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Black History Month Common Core CCRA.R.3 resources
Kobe Bryant Dear Basketball Poem — Analysis & Paired Text Michael Jordan Letter
Students LOVE reading and analyzing Kobe Bryant's "Dear Basketball" Poem. In this activity, they will complete a Poem Analysis & Compare/Contrast Paired Text Activity. The paired text students will look at is Michael Jordan's 2003 Retirement Letter, also titled "Dear Basketball."In 2015, Bryant announced his retirement through “Player’s Tribune” in a poem titled “Dear Basketball.” In the poem, Bryant shares his love for the sport with the world. Bryant later earned an Academy Award for Best
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6th - 10th
Hidden Figures Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google Formats (PG - 2016)
This Hidden Figures Movie Guide challenges students to think critically about themes like equality, courage, and the importance of acknowledging hidden contributions. Explore the lives of Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy as they battle racial and gender biases to contribute to NASA's success. Engage in conversations about how these women demonstrated extraordinary courage, dignity, and perseverance in the face of adversity. Consider how they served as unsung heroes in NASA’s history, opening up disc
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7th - 12th
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Black History Month Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Get students digging deeper in nonfiction texts with this differentiated Black History Month Reading Passages download! ⭐ This resource includes print and digital (Google Slides) versions.⭐This product features 10 informational articles each featuring one influential African American. They include photographs and text features. Passages range from approximately 200 words to 250 words, serving as a mini-biography! . Pick and choose, or assign them all...whatever best serves your students' needs!E
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages BUNDLE
Black History Month Reading Comprehension Passages
Get your primary students digging deeper into nonfiction texts while getting to know influential leaders in African American History using these engaging differentiated nonfiction passages!This resource features 10 informational articles, each featuring one influential African American. Each passage is written at three different levels and includes photographs and text features. Passages range from approximately 70 words to 120 words.Featured in this set:Frederick Douglass Harriet Tubman George
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle
Hidden Figures Lesson Plan and Book Companion
This lesson plan is designed for intermediate students using the picture book, Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. This comprehensive lesson plan is full of engaging opportunities to discuss the four inspiring female mathematicians. This download is loaded with options to customize for the perfect-fit lesson for your students. A wide variety of book companion activities (including a differentiated nonfiction passage) can be done at a time that works best for your class!From WWII through the
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Black History Month Read Aloud Lessons and Book Companions BUNDLE
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Paired Texts [Print & Digital]: Abolitionists Grades 4-6
These paired passages, or paired texts, meet the demand for more complex texts that students can use to compare and build knowledge to integrate information and draw conclusions. The high-interest, rigorous passages in this set are great to stretch your 4th and 5th graders, and still appropriate for many students in middle school as well. The passages in this set are differentiated. Two levels are provided: on grade level for 4-5 and on grade level for 6-7.I have included printable AND Google Ap
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Yearlong Print and Digital Paired Text Bundle for Grades 4-6
Our Friend, Martin Movie Guide | MLK | Questions | Google Slide (G - 1999)
This Our Friend, Martin Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet (G - 1999) challenges students to analyze the decisions made by Martin, Miles, and Randy as they teleport through Martin Luther King Jr.'s life. Explore how MLK responds to hate and prejudice and how he teaches Miles that violence is not the answer and to appreciate the life he has. Ask students to consider how TV played a part in MLK's civil rights movement, especially in Birmingham, Alabama. Finally encourage students to describe what
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3rd - 6th
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Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson Lesson Plan and Book Companion
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton is an inspiring look into the life of Lonnie Johnson, the inventor of the super-soaker. Students will love getting to know the NASA engineer who invented one of the most famous toys of all time. This comprehensive lesson plan is full of engaging opportunities to describe Lonnie and infer his character traits. This download is loaded with options to customize for the perfect-fit lesson for your students. A wide variety of
