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Black History Month thematic unit plans for Microsoft Word
Tall Tale Lesson: John Henry +10 Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice Questions
In this mini-lesson students read a selection to see why a folk song was written about the tall tale hero, John Henry. Then they answer ten multiple choice questions by putting a circle around each correct answer. Along with two colorful drawings of John Henry being a steel driving man, you get two pages of informational text and three stanzas of the John Henry folk song. Multiple choice questions make up two pages and then the fifth page is the answer key. The reading skills the ten questions
Grades:
5th - 7th
Black History: Biography Musician DUKE ELLINGTON 14 Comprehension, Vocabulary Qs
Here is a short biography of the internationally acclaimed musician, composer, and band leader – Duke Ellington. The informational text explains Ellington’s formative years, his accomplishments, and his influence on 20th century music. Following the text are 14 multiple choice reading questions. Also included are 4 photos from public domain. One picture is of Duke, one is Duke and his band, another photo shows the outside of the Cotton Club, where they performed, and the last one is the Washingt
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5th - 7th
Rhetorical Appeals | MLK's "What Is Your Life's Blueprint" Analysis
This rhetorical analysis of one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's most famous speeches will help your students place concepts of rhetoric in an authentic context. Six months before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's assassination, Dr. King delivered the a speech to students at Barrett Junior High School. This resource contains abbreviated version of the speech (with a link to listen to the full speech on YouTube) along with questions for rhetorical analysis and critical thinking. Concepts covered: ✔️ spea
Grades:
8th - 12th
Poetry Mini-Unit I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Print and Go!)
I use this resource with my 5th grade class to introduce the lovely poem by Maya Angelou. Mini unit includes a page for students to summarize, determine adjectives for the free vs. caged bird, imagine the differences in how the two birds feel, information about the author, how metaphor is used in the poem, a discussion page on other ways people are "caged", and an oral language rubric if so choose to use it as such.
Grades:
5th - 7th
Multicultural Book List
This multicultural book list includes 48 book title with genre and type of book, reading level, main idea, a short description, why you should read it and some examples of curriculum integration. The different cultures represented include African American, Asian, Middle Eastern, Jewish, Native American, and Latino. This is a great resource for any teacher and encompasses all grade levels. If you have any questions just send me a message! Thanks!
Grades:
1st - 12th
Black History Week 5-Olympic Athlete & Leaders
This is the last of a 5 week unit about Black History that includes information about the past Winter Olympics in Russia, history of the Olympic rings and colors and honors Jessie Owens. It includes higher order thinking questions and common core standards. Week one was living famous African Americans and had a free download that explains more about creating the five week class chapter book. Week 2 was Inventors, Week 3 was Activists, Week 4 includes President's Day.
The standards attached
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
Writing Assignments over Racism and Stereotypes (Personal Narratives)
Two different writing assignments where students choose a prompt and write about their own personal experiences with racism or stereotypes and reflect upon those experiences. I included a guide for students to use to help them organize their thoughts. I use this when reading themed passages and novels having to do with racism and stereotypes. It is in word document, so feel free to change the prompts and guided sentence stems as you see fit:)Thank you.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Black History Week 2-Famous Inventors
This is the second week of plans for the 5 week Black History unit I created that includes higher order thinking questions and activities. It covers Indiana Social Studies standards for Kindergarten but can be modified for use as a bellringer or morning work for any grade level. You will want to download the free week 1 plans that go before it for a greater understanding of the class book that will be made during this unit that covers non-fiction Common Core writing standards for all grade leve
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Black History Week 1-Famous Living African Americans
Lesson plans for Week 1 of my five week Black History Unit and the high order thinking questions/activity pages that go along with it, including lessons/activities for the 100th day of school. Indiana State Social Studies Standards for Kindergarten are written on it, but it can be used K-6. It also refers to how to modify it for other grade levels. It can be used for Common Core writing standards since the students will make a class book with a chapter for each person studied across the five we
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
BLACK HISTORY AS TOLD BY EX-SLAVES THEMSELVES
This is from primary historical material, that is stories given to WPA government workers in the 1930s and, of course, used dialect and so here spelling and usage etc have been edited to make the reading easier, for example as when “masta” has been re-spelled as “master;” but on the other hand, for example, “missus” and “ain’t” have been retained to give a better feel for the original. They had been asked to relate their stories for prior to Lincoln's emancipation during the America Civil War a
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Story of Venture Smith - A Connecticut Slave
This Black History Unit made for Grades 3-5 includes a reader friendly 8 page summary of the life of Venture Smith, from captivity to freedom, based on his own account.. His story is very inspiring. The unit also focuses on primary and secondary source documents. It includes a student activity sheet and extension activities.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Black History Week 3 -Famous Activists
