BLACK HISTORY MONTH

BookBreak Virtual Author Visits Black History Month

• The Power of Words with Sharon Draper (Grades 6-8)

• Master Being the New Kid with Jerry Craft (Grades 6-8)

• Poetry and Perseverance with Don Tate (Grades 4-5)

• Learning History Through Stories with Alice Faye Duncan (Grades 2-3)

• Painting Pictures With Poetry - Before She Was Harriet (Tubman)

PBS Learning

• Celebrate Black History and Culture All Year Long (3-12, includes: STEM, The Arts, Literature & Media, Civics & Society

• Take This Message Everywhere with Gospel (6-12)

• Teaching Black History Beyond Slavery and Black History Month (PreK-12)

• Meet Maggie Lena Walker: Black Entrepreneur (6-12)

• Explore Harlem in the 1920s (6-12)

• Jackie Robinson & the Importance of African American Role Models (6-12)

• Ten Black Scientists That Science Teachers Should Know About (3-12)

• Mae Jemison - 1st Black Women to Visit Space (6-12)

• Great Migrations: A People on the Move (6-12)

Online Resources

• Black History Books - includes discussion and educator’s guides

• Black History Month.org - primary sources: cultural expressions, artists, and lesson plans

• National African American Read In