Description
Celebrate Black History Month with this one-pager research project that invites students to explore the lives and contributions of important African American figures in history. This activity works well as a standalone assignment, enrichment task, or culminating project during a Black History Month unit.
Students combine research, writing, and creative design as they analyze the life, achievements, and historical impact of an influential figure. The one-pager format encourages critical thinking while allowing students to express their understanding visually. Completed projects make beautiful classroom displays and create eye-catching bulletin boards that highlight Black History Month.
This resource includes
Student directions for the one-pager project provided in two formats (PDF and Word document), a holistic rubric, an example one pager featuring Maya Angelou, and ten blank printable templates (optional).
Some research options include
Ruby Bridges, Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Jesse Owens, Bessie Coleman, Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Muhammad Ali, Rosa Parks, W. E. B. Du Bois, Jesse Jackson, Thurgood Marshall, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Barack Obama, Booker T. Washington, Ella Baker, Shirley Chisholm, Ida B. Wells, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., and Robert Sengstacke Abbott.