Black History Biography Posters

Use each poster as a short nonfiction reading. Have students underline one date and one place in each paragraph, then build a timeline of the person's life.

Four color posters after the cover: Harriet Tubman, Thurgood Marshall, Mary McLeod Bethune and Rosa Parks. Each has a portrait, life dates and four short paragraphs that run in order from early life to later years, with dates, places and events such as Brown v. Board of Education and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Yes. We made it for 3rd Grade to 5th 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.

14 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 3rd Grade to 5th Grade students, roughly ages 8-11. 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 3rd Grade to 5th Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.