Women's History / Black History: African American Female Role Models PowerPoint

This interactive PowerPoint has all the bells and whistles to keep your young students engaged while learning about six amazing African American female role models: Harriet Tubman, Mary Mahoney, Bessie Coleman, Maya Angelou, Misty Copeland and Simone Biles. This PowerPoint has animations, sound effects, detail-oriented questions, and even a quiz with 6 multiple choice questions! It is extremely user-friendly! Zero prep time needed!

Please note, if you have an older version of Microsoft Office, some of the advanced animation and transition features of this PowerPoint may not play, but the basic visual and audio features will present well.

The PowerPoint is a perfect companion to other Black History Month and Women’s History Month resources that are offered in my TpT store:

African American Female Role Models - Crafts

African American Female Role Models - Bulletin Board Set

Individual resources for every woman featured in this PowerPoint (with a page long reading passage, written response worksheet, writing sheets for differentiated instructions, craft, craftivity and printable bookmarks):

Bessie Coleman - First African-American Woman Aviator,

Misty Copeland - World-Famous African-American Ballerina,

Harriet Tubman - The Most Famous Underground Railroad Conductor,

Simone Biles - The Most Decorated American Gymnast,

Mary Mahoney - First Professionally Trained African American Nurse,

Maya Angelou.

These products work perfectly together to create a complete Black History Month or Women’s History Month unit.

1) Start your unit with this PowerPoint to build background knowledge about 6 African American female role models.

2) Teach a lesson about each of the women (6 lessons total).

3) Make a craft or a craftivity for each person.

4) Finally, display your students’ work on a bulletin board.

Try my Black History Month BINGO Game with differentiated instructions for your ELL/ESOL students and advanced learners!

Please see the related resources in my TpT store in “Black History Month” and “Women’s History Month” custom categories.