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Black History Month cultural activities for Easel
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Unit!
Celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month with this MLK Day unit! Your students will have the opportunity to explore this important historical figure with hands-on activities, crafts, writing pages, a mini book and much more! 1. Recommended Book List2. "A Great Leader" Class Book3. "A Great Leader" Student Mini Book4. Fact vs. Opinion 5. Word Cards6. ABC Order 7. MLK Symbols Spin & Graph 8. "What Does It Mean?" Vocabulary Printable 9. All About MLK post
Grades:
K - 2nd
Black History Month Biographies & Reading Activities 4th & 5th Grade
These Black History Month biographies and activities showcase the lives of important men and women who have had a major impact on Black History. This set includes nonfiction reading passages with questions that help you teach 4th and 5th grade Black History in a meaningful way.Each biography also has graphic organizers and text-aligned life timelines that help your students dig deeper into the achievements of African-Americans. With these additions, you can use this activity set for ELA and Soci
Grades:
4th - 6th
Martin Luther King Jr. Day STEM Activity with Writing Extension
Martin Luther King Jr. (Integrated Math, Reading, and Writing Activities Included!)Students receive a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. giving facts about his life and instructing students to create a podium that he will use to deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. A fun and engaging MLK Day activity!Includes writing pages for students to write about their dreams. Math activities are included as well that cover geometry standards including 2D and 3D shapes, shape attributes (faces, edges,
Grades:
1st - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
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, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Also included in: Winter STEM Activities and Challenges Bundle
Kente Cloth Paper Weaving Art Project & Art Sub Plan for Black History Month
Ready to teach a Black History Month art activity that’ll keep elementary art kids engaged? This kente cloth art project will boost confidence and creativity. Kids will be excited to learn how to craft a paper weaving. Moreover, they’ll enjoy learning to decode symbolic kente cloth colors!And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on the history of Ghana. During this weaving art project, your class will learn the different ways men and women wear kente cloth. Us
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2nd - 5th
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Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth Rhetorical Device Annotation Activity
Whether you are using this speech to analyze rhetoric, tone, or diction, this annotating and highlighting activity will engage all learners. Print and digital options with optional rhetorical precis included. I recommend using paper and highlighters the "old-fashioned" way because it is far more kinesthetic, but the Google Slides file also allows for digital/paperless learning.This activity requires 5 different color highlighters. I recommend (1) blue (2) green (3) yellow (4) orange (5) pink to
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Black History Month Art Project: African Djembe Drum, Exit Slips, Art Sub Plans
Ready to teach a Black History Month art activity that’ll keep elementary art kids engaged? This African djembe drum art project will boost confidence and creativity. Kids will be intrigued by the community aspect of creating a single djembe drum. Moreover, they’ll enjoy painting their own drum!And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans that connect art and music. During this art project, your class will learn what’s required to create a drum, from cutting the logs to
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1st - 3rd
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Black History Month Differentiated Close Reading Unit
This Black History Month biography unit will introduce your students to 12 influential African Americans throughout different times in American history. This unit is designed to maximize student success since every article is offered in three levels of text and vocabulary complexity. The differentiation is done for you!
This is the perfect way to introduce your students to the contributions that African Americans have made in the areas of science, literature, politics, art, entertainment, educ
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in: Black History Month Biography BUNDLE
Ruby Bridges Craftivity and Writing Activity
Ruby Bridges Writing CraftivityThis Ruby Bridges writing craftivity is the perfect activity to use at the end of your Ruby Bridges unit. Have students reflect on what they have learned using one of the included writing prompts or create your own prompt. Once students are done they will complete the craft by coloring and gluing Ruby's head at the top of the page and her feet at the bottom of the page.This writing activity makes the perfect display for Black History Month!INCLUDED:Common Core Writ
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Grades:
1st - 4th
Ndebele Houses Art Project, Worksheets, & Art Sub Plans for Black History Month
Ready to teach a Black History Month art activity that’ll keep elementary art kids engaged? This Ndebele Houses art project will boost confidence and creativity. Kids will be amazed by their painted house designs and hidden meaning of the chosen colors. Moreover, they’ll enjoy making their own Ndebele house craft!And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on the Southern Ndebele. During this art project, your class will discuss the Ndebele traditions including b
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3rd - 6th
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Black History Month
This Black History Month unit introduces your students to the accomplishments of 28 different African Americans through "biography briefs". They make a fabulous Black History Month bulletin board display and are the perfect place to begin class discussions and/or student research. There are 28 cards included- one for each day in February!
This packet is designed to give your students an overview of the impact that African Americans have made in the areas of politics, civil rights, music, spor
Grades:
K - 10th
Also included in: Black History Month Biography BUNDLE
Walter McAfee: Black History Month Math Activity (Ratios and Proportions)
Walter McAfee: Black History Month Math Activity (Ratios & Proportions)This is a math activity celebrating Black History Month. The activity gives a brief description of Walter McAfee. McAfee has been credited for calculating the distance from the earth to the moon using radar technology.Students will then answer 13 questions about outer space including the moon, and the planets in our solar system. Each question is aligned with the 6th grade common core standards about rates, ratios, ratio
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6th - 7th
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Also included in: Black History Month: Math Activities Bundle!
Black History Month Biographies List of 100 African Americans Research Project
This resource contains a ready-to-use printable list of 100 notable Black Americans who made contributions to American History. You get 1 list categorized by men/women, and another list categorized by profession. The same 100 names are on both lists. Use the organized and categorized lists to assign research projects, “wax museum” personalities, or Black History Month projects for the class. Create and share research to promote stories of American accomplishment, hope and inspiration through di
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
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Rosa Parks- Black History Month
This resource includes a biography of Rosa Parks written on 3 different reading levels, 1 page of text dependent questions (perfect for class discussion and/or writing prompts) and 1 page for students to complete independantly (using evidence from the article to support their answers).
