Brookwood District #167 | Celebrating Black History Month | 2021

brookwood district #167 celebrating black history month

201 East Glenwood-Dyer Road

708.758.5190

Glenwood, IL 60425

708.757.2104 (fax)

info@brookwood167.org

Bethany A. Lindsay, Superintendent

Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current Vice President of the United States. She is the United States’ first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – Harriet Tubman

“The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery’s buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence of the Montgomery movement; one elderly woman summed it up for the rest.

When asked after several weeks of walking whether she was tired, she answered: ‘My feet is tired, but my soul is at rest.’”

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us.

When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

ACHIEVEMENT a thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill.

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality…. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

“If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.”

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

CONTENTS Harold Lee Washington was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago.

Washington

became

the first African American to be elected as the city’s mayor in April 1983.

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Hickory Bend School (HB) - Black History Month Activities

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Longwood School (LWS) - Black History Month Activities

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Brookwood Middle School (BMS) - Black History Month Activities

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Brookwood Junior High School (BJHS) - Black History Month Activities

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-- ALL SCHOOLS -Online Assembly | WILMA RUDOLPH: Olympic Champion (Presented by Historical Perspectives)

“Never underestimate the power of dreams.

The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”

This is Wilma's final quote in the program and the theme throughout. This will complement Black History, diversity, inclusion, disability awareness, character education, biographies and more.

This is a full-life, pre-recorded, 45-minute performance (with captioning) for grades K-8 and includes slides, sound effects, voiceover, and questions with the playwright. “WILMA” will be easily accessible for each student or classroom via a link and password for our entire school day.

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HICKORY BEND (HB) Kindergarten Black History Month Activities Focus We will focus on different people each Tuesday/Thursday during PATHS time. We will introduce the person and explain who they are and why they are important. We will use images, stories, songs, etc.

At the end of the month, we will have students participate in a Flipgrid project where they will dress as a recognizable person and give 3 clues about their character.

Daily Mini-Lesson: Who is it? <game> Visit the website: https://bit.ly/3iNrTcN

SCHEDULE Wednesday, February 24th @ 1:15 P.M. Virtual Dancers “South Chicago Dance Company”

Week of February 1-5

Week of February 8-12

Rosa Parks

President Barack Obama

Ruby Bridges

Maya Angelou (read poem at inauguration for Bill Clinton)

Week of February 16-19

Week of February 22-26

Jackie Robinson

Louis Armstrong

Michael Jordan

Will Smith

Venus/Serena Williams

Oprah

OUR VISION

OUR MISSION

Our overall vision is to improve the achievement of all students, regardless of race, socio-economic status, gender, or ability levels (disabilities).

“Prejudice

is

a

burden

that

confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” —Maya Angelou

Brookwood School District 167, in partnership with parents and community, will create a learning environment in which all students excel at becoming lifelong learners and decision makers.

First Grade Black History Month Activities The First Grade Team will be doing the following during February to focus on Black History...

-George

Washington Carver How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,

compassionate

with

the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of

-George Washington Carver

the weak and strong. Because

â&#x20AC;&#x153;No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.â&#x20AC;?

someday in your life you will have been all of these.

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Black History Read Alouds

Black History Reading Comprehension Passages

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Interactive Question and Response Activities

Showing Black History Videos

Second Grade Black History Month Activities

For The Month Of February, the 2nd grade team has decided to focus on African-American culture and African-American inventors.

Every week, we will take one virtual field trip to a different museum that focuses on AfricanAmerican history and culture. Later in that same week, we will discuss one inventor during class time and provide our students a project to do at home with their families. We will highlight projects at the end of each week.

For the last week of February, we will challenge our students to make their own invention. We plan to model the thinking and planning process through use of a graphic organizer which we will provide them a copy of electronically.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.

