Making Black History Month Celebrations Include Primary Grades
Presented by: Bianca Bashor and Allison GaffordBurgess Elementary School
Horry County Schools
Our School Museum• Our museum features artifact from the history of our community
•Artifacts include: communication tools and timeline, school desks, Waccamaw Indian arrowheads and pottery, old text books, a replica post office, maps and more.
Celebrate Black History Month Obama Change Board Community Guest Speakers for each grade.
The Workstations Famous African Americans
Library Station Famous African Americans
Rubber Stamps Black History Bingo Jan Ernst Matzelinger
Invention Station Martin Luther King Jr.
Freedom Fan Ride the Bus with Rosa Parks Oprah Winfery Readers
Theater Station
Famous African Americans Library Station
Students read books from our school library about famous African Americans
Student expectations varied by student and grade level.
Teachers set expectations.
Books include:o Martin’s Big Wordso Happy Birthday,
Martin Luther King Jr.o Rosa Parkso Salt in His Shoeso Pink and Sayo Ruby Bridgeso Barack Obamao Hip Hop Speaks to
Children
Famous African American Rubber Stamp Station
Students were encouraged to find informational card for the person found on their stamp.
This activity was easily modified for different grade levels.
Black History Bingo Stamp images were also used to create a
bingo games to provide consistency from station to stations.
There was various modifications to this game to increase level of difficulty.
Jan Ernst Matzelinger Invention Station
Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Fan
Ride the Bus with Rosa Parks Church pews in the museum were used as
a model bus. Students were able to experience what it felt like to ride on the bus and to be judged based on a feature.
Puppets were provided for students to reenact the bus ride.
Oprah Winfery Readers Theatre
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