Each year during Black History Month, I search high and low for resources that will help me teach my kids about their culture and history. Although we talk about it often in our home, there’s just nothing quite like reading an account of our forefathers’ struggles and successes, watching a video, then creating a lapbook about it all. These kinds of hands-on activities make learning about our heritage come alive for us.
After a few years of scouring the web for ideas, I’ve finally found a few tested, tried, and true Black History Month resources that actually work for us. Among these resources are printables, documentaries, video and audio clips, apps, and curriculum.
If you are looking for some ideas about what to teach your kids during Black History Month this year, you should have a nice jump-start with fresh ideas for bringing Black History Month resources into your homeschool.
TV Series and Documentaries
Here are interviews and historical footage, documenting the lives of African Americans.
- Ted Talks to celebrate Black History Month
- Eyes on the Prize
- Many Rivers to Cross
- America: The Story of Us
- Blacks in Latin America
- The Legacy of President Obama
Worksheets & Printables
- Black History Month worksheets at Education.com
- Black History Word Search Game
- Black History Month Famous First Printables
- George Washington Carver coloring and activity book
- ABC Teach
- Coloring Book of Prominent African Americans
- Black History Month Printables
Lists with Focus on Black Inventors
Book Selection Recommendations for Black History Month
Educational Audio and Video Clips
- Teacher Vision- Martin Luther King videos and activities
- Slavery and the Civil War videos and activities
- Frederick Douglass Video
- Wilt Chamberlain Video
- Quincy Jones video
- Rosa Parks video
- Harriet Tubman biography video
- Harlem Renaissance video for kids
- Madame CJ Walker video
- Civil Rights movement video for kids
- The ABC’s of Black inventors – a Children’s Guide
- The ABC’s of Black History – a Children’s Guide
- Black History Month by Reed College
Apps & Online Games
Curriculum + Online Learning Resources
- A Blessed Heritage Educational Resources by Belinda Bullard
- Flocabulary Civil Rights Movement lesson plan, songs and videos
- Black History Month theme units and lessons
- National Education Association
- Celebrate African American heritage
- A Preschool Black History Theme
- Timeline and Resources
- Black history in America – Culture and Change
- Literature Based Unit studies on African American History
Museums
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- A list of museums focused on African American Culture
So, there you go – 45 resources to help you uncover much of the history of African Americans.
I hope this is super helpful to you in planning your black history month resources this February. Let us know if you use any of these materials, and how it’s working for you!
This is a needed teaching tool for all students. We at Solid Rock Christian Fellowship Baptist Church could definitely use All levels. We try to introduce our young people to who they are.