And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Michelle Obama

Third Grade Black History Month Activities Students will be shown various educational videos about important and influential African American leaders. We will also be incorporating reading comprehension passages that integrate comprehension strategies/skills that we’re currently learning and working on in our classrooms. Collaborative discussions; breakout sessions that encourage higher level thinking and real-world connections will be used daily. Ms. Howze will be contributing by choosing read alouds to share with our students. We will be using Chapter 5 lesson 3 “Taking Actions for Our Rights” in our Social Studies books to begin our unit.

Nearpod Daily mini lessons on historical African Americans: George Washington Carver, Jesse Owens, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington

Nearpod Holiday spot light for MLK day - Includes virtual tour of MLK monuments and sites dedicated to him.

Nearpod Who was Harriet Tubman - includes virtual field trip to understand her life and legacy: her childhood home - Brodess farm, the Stanley Institute, and a statue dedicated to her in Boston

Epic Students will research using Epic and create a Nearpod slide on an important African American figure.

Interactive Virtual Activities Using Nearpod and/or Google Slide

Fourth Grade Black History Month Activities SCHEDULE January 19-22 “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

Mariya Russell, Chicago Chef Makes History as First Black Woman Awarded Michelin Star.

Students will put together a presentation via a Google Doc Students will listen to the story, “Martin’s Big Words” and will summarize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream for our country.

Students will also showcase their favorite quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

February 1-5 “Research a Famous African American” Students will work on completing an informative paragraph on a famous African American of their choice.

Students will select from the list of options featured on ducksters.com, biography. com, and infoplease.com Students will look for three important facts/details regarding their person.

Students will work on completing a strong topic sentence and concluding sentence.

Students will also find a picture of their person and will also look for an inspirational quote from their person. They will find their quote on Brainyquote.com.

Fourth Grade Black History Month Activities February 8-12 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Civil Rights Past To Presentâ&#x20AC;?

Students will participate in article discussion, listen to read aloud books, and participate in virtual field trips. The culminating activity for this week, is for students to come up with their own Civil Rights protest sign, about a Civil Rights issue they feel strongly about.

Students will understand how the Civil Rights emerged through a video presentation.

History Of The Civil Rights Movement | A Video Presentation Students will participate in many discussions and will continue to work on their own Civil Rights protest signs throughout the week.

February 8-12 “Civil Rights Past To Present” Students will listen to the read aloud of “The Story of Ruby Bridges” Students will understand how the Civil Rights emerged through a video presentation.

A Journey Through The Civil Rights Movement - A Video Presentation Students will learn about the Black Panther Party via a video. Students will participate in a K-W-L before, during, and after the video.

The Black Panther Party | A Video Presentation

February 8-12 “Civil Rights Past To Present” Students will compare and contrast the Civil Rights Movement from the 1960s to the Racial Reckoning of today. Students will revisit what prompted the BLM protests all over the country in the Summer of 2020 by reading and discussing this article presented on Kids Britannica.

2020 is not 1968: To understand today’s protests, you must look further back - A Video Presentation Students will use the pictures presented in this article to look at the similarities from the past to today’s protests.

Through Pictures

February 16-19 “Significant And Historical Figures” During this week, students will learn about other famous African Americans, such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Marian Anderson, The Nicholas Brothers, Sammy Davis Jr., Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Jesse Owens, Wilma Rudolph, Sidney Poitier, Thurgood Marshall, Mary Mcleod Bethune, and Shirley Chisholm.

Students will learn about and discuss these prominent figures in African American History, by listening to compositions, oral recitals, speeches, watching videos, reading articles, and answering comprehension questions about them.

February 22-26 “Timeline Of Significant Events In Black History” Students will work on constructing a timeline of significant events in Black History.

Students can select any events that they like, but they have to explain why they chose that event. Students will present their timelines at the end of the week.

I would like students to create these timelines on construction paper, or printer paper at home. They will also draw illustrations to go along with their events.

African Endentured Servants Brought to Jamestown, VA, 1619 - A Dutch ship brings 20 African indentured servants to the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia.

Declaration of Independence, 1776

Fourth Grade Black History Month Activities

Students will also dress up as an influential person from Black History on February 26th.

