Black History Month Biography PowerPoint
Use the links below to choose an important historical figure to research. Use the checklist and rubric provided to you to create a PowerPoint about your chosen topic.
Britannica: http://school.eb.com.proxy.elm4you.org/levels/elementary
Billie Holiday: http://www.timeforkids.com/files/media/040130BP4.pdf
Ruby Bridges: http://www.timeforkids.com/files/media/140117TG2.1.pdf and picture slideshow teacher.scholastic.com/activities/ruby-bridges/ruby-bridges-for-kids.htm#slideshow – perfect for talking about “Long Ago and Today”; also http://sni.scholastic.com/SN1/02_01_14_SN1/book#/1
Patricia Bath: the article is high level, but the video at the bottom of the page is accessible for younger students http://blackinventor.com/patricia-bath/
Greensboro Four: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/sitting-down-take-stand/5426
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/spotlight-inventors/30456
York: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/stamp-york/31486 and http://montanakids.com/history_and_prehistory/lewis_and_clark/york.htm
Melba Pattillo: http://teacher.scholastic.com/barrier/hwyf/mpbstory/
Rosa Parks: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/remembering-rosa-parks/77091
Frederick Henry/Tuskegee Airmen: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/double-war/5401
George Washington Carver: http://blackinventor.com/george-washington-carver/ (The movie at the bottom is a good summary, too)
Garrett Morgan: http://blackinventor.com/garrett-morgan/
Madame C.J. Walker: http://blackinventor.com/madam-c-j-walker/
The Underground Railroad (specific people are featured in this interactive slideshow) http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/index.htm
There are lots of other black inventors featured with biographies and videos on http://blackinventor.com
Billie Holiday: http://www.timeforkids.com/files/media/040130BP4.pdf
Ruby Bridges: http://www.timeforkids.com/files/media/140117TG2.1.pdf and picture slideshow teacher.scholastic.com/activities/ruby-bridges/ruby-bridges-for-kids.htm#slideshow – perfect for talking about “Long Ago and Today”; also http://sni.scholastic.com/SN1/02_01_14_SN1/book#/1
Patricia Bath: the article is high level, but the video at the bottom of the page is accessible for younger students http://blackinventor.com/patricia-bath/
Greensboro Four: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/sitting-down-take-stand/5426
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/spotlight-inventors/30456
York: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/stamp-york/31486 and http://montanakids.com/history_and_prehistory/lewis_and_clark/york.htm
Melba Pattillo: http://teacher.scholastic.com/barrier/hwyf/mpbstory/
Rosa Parks: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/remembering-rosa-parks/77091
Frederick Henry/Tuskegee Airmen: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/double-war/5401
George Washington Carver: http://blackinventor.com/george-washington-carver/ (The movie at the bottom is a good summary, too)
Garrett Morgan: http://blackinventor.com/garrett-morgan/
Madame C.J. Walker: http://blackinventor.com/madam-c-j-walker/
The Underground Railroad (specific people are featured in this interactive slideshow) http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/index.htm
There are lots of other black inventors featured with biographies and videos on http://blackinventor.com