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.

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.

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

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.

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

Whether it’s a poet, inventor, or famous scientist, this worksheet will help learners gather and organize important information.

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

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

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.

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

This worksheet on Etta James celebrates the legacy of this African American singer of soul and jazz.

Encourage your child to learn more about the African-American struggle for equality with this word search that's full of important terms and concepts.

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.

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