Important People in Black History Emergent Reader

Cut out the pages on the dashed lines and staple them in order. An adult reads each page aloud while the child points to the words, then the child traces the word at the bottom.

Two sheets with 6 mini pages each: a cover with a name line, a February 2027 calendar page, 9 pages about one person each and a closing page. The people are Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges, George W. Carver, Bessie Coleman, Jesse Owens and Mary Bethune. Each page has a line portrait, one simple sentence and a word to trace.

Yes. We made it for Kindergarten to 1st 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.

2 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 1st Grade students, roughly ages 5-7. 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 1st Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.