Celebrating Black History Math Activity (First & Second Grade Math Skills)
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Description
Celebrate black history in math class with this resource! Students will learn about the lives of famous African American men and women and their contributions to the community. Each page highlights the accomplishments of the famous person and gives some background information about their lives. Students are presented with questions that contain fun facts about the person and students will solve math problems to reveal answers related to these facts. Some students may need extra support or guidance throughout the activities, as there is reading involved. This resource could be used in class discussion, as a guided activity, or as independent work. Each page could also be used as a daily math warmup throughout the month of February in celebration of black history month.
What's included in the zip file:
- PDF file of the Black History Month Math Activity (color version 20 pages)
- PDF file of the Black History Month Math Activity (B&W version 20 pages)
- Answer Key for each page (20 pages)
- Terms of Use
Math skills (first and second grade level) reviewed in the activity include:
- addition and subtraction
- skip counting
- measurement of time
- telling time to the quarter hour
- counting coins
- problem solving/word problems
People celebrated in this activity are: (10 men and 10 women)
- Benjamin Banneker
- Harriet Tubman
- Jackie Robinson
- Rosa Parks
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Ruby Bridges
- Thurgood Marshall
- Maya Angelou
- Louis Armstrong
- Oprah Winfrey
- Barack Obama
- Michelle Obama
- Stevie Wonder
- Misty Copeland
- Lebron James
- Madam C.J. Walker
- Mae Jemison
- Jesse Owens
- Booker T. Washington
- Serena Williams
Thank you for your interest in this activity. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at gobananas4math@gmail.com
Looking for more history related math activities? Want something fun and interactive for students to practice math skills? Check out these other resources in my TpT store:
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