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.

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

In this Court Cases worksheet, students read descriptions of five landmark decisions, then match them to their correct name.

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

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

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.

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

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

In this worksheet, students learn how the Sit-In movement began, and the impact it had on both the region and the country.

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