Black History Month Activities - Bulletin Board - Bellringers - Projects - Decor

This month-long Black History Month bundle includes SIX activities and projects that are PERFECT to introduce your middle school or high school students to important African Americans and events during Black History Month. This LOW PREP bundle includes engaging Black History Month biography projects, research activities, reading comprehension bellringers, posters, and decor that will help your students practice research skills, writing skills, and critical thinking skills while learning new information.

Each Black History Month research project in this bundle includes everything that is needed to teach the lessons- clear student directions and assignments, research websites and guides, suggested lists of people to research, grading rubrics, strong and weak models, and much more!

In addition, the completed activities can not only be used as Black History Month projects but the completed Black History Month products can also be used as purposeful classroom decor when displaying the projects throughout your classroom or for creating a meaningful Black History Month Bulletin Board that is filled with Black History Month biographies.

❤️ Why You'll Love This Black History Month Bundle:
✅ SAVE your TIME and ENERGY with SIX LOW-PREP Resources
✅ Covers MULTIPLE ELA Standards and Skills
✅ Clear Student Directions, Strong Models, and Rubrics Included
✅ Encourages Student COLLABORATION, Discussions, and Critical Thinking
✅ PRINT and DIGITAL Resources


✍ What's Included:

• Black History Month Biography Banners: Mini-Research Project (PRINT AND DIGITAL)

• 26 Black History Month Bell Ringers (PRINT AND DIGITAL)

• Black History Month Interactive Bulletin Boards (2 Sets- 60 Posters )

• Black History Month Research Project: Commemorative Stamp (PRINT AND DIGITAL)

• Black History Month Social Media Templates (PRINT AND DIGITAL)

• Black History Month Trading Cards Project


✋ How Can You Use These Black History Month Projects and Posters?
- Sub Plans
- Independent Assignments
- Gallery Walks
- Group Project
- Formative Assessments
- Student Presentations
- Black History Month Biography Project

- Black History Month Learning Stations
- Create Black History Month Door Decorations
- Create a Black History Month Bulletin Board

What Other Teachers Are Saying About This Resource:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Ryder C. says, "My students, who hate researching, had such a great time completing this activity. A few of them even completed more than one of the banners on their own! I didn't offer extra credit for that work until after they completed it. We hung them in the hallway, and the other students loved seeing what my kiddos created."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Zvija P. says, "Absolutely loved this and so did my students! Taught them how to do research, accurately site sources and we all learned interesting facts about these historical figures. Made a fabulous bulletin board.The bell ringers were great for starting off the day with an historical figure. The class was excited to learn and discuss these figures every morning!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Rebecca F. says, "This is a wonderful resource. I use it every January in the library for activities to do with my students on Black History Month."

⭐⭐⭐⭐: Amanda K. says, "I really enjoyed using this for my students. They loved the banner and trading card project. We studied over 20 of the people as a class! The only thing I was bummed about is when I would search for the Bell Ringer videos many of them were no longer available so then I was having to search for some on my own that would give the information needed to do the Bell Ringer."

⚠️ Here are the people featured in these resources:
Black History Month Bell Ringers:

☞ Frederick Douglass

☞ Harriet Tubman

☞ Sojourner Truth

☞ Ida Wells

☞ W.E.B. Du Bois

☞ Jesse Owens

☞ Emmett Till

☞ Dorothy Height

☞ Jimmie Lee Jackson

☞ Medgar Evers

☞ "I, Too" by Langston Hughes

☞ Ruby Bridges

☞ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

☞ Malcolm X

☞ Sheyann Webb

☞ Voting Requirements for African Americans

☞ Amelia Boynton

☞ Thurgood Marshall

☞ John Lewis

☞ President Obama
☞ Julian Bond
☞ Kamala Harris
☞ Muhammad Ali
☞ "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
☞ Excerpt from "I Have A Dream" Speech
☞ Excerpt from Michelle Obama's Final Speech as First Lady

Black History Month Bulletin Board Set #1:

☞ Frederick Douglass

☞ Harriet Tubman

☞ Sojourner Truth

☞ Ida Wells

☞ W.E.B. Du Bois

☞ Jesse Owens

☞ Emmett Till

☞ Rosa Parks

☞ Martin Delany

☞ Medgar Evers

☞ Booker T. Washington

☞ Ruby Bridges

☞ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

☞ Malcolm X

☞ Sheyann Webb

☞ Jackie Robinson

☞ Amelia Boynton

☞ Thurgood Marshall

☞ George Washington Carver

☞ President Obama

☞ Michelle Obama

☞ Coretta Scott King

☞ John Lewis

☞ Julian Bond

☞ Madam C.J. Walker

☞ Zora Neale Hurston

☞ James Farmer

☞ Dorothy Height

☞ Mary McLeod Bethune

☞ Muhammad Ali

The following individuals are included in Black History Month Bulletin Board Set #2:

☞ Zora Neale Hurston

☞ Dr. Martin Luther King J.

☞ Jesse Owens

☞ Madam C.J. Walker

☞ Mary McLeod Bethune

☞ John Lewis

☞ Marcus Garvey

☞ Claude McKay

☞ Stacey Abrams

☞ Barack Obama

☞ Kamala Harris

☞ Langston Hughes

☞ Rosa Parks

☞ Arthur Ashe

☞ Mae Jemison

☞ Katherine Johnson

☞ Booker T. Washington

☞ Shirley Chisholm

☞ Simone Biles

☞ George Washington Carver

☞ Bessie Coleman

☞ Misty Copeland

☞ LeBron James

☞ Jason Reynolds

☞ Mahalia Jackson

☞ Amanda Gorman

☞ James Baldwin

☞ Bayard Rustin

☞ Fannie Lou Hamer

☞ Malcolm X

Created by Stephanie M. Icenogle, The Creative Classroom © 2017; updated © 2024

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