Brookwood District #167 | Celebrating Black History Month | 2024

brookwood district #167 celebrating black history month 201 East Glenwood-Dyer Road Glenwood, IL 60425 708.758.5190 708.757.2104 (fax)

info@brookwood167.org

Bethany A. Lindsay, Superintendent

Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett | is the lead scientist on the team that developed the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. She previously had six (6) years’ experience studying the spike proteins of other coronaviruses like SARS and MERS which led her and her team to design the vaccine within two (2) days of the novel coronavirus being discovered.

“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.’”

—Dr. 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.” –Dr. 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.”

—Dr. 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.”

–Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

CONTENTS Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults.

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

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

We are the change that we seek.”

–Barack Obama

-John Lewis “If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.”

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Kindergarten | Black History Month Activities Focus Kindergarten will focus on two (2) different African Americans per week.

We will introduce each person and explain who they are and why they are important. We will use images, stories, songs, poems, etc.

We will also participate in some crafts, writing activities, and in-class projects.

Ronisha Penner, Principal 600 E. 191st Place Glenwood, Il 60425 (708) 758 4520

Tree of Knowledge -Dion Pollard

TIMELINE

Week of February 5-9

Week of February 12-16

George Washington Carver

Harriet Tubman

Garrett Morgan

Rosa Parks

Week of February 19-23

Week of February 26-29

Ruby Bridges

Jackie Robinson

Barack Obama

Venus / Serena Williams

OUR VISION

OUR MISSION

Our overall vision is to improve the achievement of

Brookwood School District 167, in partnership

all students, regardless of race, socio-economic

with parents and community, will create a

status, gender, or ability levels (disabilities).

learning environment in which all students excel at becoming lifelong learners and decision makers.

“Prejudice

is

a

burden

that

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

First Grade | Black History Month Activities

Quilt

Project:

Work

collaboratively

-George Washington Carver

throughout the month to create a quilt of

“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.”

history. The final project will be displayed in the hallway for all to celebrate.

We will focus on the following character traits:

We will read comprehension passages, create artwork, view videos, and enjoy read-alouds to study

perseverance,

bravery,

friendship,

leadership, equality,

loyalty,

freedom,

peace, helpfulness, sharing, caring, and love.

the following people: - Thurgood Marshall

- Rosa Parks

- Frederick Douglass

- Rita Dove

- Ray Charles

- Ruby Bridges

- Barack Obama

- Maya Angelou

- Oprah Winfrey

- Louis Armstrong - Kobe Bryant

- Kamala Harris

- Prince - George Washington Carver - Katherine Johnson - Booker T. Washington - Michael Jordan - Duke Ellington - Serena Williams - Langston Hughes - Sarah Breedlove - Amanda Gorman - Sojourner Truth - Jackie Robinson - Harriet Tubman

- Jesse Owens

- Mary Jackson

- Muhammad Ali

- Jacob Lawrence - Simone Biles

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

- Shirley Chisholm

- Dorothy Vaughan

- John Lewis

- Faith Ringgold

Second Grade | Black History Month Activities

Ruby Bridges

For The Month Of February •

Daily inspirational quotes focused on African American History

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Research and Report on Famous African American Heroes - Capture our work in a Google Slides presentation

Week of February 1-9 •

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s - “I Have A Dream” Art Project

Week of February 12-23 •

Ruby Bridges - Rainbow Craft Project & The Ruby Bridges Movie

“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 don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.”

–Michelle Obama

Third Grade | Black History Month Activities Getting to Know African American History •

3rd Grade will explore important African American historical figures daily through the expansive use of technology.

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Beginning January 22nd and continuing through February, we will use YouTube, Google Slides, virtual field trips, and other technology avenues to explore history and create our presentations.

Jauuary 22nd - February •

Kickoff - ABC’s of Black History (

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Explain the research project - choose people - hand out information

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Complete Inspiring African American research at home - (Due February 12th)

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Create a Google Slide of Inspiring African American

Daily - Inspiring African American Resources •

Someone You Should Know (

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Black History Month Slides (

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Post To Google Classroom •

Virtual Field Trip to Black History Museums (

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Fourth Grade | Black History Month Activities

Since the early part of the 1900s, the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama have narrated and re-written their lives through the creation of quilts. Gee’s Bend (also known as Boykin) is a small, rural, predominantly African-American community in Wilcox County, Alabama.

