Black History Month From Rosa Parks' Bus Seat, Printable Lessons

Complaints about why there's a Black History Month really grind me. If you have to ask, you don't get American history period. The revisionists aren't the ones teaching black history, they're the ones who wrote it out in the first place. Slavery, segregation, Jim Crow stole an entire peoples' past. Black History Month can't replace that. But it can renew the future. It can revive traditions, restore voices and reinvest in the heritage that was denied. I've always felt intense solidarity with the oppressed and marginalized. But recently, I experienced it in a new way. I sat in Rosa Parks' bus seat. Here's more on that and printable lesson plans For Black History Month, Learn Jim Crow Lessons From Rosa Parks' Bus Seat

Free Printable Black History Month Lesson Plans and Activities

Free Printable Black History Month Lesson Plans and Activities Carter G. Woodson created the idea of Black History Month in 1926, but it wasn't until 50 years later when the first February Black History Month was celebrated during the United States bicentennial. Here are free printable black history lessons. Black History Month explores the history, culture, struggles and contributions of the African diaspora (displaced or forced immigration population) in the US, Canada and UK (they observe African-American history month in October). Use these activities in your classroom or homeschool. For 2013, MLK Jr. Day falls on Jan.21 which is also President Barack Obama's Inauguration Day. Read on...

Free Printable Black History Month Lesson Plans and Activities

Carter G. Woodson created the idea of Black History Month in 1926, but it wasn't until 50 years later when the first February Black History Month was celebrated during the United States bicentennial. Here are free printable black history lessons. Click here

Free Printable Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lesson Plans and Activities

Martin Luther King Jr. the civil rights activist and minister who was martyred in the 1960's birthday is coming up on January 15. The United States remembers and celebrates his life and work on the third Monday in January. January 16 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day for 2013. It's also Inauguration Day for President Barack Obama and falls directly on MLK Jr. birthday. What a nice b-day present for this heroic man. Here are free printable lessons and activities to explore MLK Jr. Day. Click here

Free Printable Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activities

Websites with Free Printables and Resources for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday, January 18 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2010. Use these free printable resources and activities in your classroom, homeschool or family. Find free resources for your study and observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Read More

Free Printable Martin Luther King Jr. Activities

Websites with Free Printables and Resources for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Find free resources for your study and observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This U.S. holiday is observed on Dr. King's birthday in January. View more...