Contributions of Minorities to United States Culture

African, Hispanic American Scientist, inventors, Musicians, Mathematicians & Scientists

Scientists & Inventors

 Infoplease

o http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html

 About.com – Black Inventors A-Z

o http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/a/black_inventors.htm

o http://inventors.about.com/od/hispanicinventors/Famous_Hispanic_Inventors.h tm

 Bio.com (videos of famous black scientists)

o http://www.biography.com/people/groups/scientists/african-american/famous- black-scientists

 Famous Black Inventors

o http://www.black-inventor.com/

 The Hispanic American.com

o http://www.thehispanicamerican.com/famous-hispanic-american/hisanic- american-scientist-02/

o http://www.thehispanicamerican.com/famous-hispanic-american/hispanic- american-inventor-02/

 Biography Project

o http://bio.sacnas.org/biography/listsscientist.asp

 Famous African American Inventors and Scientists

o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_inventors_and_scientists

 Native American Scientists o http://bio.sacnas.org/biography/listsscientist.asp

o http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312140/ThinkQuest/Alisha/Native %20Americans%20in%20Science.htm

Mathematicians

 Lansdowne Middle School – Rubric and Research Links

o http://teachers.bcps.org/teachers_sec/rking/mathematicians.html

 Buzzle

o http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-black-mathematicians.html

 Mathematicians of the African Diaspora

o http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/madgreatest.html

Most Famous Native Americans

List Verse.com: Top 15 Most Famous Native Americans http://listverse.com/2007/11/20/top-15-most-famous-native-americans/ Understanding Historical Challenges or Race and Ethnicity in the United States (video clips)

YouTube Videos describing the challenges minorities have faced in this country:  Native American o Media portrayal . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hJFi7SRH7Q o The American Holocost . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-C2rAvCcuY&feature=related . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_iK34nddjA&feature=related o History of Native American Indians, Documentary . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YR2FgxalCU&feature=related o Trail of Tears – American Genocide . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwA6paAayio&feature=related o Trail of Tears as Told by Johnny Cash . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW8rIM2lNN8&feature=related o The Indian Removal Act of 1830 . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfo_LnuDJ1c&feature=related o History of Native Americans, Pt. 2 . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qubUz25Uxj0&feature=related o Trail of Tears, Pt. 1 Documentary . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGBHAqur5YY&feature=related o Trail of Tears, Pt. 2 Documentary . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihljeFnLpw&feature=related o Trail of Tears, Pt. 3 Documentary . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCnVDr5iXoc&feature=related o Trail of Tears, Pt. 4, Documentary . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpdwaX9vPMc&feature=related o Trail of Tears, Pt. 5, Documetnary . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InyQBXrj-J0&feature=related o Trail of Tears, Pt. 6 Documentary . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDuk7bG2Tc&feature=related o Trail of Tears, Pt. 8 Documentary . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkKPNyWAe_Y&feature=related African-Amercan  Slavery in America (Part 1 of 3) o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc1RbUxQv4E  Slavery and the Making of America (Chapter 1) "The Capture" (clips from Amistad) o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsdosE10EjU&feature=related  Chapter 2 – The Story Begins o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clz0u4IQ7rg&feature=related  Slavery and the Making of America (2005) - (Part 1 of 4) - The Downward Spiral_004.flv o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ks526JV70&feature=related  Dred Scott decision (the beginnings of slavery)  Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtLoat_5TgQ o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbuEDROTIic  Japanese American  National History Day 2011- Japanese American Internment Camp Debate o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqVivmOLEU0  A Short History of Asians in America\ o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hVlSuuaQhs Hispanic Americans  Univision: The New American Reality o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQnhuj11zgI

Additional Information

Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930 (Harvard University Library)  http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/timeline.html