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Grades TK-2 Resources

Black History Month 2026

Please see the resources below.

 

Black History Month

Full Lessons

Black History Month Notable Figures
Malcolm X
Fannie Lou Hamer
Black History Month Grades 2-8
Black History Month Grades TK-2
Black is a Rainbow Color: Freedom Fighters Grades 1-4
Ruby Bridges Grades TK-3
Mae Among the Stars Wonders integration ideas for grades K-2.
Black History Month Bios and Collaboration Art Grades 1-5
Claudette Colvin Grades 2-3
Maya Angelou Grades 2-5

Texts

The Book Itch Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Before John was a Jazz Giant Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped John's own sound as a musician. This is an amazingly rich hymn to the childhood of jazz legend John Coltrane.
Harlem's Little Blackbird
Catching the Moon Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream' is written by Crystal Hubbard, illustrated by Randy DuBurke and read by Kevin Costner and Jillian Estell.
The Youngest Marcher By Cynthia Levinson Book about Audrey Faye Hendricks, the youngest known child to be arrested in Civil Rights Protest in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963
Look What Brown Can Do! By T. Marie Harris Multiple biographies of people with brown skin
We March By Shane W. Evans Story of the March on Washington from the perspective of the marchers.

Videos

PBS Learning Media, Black History Month (1:43) Short video about Black History Month. Ends with question "How is Black History Month Celebrated in your school or community?"
Black History Month, Who Inspires You? Nickelodeon (1:56) Short video narrated by kids relating to and honoring Black leaders-Gordon Bellamy, Elaine Welteroth, Marcus Samuelsson, Misty Copeland, and more.
Black History Song for Kids by Fyütch (3:11) Song about Black History. "Every month is Black History Month."

Additional Resources

I, Too, Am America A Langston Hughes poem that was made into a book that "speaks of the relentless courage and dignity the Pullman porters were able to show while working"

Grade Level Standards