WORKSHEETS
Teach children about Kwanzaa with the activities outlined in this printable. They will learn about the traditions of…
ASSESSMENT
Kids and adults can test their knowledge of African American history with this Black History Month quiz.
Share the story of Alvin Ailey, Jr. with your students, and assign the related activities as a way to learn more about…
REFERENCE
An African-American astronomer, Benjamin Banneker's accomplishments are reviewed along with related activities.
The Civil Rights Movement is reviewed in this printable worksheet. Students will look at the movement's leaders and the…
BOOK GUIDES
Learn about the urban riders of Philadelphia. This printable guide to Ghetto Cowboy includes classroom activities,…
Study the African American experience with The Souls of Black Folk, a series of essays by W.E.B. Du Bois. Use this…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Learn about the legislation that was passed to end segregation within the American public school system.
This coloring book page features a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights leader and American icon, and a…
LESSON PLANS
Take Black History Month projects to new heights with this coding project This Hour of Code lesson from Vidcode will…
Use this mini-unit to expose students to an overview of the civil rights movement, and familiarize them with Martin…
Work with students to perform a Native American song and dance, Owl Dance. Allow them to describe and analyze the drum…
Study the civil rights movement in America through music and literature. In this lesson, students will read We Shall…
Deliver a lesson plan that reviews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, and use a pictorial depiction of his life. This is…
This Readers Theater script for The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo, deals with Tommy discovering runaway slaves hidden…
Assessment sheet for Learning Through The Duke lesson.
This statue of Abraham Lincoln and Archer Alexander sits adjacent to the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston.
This printable coloring book page features Sarah Breedlove Walker, African-American inventor of a hair softener and…
Coloring book page with picture of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, African-American surgeon. It includes a brief biography of…
This colorful picture book introduces children to Swahili and the continent of Africa.
ACTIVITIES
Lewis Temple, a man of color, invented the toggle harpoon in 1848. This device increased the efficiency of the whaling…
The full text of the autobiography of Harriet Brent Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
In this activity, children study Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s groundbreaking and famous speech, "I Have a Dream," and…
Acknowledge Juneteenth with this wordsearch of famous African Americans.
