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Black History Month – 20 High Resolution Posters These posters are perfect for Black History Month (or anytime of year) to honor and celebrate the history and accomplishments of notable African Americans in U.S. History. Each poster is designed to be printed on a standard 8.5 by 11-inch piece of paper for convenience. This should be a perfect foundation for a bulletin board or US History unit on African American studies. PRINTING TIPS: In your print settings, be sure to select Page Scaling

This Black History Month pennant is all you need to teach and promote amazing women around the world. Perfect activity for Women's History Month! The Women's History pennant is a research activity. There is a biography timeline, quotes, lesson learned, characteristics, and student lots of opportunity for creativity. The pennant can be used any time of the year (it says "Women's History"). The banner includes women throughout history. Give your students a relevant and modern experience while prom

Help your 21st Century learners learn about African American Scientist and Inventors using this digital research notebook project. During this project, students will be challenged to research information on various African American scientist and inventors and record their findings in a digital notebook. I have included reading passages to get them started on their research and slide templates to help them organize their findings. This resource is perfect for a whole-class shared writing activity

Your 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will love learning about biographies and summarizing with these engaging Black History Month reading passages. These informational passages provide students with an opportunity to connect social studies and language arts. These articles can be used all year long.  Students will learn about the bravery, ingenuity and passion of these Famous African Americans.  As they read these biographies, students will work on reading comprehension and summarizing what they

This TpT NEWSLETTER FEATURED resource gives students the opportunity to learn about contributions that people of color have made to American history. It features a cross section of African American men and women with different professions and abilities. It showcases people who lived long ago and people who are still living today. Use the pages individually or bind together to create a booklet.INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE•cover page•table of contents•vocabulary page•quote page•21 coloring pages•stud

This product contains informational PowerPoint presentations, writing prompts, Pinterest profiles, research pages, coloring sheets, and posters on 9 African American famous composers. This set can be used year-round or during the month of February for black history month music activities. Click the “preview” to view 13 pages from this product!*********************************************************************Looking for more composer resources? Click the link below to view another composer pro

This bundle of (22) two-sided tri-fold biography brochure templates allows students to dig deeper into facts about African Americans who have helped shape the United States of America. Great for Black History Month and Women's History Month!CLICK HERE to save 25% on this resource in the Black History Month BUNDLE!You'll also find a BLANK template to use with ANY African American that is not included with this resource.An interactive notebook pocket has been provided for each figure, however, the

Celebrate Black History Month with these 11x17 posters recognizing 16 diverse African Americans for their achievements from the fields of science, art, sports, business, literature and public service. Posters can be scaled down to 8.5 x 11.Black History Posters include: Thurgood Marshall - first African American Supreme Court JusticeFredrick Douglas - abolitionist, writerW.E.B. DuBois - writer, social scientistDr. Mae Jemison - astronaut, medical doctorMaya Angelou - poet, entertainer, civil rig

NO PREP! No Grading & 100% Digital! A perfect lesson to add to your African American/Black History Month activities. Students will “Escape the Museum Room” while learning about 11 African American INVENTORS and answering comprehension questions using a Google Form. Students will search the room for clues. Clues are disguised throughout the room and will lead students to videos, slides, and text. Questions in the Google Form are EDITABLE. The slides containing text, videos, and websites are V

This 80 page no prep Black History Month activity pack is engaging, interactive, and ready to go! Let your students be inspired by these heroes’ powerful stories through articles, comprehension activities, interactive notebooking, pop-up reports, poetry, and more! It’s great for Black History Month & Women’s History Month, or any time throughout the year you want to focus on American history. Each activity features all 12 of the heroes listed below giving students a range of options! Featu

Learn about these famous African-Americans through a fun, easy to read reading passage, QR Codes for additional biography research, comprehension activities that support sequence of events and categorizing facts, and a simple biography report. Help students research information about a variety of famous African-Americans or writing a biography report on this historical figure. These biographies is a great way to combine reading, writing, and social studies.These biographies and biography report

