Black History Heroes Craft and Write

An adult reads aloud and helps cut. Children color the pieces, cut on the dashed lines and glue the head, hands and item to the body, then draw what the person did, trace the words, copy a word and display the page next to the figure.

Fifteen pages after the cover, three for each of Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Frederick Douglass and George Washington Carver. The first page lists supplies and six steps with a finished figure to follow. The second has the head, body, two hands and one item to hold, and the third has a drawing box, a sentence start to trace and a 5-word bank.

Yes. We made it for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade holiday activities, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

9 printable resources, all free to preview. There are 31 Black History Month resources in all, from Preschool to 5th Grade, gathered on our Black History Month activities page. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade students, roughly ages 5-8. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a Kindergarten to 2nd Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.