Teaching Themes
Black History Month: Everything You Need
Meet African American icons, leaders, activists, and inventors with these teaching resources.
Interactive Whiteboard Activities
The Underground Railroad: Escape from Slavery
Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
With this interactive slideshow, students follow the path of a slave in 1860 as he travels the Underground Railroad to freedom.
Articles
13 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month
Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
Explore exceptional African-American achievements with these cross-curricular activities.
Black History Month Resources
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
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 Online Learning Activities Culture and Change: Black History in AmericaGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Students follow history with an interactive timeline, meet famous African Americans, explore jazz music, and much more. |
 Online Learning Activities Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil RightsGrades: 3–5, 6–8 In this online activity, share the heroic story of Rosa Parks, who played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights movement. |
 Online Learning Activities Integrating Central High: The Melba Pattillo StoryGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Through reading and writing activities, students explore the life of Melba Pattillo, one of the nine African American students who integrated Central... |
 Online Learning Activities History of Jazz: A Black History in America ActivityGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Students will learn about jazz from its beginning in New Orleans to modern jazz today through text and audio. |
 Computer Lab Activities Black History: A Math Hunt ActivityGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Meet extraordinary leaders and learn about African American culture on this historic hunt. You'll master an array of skills as you earn points for... |
Wynton Marsalis Interview TranscriptGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Grammy Award-winning musician Wynton Marsalis joined Scholastic for a live interview on February 26, 2002 where he answered student posted... |
The Top Ten African-American InventorsGrades: This content resource is one in the series of Top Ten African American Inventors. This index page links to ten sites providing brief summaries of... |
 Lesson Plans, Book Resources How Do You Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day?Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Real teachers share their favorite ways to honor the life and legacy of the Civil Rights leader. |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Jackie's Nine Lesson PlanGrades: 6–8 From the unique perspective that only a daughter could have, Sharon Robinson serves as a personal tour guide through the nine heart-felt, hard-won... |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources Freedom's Wings: Corey's Diary Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 A discussion guide to Freedom's Wings: Corey's Diary, Kentucky to Ohio, 1857 by Sharon Dennis Wyeth in the My America historical fiction series.... |
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Collections Article Archive: Martin Luther King Jr. and African American HistoryGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Dozens of articles on heroes of the civil rights movement, black history, and more |
Articles Famous African Americans Wax MuseumGrades: 3–5 Students immerse themselves in the experiences and accomplishments of extraordinary African Americans by speaking as them in first person. |
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Lesson Plans An American Hero: Martin Luther King Jr.Grades: PreK–K This lesson plan introduces young students to the contributions of Dr. King and has them consider how to make the world a better place. |
Back To Africa: Marcus Garvey (a play)Grades: A play shows how Marcus Garvey inspired hundreds of thousands of people as president of UNIA. |
African-American History Web ResourcesGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 This guide to links outside of Scholastic covers important topics such as school integration, the NAACP, Emancipation, and the Freedman's Bureau... |
Articles Bibliography for Martin Luther King, Jr. DayGrades: 3–5 A list of books about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and those important to his work in the 20th-century civil rights movement in the United States.... |
Interview with Rachel RobinsonGrades: Read the transcript of an online interview with Rachel Robinson, the wife of Major League Baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson. |
The Narrative of Venture SmithGrades: Captured by an enemy tribe in Africa, then sold into slavery in America, one man managed to beat the odds. |
Fugitive Slave Harriet Jacobs: Coming Up For AirGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 For seven years, Harriet Jacobs hid out in an attic to escape slavery. Read an excerpt from her powerful autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a... |
Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I A Woman?Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Read an inspirational excerpt from Sojourner Truth's electrifying speech to the Ohio Women's Rights convention of 1851. |
