Black Excellence Day ACTIVITY PACK - Upper Elementary (17 engaging activities!)

This Black Excellence Activity Pack for upper elementary students is an excellent way to introduce Black Excellence Day, or to use during Black History Month or any time of the year to learn about Black excellence and important / influential figures and ideas in the civil rights movement and beyond.

This resource is easy print and go, there is minimal to no prep for the teacher. You can use this resource in a number of different ways. Print off the pack for each student and have them work through all of the pages over the course of a month, or choose an activity and do a class lesson on it.

Included in this Research Pack are 17 engaging activities for your students.

• Martin Luther King Jr. reading comprehension fill in the blanks
• Martin Luther King Jr. reading comprehension questions
• Black Excellence word search
• Know Wonder Learn template for Black Excellence Day
• Design a Black Excellence Day poster
• Influential Leaders matching
• Sports Star biography
• Black inventions
• Postage Stamp persuasive letter
• Claudette Colvin biography
• Loving Vs. Virginia ruling
• Underground Railroad facts
• Leader Biography
• Quote Response
• Famous Entertainer biography
• How to be an Ally reading passage
• How to be an Ally 10 step summary

Great for grades 4-8 and homeschool students. Can be used for Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Black Excellence Day (in Canada) Social Studies, English Language Arts, independent work, or literacy centers.

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