Daily Biography Shorts (Morning Time) | Biographies

February 1 “Eight (8) MLK Jr. Values To Instill In Your Kids” We will go over eight (8) values in class and students will choose one (1) to write about. I will form groups based on who chose what value (faith, equality, etc.).

MLK Jr. Values Writing Assignment - Values To Instill...

February 2-12 (One (1)/per day) “Read Alouds And Reflection Discussions” Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers, Red Dancing Shoes by Denise Louis Patrick, Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, Seeds of Freedom by Hester Bass, Emmanuel’s Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson, Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue, Gordon Parks by Carole Boston Weatherford, A Storm Called Katrina by Myron Uhlberg, Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall.

“Gee’s Bend Quilt Making Activity”

Quilting In Gee’s Bend | This Is Alabama - A Video Presentation

“Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers”

Souls Grown Deep - A Video Presentation Each student colors one quilt square (piece of paper) and when we all finish, they hold them up to the screen and take a picture.

February 16-26 Black History Month Research Project (based on Ducksters website from Biography shorts section) Students will list important accomplishments, dates, occurrences in the lives of African Americans in a Google Slide presentation.

Project will start February 16th and we will present the 25th and 26th.

Fourth Grade Black History Month Activities STEM will be doing some really cool things for Black History!! The students will be highlighting some of the STEM advancements made by African Americans over the past few decades such as: Coding Champion - Kimberly Bryant, Social Engineer - Kathryn Finney, Video Game Innovator - Jerry Lawson, Inventor of 3D images - Valerie Thompson, User-Friendly Computing Engineer - Mark Dean.

Some of these names and occupations are unfamiliar to our students, so we would like to expand their horizons by sharing spotlight information about these amazing contributors.

Students will be given the option to do more research on the above mentioned people or professions, along with writing letters to these individuals to find out what inspired them and how they began their journey to something great.

The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren’t worth anything. But our parents said it wasn’t so, and our churches and our schoolteachers said it wasn’t so. They believed in us, and we, therefore, Kimberly Bryant founded Black Girls Code, a training course that teaches basic programming concepts to black girls who are underrepresented in technology careers.

believed in ourselves. – Marian Wright Edelman

The students can also pick from some of the following activities to learn more...

Create a short movie honoring a Black History Month story in scene from a story.

Read a recipe and create African food for themselves and family.

Create a Black History Month quilt with meaning and purpose.

Create a collage using Google Drawing to represent impactful leader of the past and present.

Celebrate inventors by coming up with an invention.

Young students can learn about Garret Morgan, inventor of the traffic light; make a traffic light snack with graham crackers and M & M’s and play the game Red Light, Green Light.

Older students can learn about inventors and turn their story into a poem or a song using major points from specific African American inventors’ lives.

Learn about George Washington Carver and create a tutorial video on how to create homemade peanut butter.

Gerald Anderson “Jerry” Lawson, the “Father of Modern Gaming”

offer book readings for all levels with stories from the past and present that can be read to them or that the students can read.

This List... along with more, will be turned into an interactive choice board, with easy to navigate links that will allow students to share their thinking and work in a virtual format that will allow us to give continued feedback (i.e. Google Classroom and Flipgrid).

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LONGWOOD SCHOOL (LWS) Kindergarten Black History Month Activities The Kindergarten team has a daily calendar of events. Each day they have scheduled either biography, historical event, song, or poem related to Black History.

Wednesday, February 24th @ 1:15 P.M. Virtual Dancers “South Chicago Dance Company”

Never

be

limited

by

other

people’s

limited

imaginations. If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won’t exist because you’ll have already shut it out…You can hear other people’s wisdom, but you’ve got to re-evaluate the world for yourself.

– Mae Jemison

OUR VISION Our overall vision is to improve the achievement of all students, regardless of race, socio-economic status, gender, or ability levels (disabilities).

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

– Lena Horne

OUR MISSION Brookwood School District 167, in partnership with parents and community, will create a learning environment in which all students excel at becoming lifelong learners and decision makers.

