Black History Month Activities - African-American Biographies

Learn about these famous African-Americans through a fun, easy to read reading passage, QR Codes for additional biography research, comprehension activities that support sequence of events and categorizing facts, and a simple biography report. Help students research information about a variety of famous African-Americans or writing a biography report on this historical figure.

These biographies is a great way to combine reading, writing, and social studies.

These biographies and biography reports includes:

• Vocabulary Cards with key terms from the biography reading passage
• Poster of the historical figure in color & black and white
• Reading Passage in two formats (back and white one-page; color with photos two-page)
• QR Codes for additional research of the person
• Graphic Organizer for note-taking and report writing
• Fact Sort where students can categorize the key events and attributes
• Short Answer Comprehension Questions for the biography
• Summary Page
• Report Pages in several formats

These biographies aligns well with my Biography Report for ANY Person. While this biography includes report pages, the Biography Report for ANY Person includes MANY more options and an in-depth study of biography report writing.

Also available are QR Codes for Biography Research Reports. QR Codes are included in this individual biography report. BUT if you want more QR Codes for other biographical people, they’re available separately.

Included in this bundle are biographies for:

• Booker T Washington
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Garrett Morgan
• Frederick Douglass
• George Washington Carver
• Harriet Tubman
• Jackie Robinson
• Jesse Owens
• Louis Armstrong
• Bessie Coleman
• Mae Carol Jemison
• Maya Angelou
• Rosa Parks
• Ruby Bridges
• Sojourner Truth
• Thurgood Marshall
• Sarah E. Goode
• Althea Gibson

Also available are biographies for:

• Abraham Lincoln
• Benjamin Franklin
• Betsy Ross
• Clara Barton
• George Washington
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Amelia Earhart

. . . and more coming soon!

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