Gee’s Bend Quilt Making (Art & Social Studies) •

Quilt-Making in Gee’s Bend (

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The teacher will cut printer paper (colors) into squares. The students will color a square in a pattern like the Gee’s Bend quilts. Squares will be combined to make a class (or grade level) quilt. *We will make a class quilt and combine it into one complete grade-level quilt to display outside the classrooms.

Important Features Research Project (ELA & Social Studies) •

Biography - African Americans (

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Students are to do independent research on a specific figure, creating either a Google Doc or posterboard of their findings.

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Fourth Grade | Black History Month Activities Art Book Read Aloud: Gordon Parks •

Art Book Read Aloud: Gordon Parks (

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Discuss the importance of capturing the moment in tumultuous times.

Black History Virtual Tour AAHM - Springfield & Central Illinois African American History Museum •

Black History Virtual Tour (

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Flocabulary Videos •

Prominent Black History Month Figures (

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Flocabulary is a learning program for all grades that uses Educational hip-hop music to engage students and increase achievement across the curriculum.

Raz-Kids Assignments •

Readings on Historial Black Figures (

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Raz-Kids delivers hundreds of interactive, leveled eBooks spanning twenty-nine (29) levels · 400+ eBooks that students can listen to, read, and even record.

Fourth Grade | Black History Month Activities Epic Books •

Students have a wide variety of books to choose from to celebrate Black History Month (sports figures, musicians, authors, poets, historical events) (

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Additional Assignments •

The Drinking Gourd Reader’s Theatre

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Ruby Bridges Digital Biography

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Rosa Parks Q&A and Write-On!

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Black History Month Google Slides

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Uncovering Hidden Figures Project

-Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington “You’ve got to find some way of saying it without saying it.”

Black History Month Activities MUSIC

Each grade level in music class will participate in Black History music activities to help the students gain knowledge, understanding, and appreciation for this rich heritage and its contribution to the musical growth in our nation, and to the world.

Black History Month Activities “After emancipation, African Americans gradually had more freedom to gather, play music, and dance on their own.”

First Grade/Kindergarten •

The kindergarten and first-grade classes will learn about the history of African American music from a children’s text titled “Let’s Get the Rhythm of the Band.” They will learn about this music from its origins to the modern day. The students are very excited to play the African drums we have in music class!

Second Grade •

The second-grade classes will study the history of jazz music through a Jazz children’s series created and narrated by the great African American trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

Third Grade •

The third-grade classes will work on a mini-musical about famous African American musicians. This musical includes songs and information about Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald. While learning about these famous musicians, the students will also be learning about the styles of music these musicians helped to create and enhance. These styles include Ragtime, Jazz, and Swing, and we will discuss a type of singing called “Scat Singing.”

Fourth Grade •

The fourth-grade students are being assigned a famous African American musician that they will research in class and give a presentation to the class about their musician. The class will also get to watch a performance by each musician.

Black History Month Activities PHYSICAL EDUCATION (P.E.) Every class will warm-up with a fun way to celebrate Black History Month.

Week 1 Movement through Dance with Jack Hartmann

Week 2 Real Hero Bingo Cardio

Week 3 This or That - Black History Month Edition

Week 4 Black History Yoga Freeze Dance

Black History Month Activities STEAM

Kindergarten Black History Art Project Change Sings | Torn Paper Collage Objective: I can create art with texture.

First Grade Jean Michel Basquiat Inspired Portrait Drawing Objective: I can use a variety of art making techniques.

Read Aloud: Radiant Child

Black History Month Activities Second Grade Students will be introduced to Alma

Woodsey

Thomas

“African American painter Alma Woodsey Thomas

and

is known for her mosaic-like paintings”

we will look at some of her art together.

Objective: I can recognize some elements of art in artwork that I see.

Read Aloud: Ablaze With Color

Third Grade

Read Aloud: Martin’s Big Words

MLK Portrait Objective: I can use lines to create unity in my art work.

Fourth Grade Freedom

Quilt

Collaborative

Project Objective: I can create patterns in art by using concentric shapes.

