Black History Month Activities

Celebrate Black History Month in February with archival photographs, readings, and hands on activities about ten leaders who changed America.

What’s inside (18 pages):
What Is Black History Month? Carter G. Woodson and how the month began.
Freedom Fighters: Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.
Builders of Knowledge: George Washington Carver and Mary McLeod Bethune.
Standing Up for Equal Rights: Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Brave Firsts: Ruby Bridges, Jackie Robinson, and Dr. Mae Jemison.
Make a Timeline and Who Am I? clue cards.
Research a Leader organizer.
Black History Words and Black History Math.
Color a Freedom Quilt and Complete the Quilt (symmetry).
Check Your Understanding, teacher guide, answer key, and credits.

Written for young students with care: readings about slavery and segregation focus on courage and change. US spelling. A Canadian edition is also available in our store.