Black History Month Biographies Constructed Response with Text Evidence Reading

Prepare students for the rigors of state reading tests with these African-American biographies and constructed response, text dependent questions. Use these in February for Black History Month and throughout the spring! Study 9 influential, African-American Heroes while practicing responding to constructed response and extended response questions using text evidence (RACE writing strategy).

Each biography comes with coordinating open-ended questions, directing students to use text evidence in their responses, aligned with Common Core standards for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. The passages challenge students to interact with rigorous, but interesting and relevant informational text. This is the perfect resource to help you prepare your students for upcoming state tests like PARCC and SBAC.

African-American Heroes included:

→ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

→ Doris Miller

→ Rosa Parks

→ The Little Rock Nine

→ Booker T. Washington

→ Sojournor Truth

→ Thurgood Marshall

→ Madam C.J. Walker

→ Harriet Tubman

→ MLK & Rosa Parks Paired Text Question

→ End of Unit Response Question

Digital included: Each of the biographies and questions are provided in Google Slides as individual files. Students read the text, highlight evidence using the built in highlighters, and write their written responses with the prefilled text boxes. The text is provided in a readable format for screen readers allowing for easy accommodations. Each digital version is provided with an easy access link.

**The complete passage and questions for Martin Luther King, Jr. is provided in digital and printable form for free at:

Martin Luther King, Jr. : Responding to Text-Based Inferential Questions**

Download it and try it out with your students in January, then come back and buy the full unit to last you the rest of January and February!

Other E/LA Test Prep Resources:

★ What's the Proof? Citing Text Evidence

★ Performance Task Practice: Women's History Month

★ 4th Grade Math Performance Based Assessments Practice Printables

★ 3rd Grade Problem of the Day Story Problems- BUNDLE

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