Black History Month
Black and African American History at Piedmont 2024
Read a Great Book!
Drop by Piedmont's Media Center to peruse Ms Hager's Black History Month display of available books on the topic of African American history and culture
Visit Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's Black History Month page https://www.cmlibrary.org/blog/charlotte-mecklenburg-library-celebrates-black-history-month
Explore Some Informative and Enjoyable Links:
28 Days of Black History - Archived of multimedia daily bios (podcast, webpage, and related links)
https://www.blackhistorymonth.gov/ - Comprehensive Info on topics that relate to a variety of Curricula and interests. The Jason Reynolds Art and Poetry Video seen here is sample resource curated by the BHM.gov site
What's Black Panther got to do with Real History? http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/studentspace/curations-for-the-curious-black-panther
National Museum of Black History Videos and Webinar Recordings https://video.ibm.com/channel/zCPF4U3hFPc
Play A Game
PLAY AND WIN!
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CONTESTPlay this Piedmont Library Black History Month Quizziz for a Chance to Win Prize
https://quizizz.com/join?gc=81065053
More Games
Play Free online BHM Trivia Games at Kahoot Academy https://kahoot.com/blog/2022/01/20/academy-black-history-month/
Example Game You can Play - See Ms Gurthie if you need her to create a new one (this link is good for 40 Players) https://kahoot.it/challenge/02165323?challengeid=f1215d61-1abd-402b-bbb3-bf588b94f1bf_1706894770395
Non Traditional Black History Month Bios.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ovj_MsgaDoqSPINagoAFf3_Qr79wW9Funba6tHut0C4/edit?usp=sharing
Create -Show what you know
The Bios above could us a little sprucing up.
- These Canva Black History Month Templates let you show what you know and help others learn and expand their horizons https://www.canva.com/templates/s/black-history-month/
Teacher Resources : Ready Made Lessons
Quizziz
Piedmont teachers now all have quizziz paid accounts! Search"Black History Month" for the quizziz you want!
Nearpod Lesson
https://nearpod.com/t/black-history-lessons-F106787
Plug and PLay Nearpod lessons enhanced with things like Flocabulary videos and interactive screens
DIGITAL Lessons
Celebrate Black History, Culture & Identity - Applied Digital Skills
Ready made tech Lessons you can assign Google Applied Digital Skills platform . Students learn digital skills while they educate them selves on Black Culture and Identity.
Charlotte Local History Resources
Links and readings on Charlotte Local and National Issues of Segregation thru history from our old Piedmont BHM schoolwide day
Ms Hough's Curated BHM Slideshow
Great for starting off your class each day !
Amanda Gorman Poet Laureate Lesson
Here is a draft of a Black History, Black Future Presentation with an Amanada Gorman lesson you can copy and make your own https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J7wKUUSFHtOxDaI6WzmuK1Mb_Dr5nyGle5B_FJszW5Q/edit#slide=id.p
First Person Audio Stories of POCs
8th Grade ELA Specific Lesson Plan:
Voices For Justice Audio Museum - Modification of EL Module 3 Perfomance task to include Black History Month
Oral Histories
And more...
Contact Ms Gurthie in the library for help with this or to find more resources of interest to YOU!
Happy Black History Month!
Black History Month.mov