LibGuides: Homegoing 10th Grade: Home/WLDC

Major Events and Research Possibilities

Cape Coast Castle
Anglo-Ashanti Wars
Introduction of guns and ammunition to African countries
The Golden Stool
African Diaspora
Anansi Stories
Atlantic slave trade / Middle Passage
Fugitive Slave Act
Great Migration
African independence movements
Harlem riots

Userful Websites

BlackPast.org

Library of Congress African American History

Beulah M. Davis Special Collections: Morgan State, Baltimore & Maryland History

The African American Migration Experience

Museum of African American History

Slavery and Remembrance : Middle Passage

Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade

Slave Voyages: African Diaspora

Africans in America - from PBS

Exploring Migrations in Modern Literature (Homegoing)

Ghana Web (History)

Ashanti Wars

Userful Databases

EBSCO Complete This link opens in a new window
A Comprehensive list of the databases available from our EBSCO collection. Just click the database(s) you would like to search, or search the whole collection, for the information that you need.
History Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents
World Religions Online This link opens in a new window
An Unbiased, Comprehensive Guide to the World’s Major Religions and Spiritual Traditions.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is an online library of trusted academic research. It includes thousands of journals, ebooks, and primary sources. Used at over 5,000 colleges and universities, JSTOR encompasses over 75 disciplines.
SIRS Discoverer This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.
WorldBook Online This link opens in a new window
This electronic edition of the popular encyclopedia includes articles that bring together the story, multimedia content, an article outline, research aids and links to related information. Online updates to articles and a "Month in Brief" time browser are also available.
AP Source This link opens in a new window
Covering a wide array of subject areas from the arts and multicultural studies to the STEM subjects, Advanced Placement Source offers students the essential research materials to achieve academic success in honors, AP or IB programs.

Articles of Interest

Yaa Gyasi in Her Own Words
The author discusses slavery and how it still affects us.
The New Yorker Review
Achieving continuity through Gyasi's work.
Homegoing, Ghana, Folklore, Complicity
An Author Interview.

Homegoing 10th Grade: Home/WLDC

Major Events and Research Possibilities

Userful Websites

Userful Databases

Articles of Interest

Book Titles of Importance for Research