Black History Month Research Writing Activities, Comprehension for 10 Influence

Get your students to dig deeper into nonfiction texts and writing activities with this Black History Month Research and Writing resource. This resource comes with 10 significant influences on the Black community to celebrate and research for Black History Month. These 10 historical figures are featured in this packet from various fields such as sports, civil rights, politics, and more.

These activities are a great reading and writing resource for Black History Month. They help your students learn about what these individuals are best known for, their timeline, and their positive character traits. Students get information from the short text about the important things they did to help the Black community. These worksheets also provide self-reflection writing prompts for what they have been inspired by from those important people.

Each person has about 5 pages with different hands-on activities to practice writing and researching their story.

Some activities included: 

• Reading passages and answering the questions
• Doing research and writing facts about them 
• Cutting and pasting to rearrange events under the correct order of their timeline
• Crossword Puzzle, Word Search, Word Scramble - Find/unscramble hidden words about them

Influential African American Individuals: 

• Ruby Bridges-6
• Frederick Douglass- 5
• Sojourner Truth-5
• Jesse Owens- 5
• George Washington Carver -5
• Rosa Parks-5
• Mary Mcleod Bethune
• Harriet Tubman - 8
• Booker T.Washington 5
• Obama- 

You can use these worksheets during morning classes to provide relevant content. They are perfect for community building, social studies, and writing. Your students will love researching these important people.

Happy teaching!