Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Students are asked to think critically and hone their reflective writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quote.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.

This Martin Luther King, Jr. coloring page features the most famous and most influential civil rights activist himself!

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

Color in Anansi, a crafty spider who spreads wisdom and knowledge wherever he goes.

This coloring page features Jackie Robinson, a baseball player that paved the way for many great talents in baseball.

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

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.

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

Children learn about three songs that inspired and gave hope to the people who fled slavery via the Underground Railroad, then answer questions about what they have learned.

Learn more about some of the most popular songs of the day and explore what made them anthems of the Civil Rights movement.

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.

Designed for fourth and fifth graders, this social emotional learning worksheet will get your child's creativity flowing while also helping them to develop social awareness and an appreciation for the diversity in our communities and world.

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

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.

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.

This worksheet will help teach students about African American musicians, athletes, leaders, and writers who influenced our society and culture.

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

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

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

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.