Throughout

February, individual classrooms at the school spent time researching inventors,

scientists, musicians and educators in order to learn about the contributions

African Americans have made to society.

Students showed

off what they had learned by creating displays outside of their classrooms

that featured information about the people they had studied. In an effort

to share their knowledge with others throughout the school, students participated

in Huddleston's first black history scavenger hunt, which incorporated

facts from the displays.

"The students

were very excited about the hunt. They were reading the displays very

closely all week in order to get ready for it," said media specialist

Barbara Hunter.

Hunter created

five questions from the displays for each grade level. Classes had a specific

time to travel through the school to find the answers.

Students were

given clues as to which hallway they could find the answer, enabling them

to practice their map skills while increasing their knowledge of black

history. Some examples of people the students studied included Garrett

Morgan, inventor of the first traffic signal, Augustus Jackson who created

the concept of ice cream in 1832 and George Crum, a chef who accidentally

discovered potato chips when his customers complained that his french

fries were too thin.

"We have

always done research during ... February for black history, but we have

not had the displays before and have not shared information with the rest

of the building," said Hunter. "The students really had a great

time with the event. The displays were awesome and the amount of work

that the students put into them was incredible."

The scavenger hunt was a cooperative effort between Huddleston's

media center and classroom teachers. Although students did not receive

prizes for finding answers to the questions, Hunter said they did enjoy

expanding their knowledge of black history.