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Black History Month Lesssons
(13 resources)
African-American Heroes
Students visit websites to learn about important African Americans and the honor of being... | African Storytellers
Students will use the Internet to find out more about griots, or African storytellers. Their... | |
Tap Your Feet
Students will practice following a pattern and become familiar with the concept of beat in... | Write a Letter to Jesse Owens
Assuming the role of a fellow athlete, Nazi supporter or African-American, students will write... | |
Activities for African Folk Tales
Get the most out of reading African folk tales by using these worksheets. This is a great... | Triangular Trade in the Atlantic Ocean
In conjunction with a historical study of slavery, students will learn about triangular trade... | |
African-American Hall of Fame
Students collect information about African-American heroes and plan a Hall of Fame induction. | Birthday Buddies
Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate. | |
Senufo Painting
Students can make Senufo paintings, which are stylized representations of animals or people.... | Percussion Performance and Culture
Students in grades 5-8 study African and Native American percussion, consider music's cultural... | |
Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights Leader
Deliver a lesson plan that reviews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, and use a pictorial... | Harriet Brent Jacobs
Harriet Brent Jacobs was a slave who wrote an autobiography. Students read an excerpt and react... | |
Influencing Others in Our World
Students will study the lives of individuals, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa... |

