This worksheet introduces students to Jesse Owens, whose successes in the 1938 Olympics made history and paved the way for African-Americans in all sports and fields.

Children learn about the Sit-In movement in the United States, whereby Americans staged nonviolent sit-ins to protest businesses' racist segregationist policies.

Children are introduced to author, activist, and poet Maya Angelou in this historial heroes worksheet.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African American jazz legends! Here’s a page on Thelonious Monk, the first name in the modern jazz movement.

Study the contributions of African American jazz legends with this worksheet on master bassist Charles Mingus.

Use this All About Misty Copeland Reader to help early readers learn about Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal ballerina with the American Ballet Theater.

This worksheet, which reads like riddles, will expose your learners to important abolitionists in the African American community.

The Civil Rights Movement: The Later Years worksheet, children read about the issues that emerged later in the movement.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

Use this worksheet to help students write sentences about the first African American women to enter space, Mae Jemison.

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

Introduce children to American playwright Lorraine Hanberry, who was only 29 years old when she won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play for "A Raisin in the Sun."

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legend Charlie Parker!

Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South, and was an inspiration to all involved in American politics.

Children learn about Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner, a record-breaking silver and gold medalist in track and field, in this sports biography worksheet.

Children read a brief biography of world renowned opera singer Marian Anderson, then answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Frederick Douglass, an influential African American writer and abolitionist.

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn more about marches for freedom during the civil rights movement with the worksheet The Selma to Montgomery March.

Use this printable booklet to introduce children to the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson, a barrier-breaking NASA mathematician, while building their vocabulary and boosting reading and writing skills.

This fun worksheet will expose your learners to important musicians in the African American community.

Learn more about this amazing artist in this printable biography when studying the fine arts or Black History Month.

In this worksheet, children read about the March on Washington, the ideals that inspired it,  and the people who attended it.

This worksheet will expose your learners to important poets in the African American community.