Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about a famous person. Learners will research an important figure and then write down two true statements and one false statement.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

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

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

Color in this picture of Sojourner Truth, one of the very first abolitionists and women's rights advocates.

Introduce young children to one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement in the United States with this coloring activity.

One of the most influential singers of the modern era, Billie Holiday is respected and revered by fans and musicians all over the world.

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

Celebrate Black History Month with this coloring page dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most important figures in Civil Rights history!

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

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

Have your social studies student try her hand and writing her own protest song in this creative worksheet.

Children are introduced to four inspiring members of the civil rights movement in this engaging social studies worksheet.

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

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.

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.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

Track important events in the life of an important woman with this Sojourner Truth timeline, a great way to get used to reading and writing nonfiction.

Learn about an influential figure in Black history with the help of this graphic organizer!

Get to know John Coltrane, a jazz legend, with this music history worksheet! Read his mini-biography and answer some trivia.

Inspire kids to learn about black changemakers all year by displaying this poster at home or in the classroom.

Young children are introduced to civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr. with this coloring worksheet.

Children learn the inspiring life story of historical hero Frederick Douglass, who rose from slavery to become a preeminent leader of the abolitionist movement, in this worksheet.

Young readers and sports enthusiasts will have a ball practicing sequence of events in this biography of Jackie Robinson. 

Children learn about writer and poet Langston Hughes in this Historical Heroes: Langston Hughes worksheet.