This is the Third Week of lesson plans for the thematic study of Black History/African American leaders. It includes short biographies and higher order thinking questions as well as suggested book readings. Week one is a free download that goes more in depth on how to use this weeks' plans to continue creating a class chapter book on Famous African Americans. Week one was over living African American contributors, Week two was over inventors and this week 3 lesson plan and activities are about
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Black History: 42 and The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) Film Guides, Links, Units
Teachers and Parents,As a TPT Teach for Social Justice author and a UCLA graduate this product is one I took very seriously and worked extremely hard to perfect. It can stand alone or be paired seamlessly with any of my other social justice products. No matter what your needs, your students will get a rich and rewarding experience from these movie guides.Included in this product are a whooping forty-five plot comprehension questions (with answer key) and six essay follow-up questions to go with
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Slave Narratives
Slave Narratives questions and activities for two of the most famous narratives. "Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglass" and "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Black History Week 4-President's Day & More Leaders
This is the fourth week of Black History lessons in my five week thematic study that includes a President's Day lesson, reading, writing and higher order thinking questions and activities. Week one is a free download that tells you how the class book is set up for the thematic plan and contains contributions from famous living African Americans, Week 2 is Inventors, Week 3 is Activists and this week Four plan includes Presidents;IN Sheriff Anderson, the creator of Witness Protection; brain surg
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with a using short stories/excerpts such as the novel, "Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq" by Iraqigirl. Poems such as "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou or "I, Too" by Langst
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6th - 9th
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"Who Was Harriet Tubman?" by Yona Zeldis McDonough Unit
This book tells about the life of Harriet Tubman and what she was able to accomplish by helping so many people escape slavery to freedom/safety. It's a great way to combine language arts with U.S. history.This unit includes the following: vocabulary/spelling words and activities, discussion questions, vocabulary tests, modified vocabulary/spelling tests, writing prompts, activities/worksheets, reading comprehension test, and answer key.This unit would also be ideal for homeschool instruction, i
Grades:
4th - 6th
IGBO! A NIGERIAN LANGUAGE (GREAT FOR BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE)
Igbo! A Nigerian Language is a learning resource starts with a main page of basic information on the language’s background, pronunciation, phrases and words; then it gives thirty vocabulary worksheets (phrases, animals, verbs, etc) that are in the form of fun word searches. At the end is a Certificate Of Completion.
Igbo is also helpful for those with ESL / ELL students from an Igbo background and of culturally relevant including during the observing of Black History week since descendants
Grades:
6th - 12th
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Close Reading Poetry Analysis
Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angeluo. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with other poems of the era of the Harlem Renaissance, such as the poem "I, Too" also by Langston Hughes or "America" by Claude McKay. It also pairs well with relating poetry to musi
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Martin Luther King Jr MLK poem/rap performed originally for Rosa Parks
This was actually written by me in 1994 and performed at a board meeting in front of Rosa Parks a few years prior to her death. I have had many groups of children perform this and it is always a big hit with parents, kids, and teachers. Feel free to change a few words to fit your own rhythm, but please don’t change the meaning.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH FUN PACK!, CCSS (GREAT PRICE)
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH FUN PACK! (CCSS, 109 PP, PREV) has lots of activities, opens with the Reading section on MLK Day and Black History Month. It's suitable for classes, Literacy Centers and Reading Circles etc; is accompanied by numerous historical photos. The reading is in sections:
FROM OUT OF AFRICA TILL THE 1831 NAT TURNER REBELLION
MLK Day & Black History Word Search #1
12 Questions With Answer Key,
FREDERICK DOUGLASS – BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
Word Search
Grades:
4th - 12th
Black History Thematic Poem Unit Common Core Lesson Plans 12 pgs.
This is a 12 page Common Core Thematic Black History Unit where the student will create an I AM Poem and Perform it to their peers. Included in the unit are :
2 weeks - 2 months Lesson Plans
I Am Poem Instructions and Format,
Vocabulary Word Wall,
Flash cards,
Test and Answer key.
Also there are Peer Evaluations,
Poem Rubric and Monologue Rubric.
This can be used for poem writing for Language Arts, Social Studies, Theatre , Writing, Research based Classes. This unit may be used in two we
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Black History Month Cross-curricular Unit
Elevate Resources presents to celebrate Black History Month a mega-pack of cross-curricular resources!CONTENTS:• Reading Comprehension – Troy Deeney on football & a diverse curriculum. Article & 17 SATs style questions from assessment focuses: Word Meaning, Retrieval, Summarising, Inference, Prediction & Comparisons + answers.• English/History – Biography writing unit. Takes students through the process of gleaning biography features from biographies, researching historical black fig
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Black History Month Writing Prompt- Heroes
This is a writing prompt that was originally intended to be used as a writing contest. Students are required to research an African American Hero and write a multi-paragraph essay. No rubric is attached because we used our state's testing rubric.
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
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