This is what I did for Black History a couple of years ago
We went back in time. I started out with an introduction of where gospel music comes from. (each Sunday) 1st Sumday I had them to look in the hymn books and notice how some songs had no authors beacuse alot of these songs came from when they were working in the cotton fields, I also had them to notice how repetitive the words were, and the song told a story. We sung some of those old spirituals and we did not use the piano, organ, or drums. The second sunday we moved on up the timeline---example Thomas A Dorsey- Precious Lord and many more. The third sunday- you can move a little more down the time line. I hope this gives you an idea! If I can find my program that I wrote out with all the introductions and selections, I will post them.
God Bless
Cflat