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Updated May 18, 2020
Black History Month celebrations and Black History Month lesson plans can easily be enhanced with free Black History Month worksheets. Black history printable activities help students explore the many profound accomplishments of prominent African Americans and can be used any time of year. Click on the PDF you want to use, the download and print using the troubleshooting guide for help.
Younger kids in preschool or kindergarten can complete this simple cut & paste Black History Month printable activity on their own, in small groups, or as a whole class. Kids need to cut out five pictures of historically significant African Americans, then paste the pictures above the quote that person said.
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Storyboard activities make great black history worksheets for kindergarten. Students will use this prompted storyboard to explore a big dream they have. They'll identify the dream, any obstacles in the way of achieving that dream, and the resources they can use to help them achieve their dreams. This is a great activity to accompany lessons about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Barack Obama was the first African American President of the United States of America. While you might think of history as things that happened long ago, modern history includes things that happened only a few years ago. Students in grades 2 and 3 can complete this African American reading comprehension worksheet on their own. Students will read a brief biography of Barack Obama and answer five questions about the text.
Elementary students can learn about George Washington Carver, the brilliant African American inventor, and what common materials or products are made from peanuts. Carver actually created more than 300 products simply from peanuts alone. This worksheet lists a few of those products and asks students to draw a line matching the product with its purpose. The printable also includes an answer key.
Students in middle school should be able to complete this activity where they figure out which famous African American fits each clue. You could modify the activity for upper elementary grades by writing all the famous names in a word bank on the worksheet. There is an answer key included. Some famous people included on the worksheet are Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Dred Scott, George Washington Carver, and Thurgood Marshall.
This printable worksheet for upper elementary students and middle schoolers maps out the ways that slaves were able to escape to where they would find freedom. Not only can students map out a slave's escape route, but each step of the journey is explained in detail.
