Black Apollo of Science
An interdisciplinary companion to Kenneth R. Manning’s The Life of Ernest Everett Just
How do scientific methods, geography, and institutional power shape the production and recognition of knowledge? Scholars investigate Ernest Everett Just’s scientific work and historical experience through history, ELA, biology, mathematics, geography, and civics.
Model animal-cell structure and function. Calculate and interpret experimental response rates. Examine a supplied research-location map. Analyze Manning’s biographical choices, distinguish evidence from inference, and propose an accountable laboratory-access policy. Practice datasets and policy scenarios are clearly identified as instructional simulations.
Choose your edition
13 Page Version Individually AP Version Individually
Both versions and teacher materials included
- 13 page print Student RST for a scaffolded five day inquiry, with Grade 6 literacy access and high school extensions.
- 25 page AP print Student RST with primary scientific source analysis, causal-design critique, data display, a research-network investigation, seminar, and interdisciplinary museum brief.
- Matching 13 and 25 page fillable student PDFs. Blank multiline written-response fields permit 1,000 characters each, with RACE continuation areas.
- Separate Teacher Notes and Guide PDFs for both versions, including instruction, source guidance, answer keys, calculation explanations, accommodations, and rubrics.
- Two downloadable Digital Reading Companions, with Supported, Standard, and Extended contextual readings, numbered step reading, full passage view, vocabulary, optional device read aloud, voice/speed controls, and response export.
Every student edition includes purple Ma’at headers, daily Do Nows and Quick Writes, 15 multiple choice questions grouped five per page, a 19 point RACE assessment, and two final writing pages with 42 ruled lines. Teacher modeling remains in the separate teacher materials.
Standards and instructional access
NJSLS Social Studies inquiry practices, ELA, mathematical reasoning, and science connections are mapped to tasks. National connections include Common Core/CCLS literacy and mathematics, NGSS modeling and investigation practices, and C3 inquiry. Animal-cell modeling addresses part of MS-LS1-2. This supplemental resource does not claim complete AP course coverage or College Board endorsement.
A lawful copy of Manning’s biography is required for book-specific passages; the book is not included. Packet contextual readings support a separate source-inquiry strand. AP work also uses Ernest Everett Just’s digitized scientific writing. No invented book quotations, edition-specific page claims, or certified Lexile scores are supplied.
Annual school license · $100
One named school, its staff, and enrolled scholars for 12 months. Both versions are included as one title. Annual renewal requires a new purchase, without automatic billing. District discounts depend on the actual number of participating schools; request a written quote before payment.
Purchase Now School and District Pricing
The Purchase Now button opens an email request for a written quote and payment arrangements. It does not process a payment. Eight separate files are delivered privately after confirmed purchase. No ZIP is required.
Digital use
Use a compatible PDF reader for fillable files and a modern browser for downloaded reading companions. Available voices depend on the device. Visual modeling and graphing may use paper or approved PDF ink tools. Export responses before closing and submit through the school’s approved process. Automatic Classroom submission and automatic RACE grading are not included.