First Grade Black History Month Activities For Black History Month, the First-Grade...

-W.E.B.

Du Bois

“Be honest, frank and fearless and get some grasp of the real values of life… Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.” - W.E.B. Du Bois

Whether you like it or not the millions are here, and here they will remain. If you do not lift them up, they will pull you down.

Education must not simply teach work – it must teach life.

team is booking multiple influential African-American visitors with various professionals coming to talk and do activities with the students. We have already reached out to a few people (an artist and an athlete).

We have also sent out a message to families in our class DOJO to see if our families know anyone to invite and share.

Second Grade Black History Month Activities

For The Month Of February...

The second-grade team has a virtual Black History Museum on Google Classroom. The students will visit the museum and recording notes in their Black History Notebooks. The students will present their virtual field trip findings with their peers.

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence.

We should, therefore, protest openly everythingâ&#x20AC;Ś that smacks of discrimination or slander. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mary McLeod Bethune

Third Grade Black History Month Activities “’We, the people.’ It is a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787 I was not included in that “We, the people.”

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation and court decision I have finally been included in ‘We, the people.’”

—Barbara Jordan

Virtual Field trip to a museum that features African American contributions.

Students choose a notable African-American person from the book “Young, Gifted and Black” or other resources to research their biography. They will then give a report describing the person’s accomplishments by providing a visual presentation Flipgrid.

Read books on various African Americans and their accomplishments from the Virtual African American Library.

Fourth Grade Black History Month Activities SCHEDULE January 19-22 “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

Dr. William F. “Bill” Tate IV is the Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina (from Chicago)

Students will put together a presentation via a Google Doc Students will listen to the story, “Martin’s Big Words” and will summarize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream for our country.

Students will also showcase their favorite quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

February 1-5 “Research a Famous African American” Students will work on completing an informative paragraph on a famous African American of their choice.

Students will select from the list of options featured on ducksters.com, biography. com, and infoplease.com Students will look for three important facts/details regarding their person.

Students will work on completing a strong topic sentence and concluding sentence.

Students will also find a picture of their person and will also look for an inspirational quote from their person. They will find their quote on Brainyquote.com.

Fourth Grade Black History Month Activities

Daily Biography Shorts (Morning Time) | Biographies

“Eight (8) MLK Jr. Values To Instill In Your Kids” We will go over eight (8) values in class and students will choose one (1) to write about. I will form groups based on who chose what value (faith, equality, etc.).

MLK Jr. Values Writing Assignment - Values To Instill...

February 2-12 (One (1)/per day) “Read Alouds And Reflection Discussions” Africa is my Home by Monica Edinger, The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, Have you Thanked an Inventor Today by Patrice McLaurin, Emmanuel’s Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson, Hidden Figures

by Margot Lee Shetterly, Gordon Parks by Carole Boston Weatherford, Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman, Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall.

“Gee’s Bend Quilt Making Activity”

Quilting In Gee’s Bend | This Is Alabama - A Video Presentation

“Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers”

Souls Grown Deep - A Video Presentation Each student colors one quilt square (piece of paper) and when we all finish, they hold them up to the screen and take a picture.

February 16-26 Black History Month Research Project (based on Ducksters website from Biography shorts section) Students will list important accomplishments, dates, occurrences in the lives of African Americans in a Google Slide presentation.

Project will start February 16th and we will present the 25th and 26th.

Music We have materials to add to the choice board for asynchronous music time including short YouTube clips, interactive Black History songs, and websites.

- Bob Marley - Bio Smart Lesson

- Black History Rondo Rap

- Harriet Tubman/Underground Railroad

- Nat Turner

- Frederick Douglas

- Rosa Parks

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

- Barack Obama

- Martin Luther King Song

- Follow the Drinking Gourd

- Stevie Wonder - Smart Lesson Bio

Physical Education Every day I am going to highlight one or two different famous Chicago athletes from a sports team.