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Black History Month Read Aloud Lessons and Book Companions BUNDLE
The Year We Learned to Fly Lesson Plan, Book Companion, and Crafts
The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson (author of The Day You Begin) is the perfect addition to your SEL instruction and character education! This comprehensive lesson plan is full of engaging opportunities for students to use story details and illustrations to demonstrate understanding of characters and events. This download is loaded with options to customize for the perfect-fit lesson for your students. A wide variety of book companion activities (including writing craftivities) c
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2nd - 3rd
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ELA Grades 9-10 Quarter 3 Curriculum - 9 Weeks Rhetoric Unit, MLK, Argument Unit
Looking for a no-prep rhetorical analysis and argument writing quarter of instruction that contains engaging, relevant, and rigorous materials? Fortunately, this complete nine-week bundle, with a free daily calendar (click to download), represents 21st Century learning at its best! Students will participate in a variety of educational activities that range from analyzing prominent speeches and viewing real-world advertisements to watching and working with iconic movie speeches aimed to motivate
Grades:
9th - 12th
Bessie Coleman Biography Informational Text and Activities Black History Month
This ready-to-use biography of Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot will spark your kiddos' curiosity. This unit contains a biography with 12 engaging activities to explore the life of this adventurous aviator. Plus it's available in both print and digital versions.WHY YOU NEED THIS BESSIE COLEMAN BIOGRAPHY:Meets needs of all levels of students grades 2-5Engaging activitiesAddresses Critical & Creative ThinkingComprehending Informational TextTHIS CAPTIVATING READY TO USE
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2nd - 5th
Mae Among the Stars Lesson Plan, Book Companion, and Craft
Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed is a narrative biography that teaches readers about Mae Jemison's childhood dream of going to space. Designed for intermediate students, this comprehensive lesson plan is packed full of engaging opportunities to discuss what factors influenced Mae's success. This download is loaded with options to customize for the perfect-fit lesson for your class. A wide variety of book companion activities can be done at a time that works best for your students!Lesson Objecti
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2nd - 3rd
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Thank You Ma'am Digital Escape Room
Students will solve a series of clues based on the short story “Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes in order to crack the master lock and escape the room.This digital game entails reading comprehension skills, finding textual evidence, and making inferences! It's the perfect review game to engage students in studying elements of a short story and finding key ideas and details from the text.Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in this 360° digital escape room. This act
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Thank You Ma'am — Short Story Bundle
Emmanuel's Dream Lesson Plan and Book Companion
Emmanuel's Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson is a perfect read aloud anytime of year to inspire thoughtful discussion with your intermediate students! This comprehensive lesson plan is packed full of engaging opportunities to discuss the life of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah. This download is loaded with options to customize for the perfect-fit lesson for your class. A wide variety of book companion activities can be done at a time that works best for your students!Lesson Objective: Students will be able to
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3rd - 5th
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The Oldest Student Lesson Plan and Book Companion
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora is a perfect read aloud to incorporate within your Black History Month instruction! Designed for intermediate students, this comprehensive lesson plan is packed full of engaging opportunities to discuss the extraordinary life of Mary Walker and her inspiring quest to learn to read. This download is loaded with options to customize for the perfect-fit lesson for your class. A wide variety of book companion a
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Black History Month Read Aloud Lessons and Book Companions BUNDLE
The Help Movie Viewing Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google Slide (PG13 -2011)
The Help Movie Viewing Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google Forms (PG13 - 2011) guides students during this a powerful, Oscar winning movie. Give your students a glimpse into life during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Discuss and analyze issues of equality, fear and peer pressure. Challenge students to connect with the characters and their decisions. Explore the meaning behind Constantine's advice to Skeeter regarding the concept of 'ugliness'. Check the preview file for high resolut
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Special Requested Custom Movie Guide Bundle | 10 Movie Guides | SAVE 35%