Read Aloud: The Patchwork Path

Black History Month Activities Wednesday, February 21st

Bottle Buddies Choose a famous African-American to learn about and create a Bottle Buddy to introduce to your classmates!

Rosa Parks

President Barack Oboma

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Honorable Thurgood Marshall

February 25th - February 29th

FlipGrip Facts...

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 three (3) clues about who they are.

LONGWOOD SCHOOL (LWS)

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Family Event!

Black History Month Celebration!

Carnisha Mayze, Principal 441 Longwood Drive Glenwood, Il 60425 (708) 757 2100

– Bisa Butler, is an American “Fiber Artist“ who has created a new genre of quilting that has transformed the medium.

“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 MISSION

Our overall vision is to improve the achievement of

Brookwood School District 167, in partnership

all students, regardless of race, socio-economic

with parents and community, will create a

status, gender, or ability levels (disabilities).

learning environment in which all students excel at becoming lifelong learners and decision makers.

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

–Lena Horne

State Representative, Kam Buckner

Mayor, Brandon Johnson

Sonya Marie Harper

Kindergarten | Black History Month Activities Kindergarten students will spend each week learning about...

-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.

key figures in African American History through videos and read-alouds. Students will learn about influential artists, civil rights leaders, authors, musicians, athletes, and inventors.

Students will then create a book about the key figures that they learned about.

First Grade | Black History Month Activities

For The Month Of February...

Each day, the 1st Grade will highlight an African American with a focus on Scientists, Inventors, and Civil Rights Activists.

1st Grade teachers and students will discuss their achievements and contributions to the world.

Former Mayor, Harold Washington

“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 everything… that smacks of discrimination or slander.” —Mary McLeod Bethune

Second 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

2nd Graders will be learning about African American Inventors.

As a culminating project, students will work in groups to invent something that fulfills a need and then create an infomercial as their presentation.

“Woods accumulated almost sixty (60) patents during his lifetime, many of which improved the functioning of railroads. One of his most notable was the induction telegraph system, which allowed traveling trains to communicate with one another while also allowing workers to locate them.”

—Granville T. Woods (1856 - 1910)

Third Grade | Black History Month Activities

The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond was one of the first black-owned banks in the United States.

Black Wall Street 3rd Graders will be studying Black Wall Street Students have been learning lessons within financial literacy with a partnership with Fifth Third Bank and Junior Achievement.

Students will also explore the impact of Black Wall Street on the culture and how they can be a part of history by becoming entrepreneurs. As a culminating project, students will apply what they learned to become entrepreneurs and start their own business. Students will present their businesses to the school community.

Dr. William F. “Bill” Tate IV is an American Social Scientist and Higher Education Administrator. In May 2021, he was selected as President of the Louisiana State University (LSU) system, and chancellor of the flagship school in Baton Rouge. He is the first Black person to hold the position(s), and the first to head any school in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

—Bill is from Chicago

Third Grade | Black History Month Activities

Homewood Science Center In March, the 3rd Grade students will visit the Homewood Science Center to engage in a STEM activity.

This visit will be a continuation of their business projects as students will also be exploring Engineering and Technology used to make certain products and fulfill societal needs, which leads to individuals becoming entrepreneurs.

—Dr. Stephon Alexander is a Theoretical Physicist and Professor at Brown University who specializes in String Theory and Particle Physics. He co-invented a model that helps to explain the early expansion of the universe.

Phillis Wheatley Peters was one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America

Fourth Grade | Black History Month Activities

For The Month Of February...

4th Graders will take a field trip to the Governor’s State to watch a performance of “Tubman: Road to Freedom”. The GreatWorks Theatre Company provides this production. Featuring music and much action, “Tubman: Road to Freedom” is a great introduction to a real-life American hero -Harriet Tubman, someone willing to risk everything to pursue freedom.

Prominent Figures In American History Students will make and present a presentation about a prominent figure in African American History.

Students will use Google Slides as a platform to present to their peers.

Black History Month Performance February 22, 2024 | 5:30 p.m.

Theme: African Americans & The Arts

Black History Month Performance February 22, 2024 | 5:30 p.m.

Theme: African Americans & The Arts

-Frederick Douglass “A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.”