There are many African Americans who influenced many during their lifetime. This bundle provides 20 reading comprehension passages with questions to assess students' understanding. The full preview provides more information on each passage. The individual listings give even more information. Each product has a color and black and white version, as well as a key.The ZIP file of each product has a PDF student version for posting on personal sites, such as Google classroom or Canvas, or sending

Teach biography research writing while learning about famous African Americans & Black History Month. Students read a short reading passage, use graphic organizers to organize information & write in expository/informative formats. All of the graphic organizers are Print & Go and easy to use, plus, this bundle can be easily differentiated to multiple student learning levels. Printables & digital EASEL activities. Makes Distance learning easy & fun! >>>> INCLUDES RE

This product recognizes influential African American History Heroes by showing quotes from them. Use these pages to print posters on regular-sized or poster paper to display in the hallways or classrooms!This product now includes print and cursive versions of the same quote so that you can choose which your students can read best!This product is not only perfect for Black History Month, but also to have around the classroom/school throughout the year to display the encouragement these heroes hav

Celebrate Black History Month by sharing the accomplishments of great African-American heroes. This resource packet book contains ready-to-use 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

Barack, Sojourner, Langston, Oprah, Katanji, Kamala! Not only are their names uncommonly spectacular, but so are their accomplishments!This product offers a refreshing change from your ordinary research paper. Students will research the interesting lives of 36 Famous African-Americans and record what they learn by creating an accordion-folded report for each of these fascinating men and women. These ready-to-go templates make it easy to include hands-on learning in your classroom. Each Big Galo

I have created a calendar of trivia questions and answers that can be used as a fun Black History Month activity. I have included a question and answer for every day in the month of February. There are THREE sets of questions and answers: one set for grades K-2, one set for grades 3-5, and one set for grades 6-8. The questions get progressively more difficult. While I created this collection of questions for my school's February Black History Month celebration, the trivia questions can be u

These research pennant banners are a fantastic way to engage your students during Black History Month. You can use these black inventors research pennant banners as an independent research project or during a whole-class lesson. This resource includes research pennant banners for 10 amazing African American inventors. These research pennant banners would look great as classroom, hallway, or bulletin board decorations! There are 3 different research pennant banner options to choose from:With an i

Biografías afroamericanas en español | Influential African American biographies in Spanish with printable and digital versions for distance learning with Google Slides. Great for Spanish reading comprehension, sequence, vocabulary and social justice conversations.This resource includes activities to help you teach about the life of some of the important African Americans in the history of the United States all in Spanish. The biography of each person includes is a two-page reading passage with d

Always free for the first 20 downloads. Yea!This is a bundle that includes three products,. Included in this purchase are:1. 24 Pennants to hang in the classroom or display in the hall.2. 24 Flip books (a guess who book) to be completed by students. There are two versions. There are traceable books and there are blank books for students to research and fill out.3. 24 Mini biographies on famous African-Americans. There is a recording sheet included with the biographies OR...the biographi

This reading comprehension resource takes a look at the contributions of five African American inventors and how their innovations are still an integral part of our daily lives today. It includes five biography reading passages and comprehension questions to check for understanding. Each inventor has a biography page that includes a comprehension question and a "dig deeper" handout. Each handout focuses one of the following reading comprehension strategies - determine importance to find the main

This illustrated workbook offers a comprehensive history of the African-American experience in the U.S. from the era of slavery to the battles for civil rights. This workbook includes biographies and a cultural history, written at a level that most younger students will find to be approachable and easy to follow. The workbook format includes many multiple-choice and open-ended questions after each passage, with which students can practice reading comprehension and writing skills while reinforcin

If you are looking for a skit for your Black History Program, you will love this one. It covers theaccomplishments of African American Inventors. I looked everywhere for skits that my students could perform, and when I came up empty, I wrote my own! Enjoy

*great for ONLINE learning or IN PERSON learning*This grab and go teaching resource focuses on the evolution of African American Music and allows to students to take a deeper look into specific genres. This product includes: -learning goals-step by step instruction-Informative Video's-Examples of genres and choice board for student use-5 ready made activity slides for students to complete with their findings-student voice and choiceThanks for checking out my store! If you are happy with this pro