The Black History Month seasonal pages will provide you with great resources to help educate students about important historical events and people of African decent. Ideas within this section include: historical Negro baseball leagues, Martin Luther King Jr., projects detailing the civil rights movement, printable worksheets and more.
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Black History Month is celebrated in Canada and the U.S. during the month of February (and October for the U.K.). It is a month for remembrance and education about important historical events and people of African diaspora.
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Black American Books Grades Various
We make famous Black American books with cereal boxes. We cover the boxes with either brown or black paper. They add the parts of the body, face, and any other distinct features to resemble the person they are reporting. The box is the person’s body. The top of the box is where you put the person’s head, hair, hat, etc. You add arms and legs and any other details such as glasses, a book in a hand, clothes, etc. The middle of the body, which I refer to as the stomach, is where children write important facts about the person on the middle of the box. Submitted by: Fannie Sexton
Certificate ProjectGrades Various
One project I do the month of February is celebrate African Americans. I ask the librarian to pull together all of our books on this topic. Each student chooses one person and does a mini research on the person. We then go to the computer lab and I have the students use Print Shop to create a certificate to honor the person. The only stipulation I have about who they choose is that I ask them NOT to choose MLK, Rosa Parks or other African Americans they already know a lot about. The idea is to find other people to celebrate; I usually use one of these folks as a model for the students to follow. I then give them a guide as to what belongs on the certificate. For example, it should have a border, a seal, readable font, signature line, graphic, etc. I change it up every year. Each student gets a chance to present their award to the class. When they are all done I have the class make a "scroll" from butcher paper and we post them in the hall.
We have learned a lot over the past few years, such as the inventor of the Super Soaker was an African American and I even had one student make a certificate, honoring Flip Wilson for "making people laugh." It always gets compliments, and the kids enjoy the project immensely.
Famous Black Americans: Gotta Study 'em All Grades 9-12
This project for Black History Month encourages students to create "trading cards" of famous black Americans. The idea is based on the trading card-craze of Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and athletic cards so popular with students and adults alike. In this lesson, students can choose what grade they wish to make based on how many cards they create. Download the PDF file. Submitted by: John Marshall Carter - Conyers, Georgia
African-American Mosaic
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. Surveys the full range of the Library's African-American collections including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound.
Celebrate Black History Month
History Channel resources that include: speeches, video clips, TV programming, and more.
Education First: Black History Activities
A collection of six web sites that were designed to integrate the World Wide Web and videoconferencing into classroom learning.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scavenger Hunt Grades 2 +
Looking for a way to integrate technology into your classroom? Here's an activity that requires students to use the internet to learn more about D. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Game Zone
Find various types of puzzles to use in your classroom.
Happy Birthday MLK!Grades Various
Activities for learning about the life of the famous civil rights leader.
Harriet Tubman & Reading ComprehensionGrades 3-5
A Read, Write, Think lesson that will have students learning about Harriet Tubman while also working on summarizing.
Harriet TubmanGrades 4-5
Through several activities and reading students will identify with this woman and be able to identify other famous people and events of the Civil War era.
Harriet Tubman and the Underground RailroadGrade 3
This is cross-content lesson that is based on the book Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky. You will also find a great list of internet resources on Harriet Tubman.
Rosa ParksGrades 3-4
A great mini-unit that will introduce your students to the life and contributions of Rosa Parks.
Unity Handprint WreathGrades Various
This wreath symbolizes cultural unity. You can adjust the handprint colors for different occasions (for example, you may wish to use handprints in different shades of brown for Black History Month)
U.S. History
Check out two music videos "On an Underground Railroad" (this one is complete, including a teacher's guide) and "Don't Look Back" (about Satchel Paige--no video yet on this one, but a great song, written by a teacher from Tallahassee, FL). Submitted by: Mary Rouse mgr@email-removed
This indicates resources located on The Teacher's Corner.
Black History Month is celebrated in Canada and the U.S. during the month of February (and October for the U.K.). It is a month for remembrance and education about important historical events and people of African diaspora.
This indicates resources located on The Teacher's Corner.
African-American Biographies