4th - 8th Grade Black History Month Educational Resources

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

Explore a fascinating period of U.S. history with this informational reading worksheet about the Harlem Renaissance.

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

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

Students read background information about the establishment of the Juneteenth holiday and answer comprehension and analysis questions.

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

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 two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Children learn about American Civil Rights and Abolitionist pioneers in this word search puzzle worksheet.

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

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.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

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

Introduce learners to 42 inspiring Black American innovators, artists, thinkers, and leaders with this seven-page set of cut-out cards.

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.

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

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

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Learners will test their knowledge of some of the key players and events of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

In this puzzle, children will find and circle eight words related to the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

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.

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