Black History Month Activities - DIGITAL Mini Research Project - Social Media

Are you looking for a meaningful Black History Month activity that will not only let your students have fun and show their creativity, but also requires them to conduct research and think critically? Look no further than the Black History Month DIGITAL research project! This student-centered project contains instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity.

Students will LOVE that they get to learn more about an influential African American man or woman in the United States and get to create a small social media project instead of writing an essay.

Teachers will LOVE that they have a resource that requires little prep and includes EDITABLE templates that allow them to create their own directions, project requirements, and add their own images. Another bonus for teachers is that this product contains a detailed rubric, strong and weak teacher models as well as pictures of the project in action, and a list of suggested websites that students can use for research.

► What's Included:

• Black History Month Banners Research Handouts: The research handouts contain the assignment, a suggested list of websites that students can use to research, and a short brainstorming activity that is designed to help students decide who they want to research. After students have selected their person, they will create a list of 5-6 self-generated questions that they have about their person that will help guide them during their research. There is also space for them to record the information that they find about the person.

• Grading Rubric: There are two versions of a detailed rubric that can be used to grade this project. The rubric focuses on these four attributes: focus/purpose, content, organization, and presentation/appearance of the project. One rubric contains a point value assigned to each column and the other rubric does not assign a point value.

• 6 Social Media Templates for Mini Research Project: Students will have a variety of options for this project and ways that you can customize the requirements for the template to better fit the needs of your students. The fully completed project includes room for a photo, a Words of Wisdom section that students will write a quote from their person, and a "Did You Know?" section where they will list 5-6 pieces of information that they have learned about the person they researched.

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• 6 Social Media Templates for Formative Assessments: Students will have a variety of templates to use to share their new learning about an important person, place, or event related to Black History Month. These formative assessment templates can be used to create a classroom display or gallery walk for other students to gain new knowledge.

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• Teacher Models: Strong and Weak Samples are included so that students can see what the expectations are and can self-assess their own project. Models are based on Medgar Evers, Michelle Obama, Mae Jemison, and Muhammad Ali.

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Created by Stephanie M. Icenogle, The Creative Classroom © 2021

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