This resource was was designed to maximize student success since it is offered on three different levels of text and vocabulary complexity. The differentiation is done for you! Students can be given their ind
Grades:
1st - 4th
Black History Month - African-American Scientists
This packet has 20 investigations of African-American scientists. Students search online for information about each scientist: when and where they were born, important events in their life, discoveries they are famous for, etc.:Neil deGrasse Tyson, George Washington Carver, Mae Jemison, Percy Lavon Julian, Ernest Everett Just, Marie Maynard Daly, Katherine Johnson, Edward Bouchet, Alice Ball, Roger Arliner Young, Lloyd Hall, J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr., Ronald McNair, Benjamin Banneker, Charles Drew
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Black History Month BUNDLE - High School
Jean-Michel Basquiat MIXED MEDIA and SCRATCH ART Lesson for KIDS
This project introduces students to the American poet, musician, and painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Versis Medici’ painting, students recreate their version using mixed media and scratch art. Great project for Halloween, Day of the Dead, Black history month, or just for fun. You will Receive55-page, non-editable PDFa single class (60 minute) duration art project (provide more time for younger students and extension activities)an introduction script to read alo
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Grades:
1st - 10th, Adult Education
Emergency Sub Plan! Actor Denzel Washington Biography in Newspaper Format
Here’s a close reading lesson about Oscar and Tony award winner Denzel Washington to re-energize your class. This non-fiction biography about the performing artist Denzel Washington is suitable for middle and high school students and can be used as a stand alone lesson or with other biographies. Each lesson in the Places Please series is tailored to the strengths of that particular artist. No two lessons are alike!If the teacher uses the video clips included, you will need access to the inter
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: Theater Class Emergency Sub Plan Bundle One Month in Length
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Winter the Underground Railroad Lesson
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Winter The Underground Railroad Lesson is perfect for teaching American history, African American history, main idea and details, cause and effect, new vocabulary, writing skills, and much MORE! This lesson plan includes: Learning Objectives Pre, during, and post reading activities, Background InformationExtension resourceKWL Chart, Word search New Vocabulary activities Reading Comprehension QuestionsCause & Effect activity Main idea and details activity Nearpod
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Black Lives Matter Lessons and Activities
During these difficult times in our nation, our students have to be informed. Our students will have many questions and it is our duty to inform them!This product includes:A history pageVocabulary words Read and Respond pages Coloring Sheets Black Lives Matter BadgesGraphic OrganizersO.R.E.O WritingTake Away Page
Grades:
K - 6th
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges: Help your students learn about Ruby Bridges and her important contributions to our nation's history.
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Included in this Ruby Bridge's product:
*A 5 page reading passage about Ruby Bridges (appropriate for grade levels 2-3).
*A mini book about Ruby Bridges with authentic and historical photographs (appropriate for grades 1-3).
*A anchor chart/mini poster of facts about Ruby Bridges with authentic photographs. Gr
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Career Activities for February Black History Month 2024
Career activities enable students recognize and categorize contributions of notable African Americans while inspiring them to pursue similar careers and feats. Use as a Black History Month, career exploration, sub day, or homeroom activity for CTE, vocational, career exploration, life skills, history, and business students. Updated in January 2023.Contains 6 print-and-go PDF pages plus answer keys.For an alternative digital version to be completed by students on a device:Click on the "Open in Ea
Grades:
7th - 11th
Also included in: Seasonal and Holiday Career Activities Bundle SAVE 37%
Canadian CANADA BLACK HISTORY Reading Passages, Activities PRINT and EASEL
Included in this set of 3 informational texts and 4 activities are:-- 3 one-page texts: “A Short History of Black Canadians”, “Mary Ann Shadd, Activist” and “Richard Pierpoint, Hero of the War of 1812”. -- 4 activities that complement the texts, the first a "True/False" activity to go with the first passage, and two for Mary Ann Shadd and Richard Pierpoint which require use of the internet (two YouTube videos); the fourth about the U.S. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (this can be done without intern
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: Canadian Black History BUNDLE #1 of 3 Resources PRINT and EASEL
Black History Frederick Douglass Fact Booklet | Comprehension | Craft
Looking for an eye-opening resource for Black History Month? This fact booklet provides students with the opportunity to discover and explore the life of Frederick Douglass. It comes with an information booklet about the African American abolitionist and former slave. The included craft activity is a great accompaniment to the project. The finished craft and report make a decorative as well as educational Black Month display.This non-fiction book on Frederick Douglass is a great resource to use
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Also included in: Black History Month Bundle | Crafts | Comprehension | Writing
Black History Month Research Project: 40 African-Americans Writing Activity
This resource packet contains ready-to-use printable biography assignment pages for 40 different Black Americans who made contributions to American History. Each page contains a photo (not a cartoon or clip art) of the historical figure. Photos capture the essence of the person and gives the student a more personal connection to their passion and life story. Instructions: Students will choose a particular hero from the list. Print out the worksheets as needed based on student selections. Studen
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Black History Month Bulletin Board Biographies: African-American Hero Posters
Celebrate Black History Month by sharing the accomplishments of great African-American heroes. This resource contains ready-to-use no-prep biography pages for 36 different African-American men and women who made contributions to American History. Each page contains a photo (not a cartoon or clip art) of the historical figure, as well as a brief summary of his or her accomplishments. Photos capture the essence of the person and gives the student a more personal connection to their passion and lif
Grades:
1st - 4th
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