All of our classrooms are blessed with a rich diversity of backgrounds that we should honor and celebrate. I have always loved celebrating all cultures in my classroom through sharing books, activities and recognizing important influential leaders. During the month of February we celebrate Black History Month celebratingย Influential Black Leaders , we honor heroes such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Oprah, Jackie Robinson, Harriet Tubman and many more.
These leaders have impacted our culture and world. The biggest impact we can do for our students is helping them recognize the hard work these leaders have done to pave a road for us to walk together on.
This bible verse helps me reflect as I teach my students- “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”ย Hebrews 11:1. I hope some of these activities and books help you through your inspirational lessons and growing your students.
Wonderful Books to share during celebration of Influential Black Leaders
Some of my favorite books to read during this month and to add to our classroom library are listed here. I also love having students reflect on the read alouds using graphic organizers such as these in my Digital Google Classroom Organizers packet.
- Who Was Rosa Parks?
- I Have a Dream
- Henry’s Freedom Box
- Freedom Song: The Story of Henry “Box” Brown
- The Other Side
- Let the Children March
- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Wonderful Student Activities to share during celebration of Influential Black Leaders
Some of my favorite activities to have students do is learn about people or things throughout reading, research and writing! Student research has such a strong impact on students growth and knowledge on a topic. I have created several activities to grow students in this area.
- Influential Leaders Reading Comprehension & Questions Packet: This is a great way to learn about several important leaders of history. This packet works great for students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. It contains reading passages, questions and graphic organizers. Click to preview!
- Black History Teach-Go Pennantsย You can find my favorite packet HERE, see image below. This is a wonderful way to record research and display on bulletin boards as a celebration.
- Black History Lapbook: (see image below) This is a perfect interactive activity to celebrate influential leaders and create writing activities! Students will love keeping this memorable booklet!
- Black History Brochures: (see image below)This is a wonderful way to record research and either display or keep in interactive format or notebook.
- Digital Research Google Black History Month: These are wonderful for students research and printing and displaying!
You can find all these activities in my shop: click here
Teacher Tips: For my activities we focus on these individuals famous individuals due to the research available. I would allow students to conduct research at the library or kid safe internet sites- I included sites I used for research in all my packets! As a teacher I know that having enough research is difficult… so a handy tip I used is: Print all the research from each individual ahead of time [from your favorite sites] and have it available for students. I do this mainly because of the lack of technology per classroom for each student to research at the same time.
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