This Scholastic Article has a few ideas that I really like, including:
* Sharing photos of the civil rights marches
* Creating classroom sets of the game mancala to play during indoor recess
* Focusing on famous inventors
Scholastic Article
Scavenger hunt for grades 3-5 to add to choice board activities or to social studies stations or activities.
Scavenger Hunt
This would be a great website to add to your class activities for kids to learn more about The Underground Railroad
The students will read a fact or quote on the announcements each morning in honor of Black History Month: Like these:
“I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.”- Rosa Parks
Do not judge me by my successes judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” - Nelson Mandela
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do keep moving forward.”- Martin Luther King Jr.
Our kids could make a video like this one for our facebook page
Sample of Video We Could do