MARCH by John Lewis Graphic Novel Unit Activities, Projects, & Assignments
All of my MARCH resources! ALL EDITABLE IN GOOGLE DOCS.Use these resources for book one, two, or three (or all 3) of the March trilogy!Included:-daily journal/writing prompts (that can also function as discussion starters) -pre-reading Anticipation guide (10 agree/disagree statements)-vocabulary related to the Civil Rights Movement and social movement theories -March Book One Vocabulary worksheet-March Book Two Vocabulary Worksheet-a slides presentation to introduce the different Social Movement
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8th - 11th
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Short Stories by Black Authors | African American Authors Bundle
In this bundle, you will receive lesson plans for 7 short stories all written by Black authors. With each product, there are detailed literary analyses, reading questions, answer keys, and accommodating activities. Diversify the literature in your classroom and use these stories to broaden your students' perspectives! These short stories also make a great addition to any Black History Month Unit in ELA!The 7 short stories by African American authors featured in this bundle are:"Raymond’s Run" by
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7th - 12th
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham Movie Guide | Questions | Google Format (PG - 2013)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham Movie Guide | Questions | Google Formats (PG - 2013) challenges students to analyze Byron, Kenny and his family's decisions and principles. Explore how Byron grows in maturity and compare how Grandma Sands and Wilona view educating their children about life's troubles. Ponder what the 'Wooh Pooh' represents in Kenny's life and what it means to each student.Note: This resource is for the 2013 TV movie based on the 1995 novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.Check the prev
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6th - 10th
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Martin Luther King Activities Argumentative Essay Writing Prompt, Black History
This 100% editable lesson for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day or for teaching argumentative essay writing with exemplars is no prep. Your high school students will be engaged and challenged as they work through the carefully paired texts and expertly written prompt. If your state has adopted Common Core testing, then this comparing and contrasting literary analysis is directly aligned with that format. If not, a task such as this one will definitely add a challenging component to your reading and
Grades:
8th - 11th
Black History Month Unit Curriculum - Social Studies Lessons and Activities
Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to find a quality TEKS- and CCSS-aligned black history month unit that covers important events and figures? Looking for minimal-prep and engaging lessons and activities to teach social studies concepts to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? Look no further! This unit of the Smart and Simple Social Studies Guided Curriculum covers important people and events for Black History Month. The unit starts with the origin and meaning of Black History Month a
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Black History Month Biography Reading Comprehension Activities BUNDLE
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My Mini Workbooks for Black History Month! [Grade 1-3]
Your students and you will fall in love with these fun packed educational small workbooks! Great for Black History Month for your First, Second, and Third Grade students! 1. Harriet Tubman [2 Pages] (2 versions) Download the FREE Harriet Tubman sample!2. George Washington Carver [1 Page]3. Barack Obama [1 Page]4. Rosa Parks [1 Page]5. Martin Luther King, Jr. [2 Pages] (2 versions) - Answers [3 Pages]NEW:6. Ruby Bridges [2 Pages] (2 versions)7. Jackie Robinson [1 Page]8. Katherine Johnson [2
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1st - 3rd
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The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson Novel Guide
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson Novel Guide Ideal for teaching about American history, African American history, the Jim Crow era, resilience, tolerance, and the Civil Rights history. Highly engaging cross curriculum novel that spans decades and teaches American Civil Rights history and its "inheritance" in a captivating and age appropriate way. This pack includes: Lesson objectivesChapter by chapter comprehension questionsAnswers includedResources for the background historical researc
Grades:
5th - 8th
Selma Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google Forms (PG13 - 2014)
Selma does a fantastic job exposing students to the emotion, strategy, leadership, and terror demonstrated in Selma during 1965. This movie guide will help guide your students through the big issues and help them internalize the lessons that can be learned from history.Check the preview file for high resolution sample questions to see if this movie guide is suitable for your students. This resource consists of 13 high-level, short answer reflection and essay questions that will do more than just
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7th - 12th
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