Black History Month Lesson Plans for kindergarten through second grade. February is a perfect month to explore the genre of biographies. Learning about the courageous men and women in black history while diving deep into reading comprehension provides an ideal opportunity.
Biographies
These are the three books we used to help guide our exploration into biographies:
- Rosa Parks by Kitson Jazynka
- Frederick Douglass by Barbara Kramer
- George Washington Carver by Kitson Jazynka
We created book questions to help guide our conversations.
Biographical Timelines
Part of our genre study involved looking at timelines. We created our own to go along with each biography.
And then students use these timelines to create their own versions. Here is the Rosa Parks version.
Biographical Anchor Charts
We also used the text information to construct these anchor charts.
Here is George Washington Carver.
Frederick Douglass (I really would have loved to have met him).
Here is Rosa Parks.
The students use these anchor charts to work on writing their own version of a biography.
You can find these activities in our Black History Month Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Unit.
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Thank you for sharing the great idea!