Whatever athletes I choose, I will give background on that individual, and then we will do other warm ups and exercises relating to the sport they play. Let me know what you think or if you have any questions.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL (BMS) 5/6 Grade Black History Month Activities Planned Theme: Hidden Figures of Black History A to Z

Wednesday, February 24th @ 1:15 P.M. Virtual Dancers “South Chicago Dance Company”

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of that tapestry are equal in value no matter their color. –Maya Angelou

OUR VISION Our overall vision is to improve the achievement of all students, regardless of race, socio-economic status, gender, or ability levels (disabilities).

Whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free . . . your true self comes out. –Tina Turner

OUR MISSION Brookwood School District 167, in partnership with parents and community, will create a learning environment in which all students excel at becoming lifelong learners and decision makers.

BLACK HISTORY (A - Z)

Mae Carol Jemison is an American Engineer, Physician, and former NASA Astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space.

“Someone You Should Know” Principal and Asst. Principal will do a daily “Someone you Should know” via Google Classroom.

Each will be themes in either Children in Black History, Hidden Figures in Sports, the arts and entertainment, Hidden Figures in Civil Rights, Hidden Figures in Science, Medicine, Inventions, Media, etc.

Each Friday we will do an all school Kahoot Game or Gymkit Game.

Each Homeroom will be assigned 2-3 letters of the alphabet for their class to focus on and put together a 3-5 minute presentation. The presentations will all be pulled into a whole school presentation to be played at the end of the month.

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare.

Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.

Impossible is nothing.” —Muhammad Ali

Sneak Peeks and Trailers will be made to share in morning announcements to encourage excitement for the upcoming month’s activities.

We are also looking to have students participate in weekly or bi-weekly virtual field trips.

Our staff also has the links to additional resources that was shared by the Curriculum Director. Each week one of the resources will be featured in the WAAG to give teachers a quick overview of what they can find and use throughout the weeks ahead.

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether it’s proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing. —Michael Jordan

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JUNIOR HIGH (BJHS) “Morning Announcements” Every morning in February during the morning announcements, we will be sharing daily Black History Facts with students and parents.

Living In The Moment!

“Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.”

–Oprah Winfrey

“Family Activities” February 24th - BJHS Black History Family Trivia Night 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

February 25th @ 7:00 p.m. Black History Month Virtual Concert: “Preserving and Persevering” recognizes that one of the most underappreciated contributions to American music is the African Sound and Spirit.

CCC’s 2021 Black History Month concert explores how the power of Black music has been the cultural key in both preserving African traditions in America and in helping millions persevere in the face of racial injustice. Join us for a dynamic virtual educational program and performance exploring music’s role for Black Americans in maintaining a sense of community in the United States. All are invited to tune in to the free livestream on Facebook and YouTube channels on Thursday, February 25th at 7:00 P.M. (CT).

I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don’t mind the failure but I can’t imagine that I’d forgive myself if I didn’t try.

Wednesday, February 24th @ 1:15 P.M.

–Nikki Giovanni

Virtual Dancers “South Chicago Dance Company”

In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

–Michael Jackson

OUR VISION Our overall vision is to improve the achievement of all students, regardless of race, socio-economic status, gender, or ability levels (disabilities).

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. –Audre Lorde

OUR MISSION Brookwood School District 167, in partnership with parents and community, will create a learning environment in which all students excel at becoming lifelong learners and decision makers.

ELA “8th Grade ELA” Intro to Civil Rights Movement Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Claudette Colvin (1955) Emmett Till (1955) Little Rock Nine (1957) primary sources, videos Greensboro Sit-Ins (1960) 16th Street Church Bombings, Excerpt from Watsons Go to Birmingham (1963) Civil Rights Act of 1964

“7th Grade ELA Activities” “I Am” Poem - Discussion of Identity Peer Review, “I Am” Poem - 2nd Draft Review of identities listed in poems Peer Review of final drafts Memoir Writing “My Family.”

