Black History Lessons and Activities
| A to Z Teacher Stuff African American Studies - lesson plans and units |
African American History Mural - 3rd-5th |
African American Inventors and Inventions - 3rd-5th students learn about inventions created by African Americans and complete a work sheet about the information learned | The Amistad Comes to Life! - activities across the grades and across the curriculum bring to life the story of the revolt on the Amistad |
Being
Treated Equally - kindergarten lesson
to let children experience prejudice first hand
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Black
History Month All Year Long - classroom resources, underground
railroad, lesson planning, folktales, Amistad, and folktales
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Black History Month Resources - internet links for lessons and activities |
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Black History Treasure Hunt - 4th-5th Send students on a Black
History scavenger hunt
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Celebrate Black History - lesson plans, resources including web resources, recipes, crafts, sounds, activities, games and clip art |
The
Civil Rights Movement Begins - 2nd grade lesson
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| Civil Rights Time Line - 6th students create a time line about important events in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s | A Class Divided - A Lesson in Discrimination |
Eduplace Monthly Themes: Martin Luther King, Jr. - K-8th includes lesson plans, activities and internet links |
Fabulous Firsts in African American History - 3rd-5th students learn fascinating firsts and facts and answer questions about African American history
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Famous
African-American ABC Book - K-5th help students create an ABC book
with short biographies of famous African Americans in history
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| Five Ways to Celebrate Dr. King's Birthday with Kids - activities | The Forgotten Heroes: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers - 4th - 5th lessons that will examine the life of the Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier |
Freedom Train - unit based on Dorothy Sterling's historical novel, Freedom Train, is designed to supplement a unit on slavery. It provides resources for students in fifth grade to focus on the Underground Railroad and its significance to slavery |
Harriet Tubman Guide to Freedom - will create a timeline, find five quotations, and write five details that describe Harriet Tubman's |
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad -this lesson includes an Internet scavenger hunt, a brief read-aloud story, and a handful of additional activities.
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Happy Birthday, MLK! - activities across the grades for learning about the life of the famous civil rights leader
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Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King - PDF file with four activities and I Have a Dream speech |
I
Have a Dream - lesson plans and teachers tools
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I Have a Dream Poster - K-5th after studying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, students create a poster about their dreams for the future |
In
the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - lessons and activities to
go with In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
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| Local Black History - 3rd-5th students learn about African American history in their city or town using library sources, online sources, and oral narratives. |
Mapping
Martin Luther King JR. - 3rd-5th Students explore places that were
important in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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MarcoGram: Black History Month: Pursing the American Dream - numerous lesson plans and links | Martin Luther King,Jr: A Fact or Opinion Activity - 3rd-5th A brief biography of Martin Luther King Jr. reinforces students' understanding of the difference between fact and opinion. | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader - Students will review Dr. King's life |
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Martin
Luther King, Jr. Receives the Nobel Peace Prize - lesson plan
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Martin
Luther King, Jr. - lessons for 3rd-5th
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Martin Luther Jr: A Clothesline Timeline - k-5th Students create a clothesline timeline depicting events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. |
Martin
Luther Jr Day Activities
- list of activities
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Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Great Civil Rights Leader.. - 1st grade lesson |
| Martin Luther King Day 2001 - articles, lesson ideas, books, activities, and much more | Martin Luther King Resource - Teacher Planet lessons, units and worksheets | Martin Luther King Jr. Teaching Theme - information, vocabulary builders, hands on activities, webquests, interactive sites and writing paper |
Mini-Unit
Celebrating Martin Luther King Day - 4th-5th background info
and activities
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Martin Luther King Resource - Teacher Planet lessons, units and worksheets |
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Proverbial
Picture Pages
- 3rd-5th this lesson uses
African proverbs to inspire creative thinking and creative writing
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The Road to Freedom - Using the WWW to Teach About Slavery - providing activities to help your students trace that journey and to learn about some of the heroes who paved the way to freedom | Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott - 3rd-5th students dramatize the incident that started the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s: Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. | Teacher Vision Black History Lessons and Activities - includes printables, worksheets, quizzes, literature tie-ins, references, language arts, science, social studies, music, art and math | Teachers Net Lesson Bank: Martin Luther King - elementary lesson |
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A
Teeny Tiny Book to print and cut out - printable book about Martin
Luther King
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Ten Activities Celebrate Achievements of African Americans - Internet-based activities to celebrate Black History Month | Teacher Cyberguide: Nettie's Trip South - supplemental unit to Nettie's Trip South for 5th grade | Theme of the Week: Martin Luther King - ideas, links to activities, worksheets and lots more | Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? - kindergarten lesson |
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Write
Your Own I Have A Dream Speech - K - 5th Students use a
fill-in-the-blanks work sheet to write speeches that imitate the form
and content of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech
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Page updated February 04, 2004