History Month is a special time in the year that students learn about African Americans, their history, and why it’s so important to learn about them.

            In Mrs. Jones’ Honors English, students are learning about the African Americans that helped shape the literary world we live in today.  Each student is assigned a unique person that has to do with arts or literature and is instructed to compose a three-stanza poem about them and to also make an intriguing visual on that same person. 

            “It helps us learn that Black History is more than just Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks.  I think it is a great idea to research more on people that we might not know. For example, I’m doing Toni Morrison, the first African woman to receive a literary prize.” says Randa T.  “ This was fun - working with my group, and it’s going to be interesting when we present it because we just get up there and – and go for it.”

                                                                                                -S.V