History, present, FUTURE, Black History - Article, discussion, and collaboration Google Form - Black Authors, Black Stories

“8th Grade Students Will Learn About...”

Kobe Bryant’s “Dear Basketball” PowerPoint about Kobe Bryant Personification Dear Basketball Dear ____________ Poems Maya Angelou Powerpoint-Caged Bird Jesse Owens Reading and Activity MLK Reading and Activity Rosa Parks Reading and Activity Ruby Bridges Reading and Activity Langston Hughes Powerpoint - I Too Sing America Alliteration - Alliteration Poems, Imagery - Imagery Poems Paul Laurance Dunbar - Sympathy, Metaphor - Metaphor Poems

“Reading Intervention Activities”

Black History, Racism And Protest - A Heroic Life

Students Remember King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech - The Sky’s The Limit!

7/8 Grade Black History Month Activities “Reading Intervention Activities”

Sitting Down To Take A Stand - Black History Facts

“Data Collection” Find ten (10) events of your choice and enter the details in a chart Choose one of the following websites to find information to create your timeline - Key Moments in Black History - Famous Firsts by African Americans | Website: https://bit.ly/36kvU3j

Math “Math Intervention Students Will Research And Learn About...”

Benjamin Banneker, Jesse Ernest Wilkins, Marjorie Lee Brown, Charles Lewis Reason Kahoot Activity - Famous Black Mathematicians

“Career Connection” Part of our mission involves highlighting the successes of underrepresented groups in STEM careers.

Alicia Boler Davis, an Engineer and Executive at General Motors (GM), is a perfect example. She supervises 165,000 employees and the production of more than 9 million vehicles each year worldwide.

We interviewed her in an inspiring video and Q&A on what it is like to be an auto engineer. For a Science Connection, we asked students to design a robot.

Updated: Alicia Boler Davis Becomes Amazon’s First Black Woman Senior Vice President As part of the renewed efforts for more inclusivity in the company, Alicia Boler Davis has been appointed as Amazon’s Senior Vice President of Global Customer Fulfillment. She is the first Black woman to become a Senior Vice President in the company’s 26-year history.

Science “Students Will Keep A Science Journal...”

Students will keep a science journal to discover different African American Scientists.

Alice Ball, Patricia Bath, Herman Branson, George Carruthers, Emmett Chappelle, Margaret Collins, Charles Turner, Marie Daly, Mark Dean, Charles Richard Drew, Mae Jemison, Guionn Bluford, Lonnie G. Johnson, Percy Julian, Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Gladys West, and J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.

Social studies History of events in timeline format: Slave Trade, Breakdown of the origin and format of slave hierarchy and retaliation History of events: Jim Crow Laws, Share Cropping, Booker T vs. Du Bois, etc.

Research Project: Individual coverage for selected individuals both present and past Poems for what BHM means to students with additional visuals of what it means Kingdoms of Africa - Interactive Map | Virtual Field Trip - DuSable Museum Atlantic Slave Trade - Timeline Activity Du Bois vs. Washington - Quotes and Comparison Brayard Rustin - Biography Negro League - Baseball Museum Virtual Field Trip Obama 2004 - Speech Analysis Stacy Abrams - Biography and Qs Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture n2y library book: Black History Month: Chapter 1: End of Slavery Black History 101 Internet Hunt Mississippi Civil Rights Museum History Education World: Matty Pattillo & Ruby Bridges Education World: A Black History Treasure Hunt FLIP GRID: “I Have A Dream!”

FLIP GRID: Civil Rights Movement BrainPop: Maya Angelou Education World: Rosa Parks changed the Rules Education World: Black Education Rap FLIP GRID: Martin’s Big Words BrainPop: Muhammad Ali BrainPop: Louis Armstrong Education World: The African American population in US BrainPop: Barack Obama FLIP GRID: Dr. MLK, A Non Violent Leader

Music “Students will be learning about Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Musical Families” Miles Davis: From Illinois to the World BIPOC Musicians: Why are They Essential?

