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Four black-and-white bookmarks, each with a different quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. small image
Bookmarks: Martin Luther King, Jr.
An informative reading comprehension with multiple choice questions. small image
Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr. (elementary)
A biography of the American celebrity, followed by multiple choice questions. small image
Biography: Oprah Winfrey (upper elem/middle)
A factual article on the life of Rosa Parks, with comprehension and essay questions. small image
Biography: Rosa Parks (elementary)
Report planner, KWL, and a lined page to write a report about Martin Luther King. small image
Research & Report: Martin Luther King, Jr.
A one-page reading comprehension on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. with short answer review questions. small image
Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr. (upper elementary)
Full page report format for students to write a report on Martin Luther King, Jr. small image
Report Form: Martin Luther King,Jr.
Biography of the famous baseball hero. small image
Biography: Jackie Robinson (upper elem/ middle)
Biography of the basketball star, followed by 3 multiple choice questions and 5 questions that require brief written responses. small image
Biography: Michael Jordan (elem/upper elem)
One-page biography of the former Secretary of State, followed by multiple choice questions. small image
Biography: Condoleezza Rice (middle school)
This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An interesting brief biography and great testing practice! small image
Biography: Colin Powell (elementary)
This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An interesting brief biography and great testing practice! small image
Biography: Colin Powell (middle school)
A ten page biographical unit on the civil rights leader, with short reading comprehensions, a crossword puzzle, and a word search. small image
Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr. (elementary)
A ten page biographical unit on the civil rights leader, with reading comprehensions, a crossword puzzle, and a word search. small image
Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr. (upper elem/ middle)
A reading comprehension to introduce America's famous Underground Railroad conductor. small image
Biography: Harriet Tubman (upper elem/middle)
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Word Wall: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Use this 'Color and Write Prompt: Martin Luther King, Jr. (primary/elem)' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Color and Write Prompt: Martin Luther King, Jr. (primary/elem)'. A picture to color and wide-spaced lines to write a very short story with theme words from a word bank about Martin Luther King, Jr., who was born on January 15th. small image
Martin Luther King, Jr. (primary/elem) Color and Write Prompt
Use this 'Acrostic Form: Sojourner Truth' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Acrostic Form: Sojourner Truth'. small image
Sojourner Truth Acrostic Form
Report planner, KWL, and a lined page to write a report about Black history month. small image
Research and Report: Black History Month (primary)
research and report planner, KWL, Venn diagram small image
Research and Report: Black History (primary)
Use this 'Book: Martin's Big Words (elem/upper elem)' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Book: Martin's Big Words (elem/upper elem)'. Enhances the Martin Luther King, Jr. biography by Doreen Rappaport. small image
Martin's Big Words (elem/upper elem) Book
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Word Search: Civil Rights
Use this 'Book: The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963 (upper elem/middle)' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Book: The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963 (upper elem/middle)'. Enhances Christopher Paul Curtis's historical novel (winner of the Newbery Prize) with event sequencing and a cloze comprehension exercise. small image
The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963 (upper elem/middle) Book
Abraham Lincoln's famous
Speech: Gettysburg Address
An informative page about the famous Underground Railroad conductor is followed by 3 multiple choice questions and 5 questions requiring brief written responses. small image
Biography: Harriet Tubman (primary/elem)
An informative page about this famous abolitionist is followed by multiple choice questions. small image
Biography: Sojourner Truth (primary/elem)
An informative page about the
Biography: Rosa Parks (primary/elem)
Make a mobile for MLK Day! This activity includes a title page and four writing prompts for students to share their dreams on a cloud mobile. See abcteach blog for instructions on how to make one today! small image
Craft: Holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Mobile
Four pages of writing prompts about Martin Luther King. small image
Writing Prompts: Martin Luther King (upper elem/middle)
A fact-filled introduction to the 16th president small image
Biography: U. S. President; Abraham Lincoln (elem/upper elem)
A biography of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. small image
Biography: Harriet Beecher Stowe (elem)
Writing Prompt: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Report planner, KWL and a lined page for writing a report on a famous African-American for Black History Month. small image
Research and Report: Famous Black Americans
Two printable cards with a bus graphic for writing facts about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights movement. small image
Did You Know? Rosa Parks
Full color poster with a picture of King. small image
Poster: Martin Luther King
Narrow-lined writing paper with the title
Writing Paper: Black History Month
Narrow-lined writing paper with the title
Writing Paper: Black History Month
Report planner, KWL, space to write report, survey and graph for
Research and Report: Black History
Very simple biography of the famous ballplayer. small image
Biography: Jackie Robinson (primary)
Narrow-lined writing paper with an illustration of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the top. small image
Writing Paper: Martin Luther King, Jr. (upper elem/middle)
