The Core Knowledge Anthology of African-American Literature, Music, and Art

Appropriate for use in the upper elementary grades through high school, this lavishly illustrated anthology gives students comprehensive insight into African American literary and arts traditions, from early African roots through colonial times, Emancipation, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Black Arts Movement of the 1970s, all the way to the emergent voices of the twenty-first century. Both within and beyond the classroom, the anthology provides a wealth of inspiring, fascinating, and important readings for anyone interested in these vital voices. Free teacher guides are available for download.

Grace Abounding is a lavishly illustrated anthology that gives students comprehensive insight into African American literary and arts traditions, from early African roots through colonial times, Emancipation, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Black Arts Movement of the 1970s, all the way to the emergent voices of the twenty-first century. Both within and beyond the classroom, the anthology provides a wealth of inspiring, fascinating, and important readings for anyone interested in these vital voices.

The anthology includes a wide variety of literary and informational texts, as well as features on Speaking and Listening Skills and suggested Writing Activities.

With its accompanying free teacher guides, Grace Abounding should prove useful to teachers across a wide range of grade levels (4–10). The anthology is chronologically organized in four broad units:

• Unit 1: Origin: Out of Africa
• Unit 2: Let My People Go, 1619–1865
• Unit 3: Up from Bondage, 1866–1939
• Unit 4: Civil Rights and Beyond, 1939–Present

A teacher guide is available for each of the four units. The teacher guides include lesson plans, reading check tests, vocabulary tests, and answer keys.

Selections from Grace Abounding

• Table of Contents
• Informational Text: History
• Literature
• Art