BIPOC Families: What Does it Look Like in your Future Household?

My Music Matters Artist Chat w/ Eric Roberson My Music Matters Artist Chat w/ Paul Kwame, director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers & Performance Alvin Ailey Online Exhibit & Performance of “Revelations” at Lincoln Center Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City Online Exhibit From Nothing to Something w/ Lucius “Spoonman” Talley From Nothing to Something: Rhythm & Drums ft. Derrick Greene From Nothing to Something: Lyrics ft. Tia Smedley The History of African American Social Dance Scott Joplin - Informational Text and About Me Board Scott Joplin - Pear Deck and Pinterest Board Scott Joplin - Listening Activity & Short Story W. C. Handy - Informational Text and About Me Board W. C. Handy - Pear Deck and Pinterest Board W. C. Handy - Listening Activity & Persuasion Activity William Grant Still - Informational Text and About Me Board William Grant Still - Pear Deck and Pinterest Board William Grant Still - Listening Activity & Short Story Duke Ellington - Informational Text and About Me Board Duke Ellington - Pear Deck and Pinterest Board Duke Ellington - Listening Activity & Persuasion Activity

Art “Students Will The Learn The Facts About The Beginning Of Black History Month” How to use Google draw tools to create, poster-type artwork I Have A Dream: What is yours? Influenced by Dr. Martin Luther King I Have A Dream, poster design I Have A Dream Reflection Famous African American Portraits - Alma Thomas, Artist Torn paper portraits - Famous African Portraits Coloring pages for those unable to use paper Torn paper reflection Puzzle: African American people word search/crossword What makes a family? Study of family photos: National Museum of African American History Family mark in timehand prints creation Michael Jackson: A Family of Music Banjo Lesson, discussion Create a Family Tree: photo and dates or family collage Clementine Hunter, Church Ladies Create a place of importance for your family-image Clementine Hunter completion and reflection Lorna Simpson, female artist “Hair Images” Lorna Simpson creations Faith Ringgold, quilt squares or Children’s Book title and cover design Faith Ringgold/Book Cover project Nina Chanel Abney’s art video

P.E. “All students will start with Daily Bellwork: Highlight Black Athletes in the beginning of class” - Bill Russel

- Laila Ali

- LeBron James

- Serena Williams

- Muhammad Ali

- Wilma Rudolph

- Herschel Walker

- Althea Gibson

- Michael Jordan

- Gabby Douglas

- Colin Kaepernick - Jackie Joyner Kersee

- Kobe Bryant

- Jackie Robinson - Jesse Owens

- Tiger Woods

- Debi Thomas

- Simone Biles

- Ma Alice Coachmen

- Magic Johnson

Spanish “Students Taking Spanish Will Study And Learn About...”

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brookwood district #167

200 East Glenwood-Lansing Road

201 East Glenwood-Lansing Road

Glenwood, IL 60425

Glenwood, IL 60425

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-- ALL SCHOOLS -Online Assembly | WILMA RUDOLPH: Olympic Champion (Presented by Historical Perspectives)

“Never underestimate the power of dreams.

The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”

This is Wilma's final quote in the program and the theme throughout. This will complement Black History, diversity, inclusion, disability awareness, character education, biographies and more.

- WILMA Was the 20th of 22 children, born in the South in the 1940s to strong, caring parents Contracted polio as a little girl, eventually overcoming its paralyzing effects on her left leg by age 12 Struggled academically at first but learned to believe in her abilities and try her best at whatever she did Overcame poverty and discrimination to become the first in her family to graduate from college Became the first woman in the US to win three gold medals in the Olympics in track (1960) Coached and mentored young people throughout the US, encouraging them to “be and do their best!”

This is a full-life, pre-recorded, 45-minute performance (with captioning) for grades K-8 and includes slides, sound effects, voiceover, and questions with the playwright. “WILMA” will be easily accessible for each student or classroom via a link and password for our entire school day.

brookwood district #167 celebrating black history month

Bethany A. Lindsay, Superintendent

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