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

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

Your young historian will learn about the some of the most notable African American inventors with this worksheet.

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

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

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

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

The Underground Railroad helped thousands of enslaved Americans find freedom. In this worksheet, your student will learn about this historic network.

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

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 Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

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

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Children learn about George Washington Carver, who rose from slavery to become a leading agricultural pioneer, innovator, inventor, and educator, in this historical heroes worksheet.

Use this nonfiction comprehension worksheet to help second and third graders learn all about Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

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.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

In this historical heroes worksheet, children are introduced to Booker T. Washington, who rose from slavery to help found Tuskegee University and advocate for the educational and civl rights of fellow African Americans.

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

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

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

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!