Learners will gain an understanding of entrepreneurship, the evolution of business through the 1800's and early 1900's, how businesses represent and affect communities, and learn about some incredible people from history. 

I have been an educator on Outschool since February of 2018. I have my MBA and MHA, both of which have taught me the value of conducting research and asking questions.  I have a passion for history, organization, reading, and learning. You can usually find me in the middle of 2-3 books or watching a documentary.

I am also an Outschool ACE Educator, which means that I continually seek out ways to improve my teaching skills and knowledge, as well as the learner experience. Some of the seminars/courses that I have attended in the past are: Foundations for Teaching and Learning About Native Americans; The Presence and Absence of Asian America: What Truths Lie Beyond the Headlines; Using the “Diary of Anne Frank” to Amplify Students’ Voices; Painting a Just Picture – Art and Activism. 

Homework Offered
Week 1: Compare and contrast the steps needed to create a business today compared to the 1800 to early 1900's. Learners will choose specific business types to research. 
Week 2: Create their own marketing plan for a business during the early twentieth century. 
Week 3: Short report on one of the many people or businesses found during the 1900's - 1930's.
Week 4: Short report on a business in today's era - compare and contrast this business with one similar to one found in the early 1900's
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered

Some of the sources used for this class are, but not limited to: 
Smithsonian
Britannica
National Geographic
PBS
Library of Congress
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Building Businesses, Creating Communities: Residential Segregation and the Growth of African American Business in Southern Cities, 1880-1915 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30041232
Black History Timeline 1920-1929 https://www.thoughtco.com/african-american-history-timeline-1920-1929-45440
Blackenterprisehttps://www.blackenterprise.com/141-years-and-still-going-strong-e-e-ward-moving-storage-co-is-the-oldest-black-owned-business-in-the-us/#:~:text=Founded%20by%20entrepreneur%20John%20T,business%20in%20the%20United%20States.
A History of Black-owned businesses in the US https://www.hiscox.com/blog/history-black-owned-businesses-us How 20th-Century Black Business Leaders Envisioned a More Just Capitalism https://hbr.org/2021/04/how-20th-century-black-business-leaders-envisioned-a-more-just-capitalism
Dr. Stephen Robertson https://drstephenrobertson.com/digitalharlemblog/maps/black-businesses-in-1920s-harlem/
National Negro Business League: Fighting Jim Crow with Economic Development https://www.thoughtco.com/national-negro-business-league-45289
Portland State University Library https://exhibits.library.pdx.edu/exhibits/show/gates/jimcrow/national-business-league.html
Oxford African American Studies Center https://oxfordaasc.com/page/1900-to-1949
Business and Economy http://www.1920-30.com/business/
EH.net https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-u-s-economy-in-the-1920s/
The History of Black-Owned Record Labels https://daily.jstor.org/the-history-of-black-owned-record-labels/
The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship by Juliet E. K. Walker 
The First Black-Owned Bookstore and the Fight for Freedom https://daily.jstor.org/the-first-black-owned-bookstore-and-the-fight-for-freedom/
Racial Segregation and Insurance Enterprise among Black Americans in Northern Cities by Robert L. Boyd