Use this 'Book: Addy Learns a Lesson (elem/upper elem)' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Book: Addy Learns a Lesson (elem/upper elem)'. This book unit, based on a book from the popular
Addy Learns a Lesson (elem/upper elem) Book
Use this 'Book: The Knee-High Man and Other Tales (primary/elem)' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Book: The Knee-High Man and Other Tales (primary/elem)'. This book unit serves as a comprehension and vocabulary-enhancing backdrop to Julius Lester's excellent re-telling of these pourquoi tales. small image
The Knee-High Man and Other Tales (primary/elem) Book
Use this 'Book: Meet Addy (elem/upper elem)' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Book: Meet Addy (elem/upper elem)'. This book unit, based on the first
Meet Addy (elem/upper elem) Book
This double reading comprehension is a great introduction to the often miscategorized legume, and to the scientist who discovered over 300 uses for it. small image
Comprehension: Peanuts and George Washington Carver (upper el/middle)
29 quotes from famous African-Americans form the basis for writing prompts that require students to use their skills of reflection, research, and writing. small image
Writing Prompts: African-American Quotes
A factual reading comprehension about the author of
Biography: Harriet Beecher Stowe (upper elem/middle)
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Word Wall: Martin Luther King, Jr. (upper/middle)
Use this 'Acrostic Form: Harriet Tubman' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Acrostic Form: Harriet Tubman'. small image
Harriet Tubman Acrostic Form
A one-page form for filling in a brief biography. small image
Biography Form: Black History Month (primary/elem)
A reading comprehension on the life of
Biography: Louis Armstrong (elem)
Booklet form enables students to research and write a short report on the month or on an individual. small image
Report Form: Black History Month
This Black History Research and Report is perfect to practice math skills. Your elementary grade students will love this Black History Research and Report. Research and report planner, KWL, fact checking tally,
Black History Research and Report
Plan your report on Black history with this handy research planner. small image
Research Planner: Black History
Lined paper for writing a report on Black history. Full page format. small image
Writing Paper: Black History
Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about Black History. small image
KWL: Black History
Comprehension questions to review Deborah Hopkinson's hisorical novel of a brave slave girl's map to freedom. small image
Book: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (elem/upper elem)
Three short essay questions about Rosa Parks. small image
Writing Prompt: Rosa Parks (elementary-middle)
Lined paper, with a picture of Rosa Parks in the upper left corner and space to write biographical data; perfect for writing a report on the
Writing Paper: Rosa Parks (Elementary)
Lined paper, with a picture of Rosa Parks in the upper left corner and space to write biographical data; perfect for writing a report on the
Report Form: Rosa Parks (upper elem/ middle)
This bus-shaped shapebook tells the famous story of Rosa Parks in very simple terms. This document was made with the abcteach shapebook tool. small image
Shapebook: Rosa Parks
This writing prompt uses the text of Langston Hughes' poem
Writing Prompt: Langston Hughes
Use this 'Book: Coming on Home Soon (primary)' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Book: Coming on Home Soon (primary)'. Review vocabulary from Jacqueline Woodson's beautiful book about a lonely girl, her grandmother, and a stray kitten, all waiting for Mama to come back from her work up north. small image
Coming on Home Soon (primary) Book
Use this 'Acrostic Form: Martin Luther King' printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. Your students will love this 'Acrostic Form: Martin Luther King'. small image
Martin Luther King Acrostic Form
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is reviewed in writing prompts, with an emphasis on rhetoric. Adaptable to a range of grades. small image
Worksheets: Gettysburg Address (upper/middle/high)
Read a John Henry tall tale and answer the multiple choice questions, then read a true story about John Henry with short answer comprehension questions. Sort fact from fiction in a review worksheet. Think and write about the values reflected in these tall tales. Finally: Write your own John Henry tall tale. A great unit! small image
Comprehension: Tall Tale - John Henry (upper elem/middle)
Updated:Brief biography of the 44th president, followed by multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. small image
Biography: U. S. President; Barack Obama (upper elem/middle)
An informative page about this famous abolitionist is followed by 3 multiple choice questions, 1 short response question, and 3 short answer essay questions. small image
Biography: Frederick Douglass (primary/elem)
An informative page about this famous Supreme Court Justice is followed by multiple choice questions. small image
Biography: Thurgood Marshall (primary/elem)
A bulletin board set for Black History Month, includes straight border, set of six portraits, alphabet letters and directions and suggestions. small image
Bulletin Board: Black History Month
A set of six black and white portraits of important people in black history for bulletin board use. Includes Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, George Washington Carver, Martin Luther King, Jr., Sojourner Truth and Rosa Parks. small image
Bulletin Board: Black History Month Portraits
A straight border with portraits of important people in black history for bulletin board use. Includes Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, George Washington Carver, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and Sojourner Truth. small image
Bulletin Board: Black History Month Border
A set of alphabet letters for Black History Month bulletin board use. small image
Bulletin Board: Black History Month Alphabet Letters
A set of letters spelling
Bulletin Board: Black History Month Letters
Four fun word puzzles with a Black History theme: Word Maze, Mystery Picture, Cryptogram, and Brain Teasers. Great for Black History Month vocabulary practice! small image
Black History Month: Black History Word Puzzles

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