Teaching Themes
Black History Month: Everything You Need
Meet African American icons, leaders, activists, and inventors with these teaching resources.
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 28 Ways to Celebrate Black History MonthGrades: 6–8 Learn more about the exceptional contributions made by African Americans with these interactive ideas. |
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Collections Article Archive: Martin Luther King Jr. and African American HistoryGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Archive of articles about Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights, and black history. |
Back To Africa: Marcus Garvey (a play)Grades: A play shows how Marcus Garvey inspired hundreds of thousands of people as president of UNIA. |
Bibliography for Martin Luther King, Jr. DayGrades: 3–5 Get a list of books about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others who were important in King's work in the 20th-century Civil Rights Movement in... |
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. |
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. |
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Interview with Rachel RobinsonGrades: Read the transcript of an online interview with Rachel Robinson, the wife of Major League Baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson. |
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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.... |
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... |
 Unit Plans, Writing Activities Liberty and Justice for AllGrades: 1–2 Use this unit plan to promote discussion about tolerance through research and study of 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... |
