Create a Black History Month bulletin board with this best-selling Black History Month biography banners project. This is the PERFECT activity for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals during February. Take back your time with these LOW PREP Black History Month biography activities in PRINT and DIGITAL versions. This banner project contains over 40 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. You can sit back and watch your students learn in the student-centered activity that will allow them to practice research and writing skills.
In addition, the completed banners can not only be used as a Black History Month project, but the completed Black History Month posters can also be used as purposeful classroom decor when displaying the banners throughout your classroom. You can also create a meaningful Black History door decor or hallway display that is filled with Black History Month biographies.
✍ What’s Included:
• Black History Month Banners Research Handouts
• Suggested Research Websites and List of Individuals to Research
• Grading Rubric
• 15 Pre-designed and EDITABLE templates
• 80 Caricature Drawing Style Templates
• Strong and Weak Black History Month Biography Banner Models
• Google Slides Versions of All Materials
• Bonus: Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize Mini-Lesson
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✅ SAVE your TIME and ENERGY with this LOW PREP Resource
✅ Covers MULTIPLE ELA Standards and Skills
✅ Clear Student Directions, Strong Models, and Rubrics Included
✅ Student-Centered Activity: Let Your Students Do the Thinking!
✅ Print and Digital Resources
✋ What SKILLS AND STANDARDS ARE ADDRESSED?
• Conducting Online Research
• Pulling Evidence/Information from Multiple Sources
• Self-Generating Research Questions
• Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Text Evidence
• Identifying Relevant Text Evidence/Information
• Works Cited Page and Website Citations
• AND MANY MORE!
✋ How Can You Use These Black History Month Projects?
– Middle School ELA Sub Plans
– Independent Assignment
– Group Project
– Student Presentations
– Black History Month Biography Project
– Learning Stations
– Create Door or Hallway Decorations
– Create a Bulletin Board
What Other Teachers Are Saying About This Resource:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Lisa L. says, “I love this project! It is ready to use, all I did was upload a copy to canvas for my students. I also had them present to the whole class! Highly recommend it, will buy from here again!”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Kelsey K. says, “My students loved this activity! It was great for small group work, and it allowed me to assess where they are in reaching proficiency on the standard I was using this resource to help teach. Thank you!”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Dan B.. says, “This resource is fantastic. I really enjoyed using it because it allowed my students to practice skills with fun and engaging content. I enjoy the ease and appreciate how much thought was put into creating it.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Diana S. says, “My students loved this resource. It gave them an opportunity to research many different famous Americans. It was great having a variety of options to choose from so the students were able to learn about quite a few of them. I was able to print them and present them easily. I will use this resource again in the future. I have them displayed in the school office!”