MIDDLE SCHOOL (BMS)

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“Famous African Americans Across the Curriculum Wax Museum”

Dr. Muriel Hollimon, Principal 200 Glenwood-Lansing Road Glenwood, Il 60425 (708) 757 5350

TIMELINE 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Daily Activity 8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. | Check-In & Attendance 8:35 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Please use the lesson suggestions to engage with your students daily in your homeroom about Black History

February 12 - February 16

January 29 - February 2 Children of Black History

Sports, The Arts, and Entertainment

February 5 - February 9

February 19 - February 23 Civil Rights

Science, Inventors, and Inventions

February 26 - February 29 *Catch-up Week (Feel Free to use any lessons you didn’t get to and/or allow students to complete projects

OUR VISION

OUR MISSION

Our overall vision is to improve the achievement of

Brookwood School District 167, in partnership

all students, regardless of race, socio-economic

with parents and community, will create a

status, gender, or ability levels (disabilities).

learning environment in which all students excel at becoming lifelong learners and decision makers.

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

Black History Month Activities

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

8:35 a.m - 9:00 a.m. | Black History Education Each week has a theme, and there are suggested resources to utilize with your students during this time. Feel free to supplement your activities.

We have provided resources for each day of the week relating to the area of focus.

Bell ringer work and integrating Black History into your subject area and curriculum throughout the month are encouraged.

Your Black History components should be reflected in your daily lesson plans for February.

The link to The Culminating “African Americans Across the Curriculum” project is below. Please post this project and make it accessible to students on Thursday, February 1st.

6th Grade will post the slide show in their 6th grade SEL Google Classroom, so all have access. The 5th Grade can do whatever is best for your team.

*Make each student a copy of the Google Slide document, and be sure to make it due on Tuesday, February 27th.

Black History Month Activities Wax Musuem Presentation Guidelines Each homeroom will be assigned a genre to research for the Wax Museum Presentations.

The homeroom teacher and students will pick historical figures from their assigned genre.

The presentation should be informational and can include a famous quote, short skit, reading, song, poem, etc. Please be sure to advertise the genre your homeroom is representing throughout the presentation. Students will need to share information regarding their person of research.

For presentations: Please have 8-10 wax museum figures per homeroom at most. Each presentation should be at most two (2) minutes.

All students must memorize their parts for the Wax Museum presentation. If they need notecards, they can have them, but they can’t read off of their Chromebook or notebook paper… we are trying to encourage professional presentations!

Black History Month Activities Lesson Suggestions During Homeroom Week 1 | January 29 - February 2 - The Children of Black History Monday - Watch the video “The Children’s March” (

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Tuesday - Watch the video “Children who marched for equal rights inspire a new generation” (

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Wednesday - Watch the video “The ABCs of Black Hictory: A Children’s Guide” (

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Thursday - Watch the video “The Children’s March: Birmingham Children’s Crusade” (

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Friday - Catch-Up and work on A-Z Google Slides

Black History Month Activities Lesson Suggestions During Homeroom Week 2 | February 5 - February 9 - Science and Inventors Monday - Watch the video “Someone You Should Know” (

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Tuesday - Watch the video “Famous African American Inventors” (

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Wednesday - Read the story “Black Inventors You Probably Didn’t Know About” (

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Thursday - Read the story “Black Inventors Who Changed The World” (

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Friday - Catch-Up and work on A-Z Google Slides

Dr. Patricia Bath (1942–2019) revolutionized the field of ophthalmology when she invented a device that refined laser cataract surgery, called the Laserphaco Probe. She patented the invention in 1988, and today she’s recognized as the first female African American doctor to receive a medical patent.

Black History Month Activities Lesson Suggestions During Homeroom Week 3 | February 12 - February 16 - Sports, The Arts, and Entertainment Monday - Watch the video “Black History Museum | African American Singers | Videos for Kids” (

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Tuesday - Watch the video “Black Actors Who Made History” (

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Wednesday - Watch the video “Black Athletes Who Rewrote Sports History (Breaking Barriers)” (

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Thursday - Watch the video “The History of Hip Hop” ( Friday - Catch-Up and work on A-Z Google Slides

Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of Mabel “Madea” Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her nephew Brian Simmons.

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Black History Month Activities Lesson Suggestions During Homeroom Week 4 | February 19 - February 23 - Civil Rights Monday - Watch the video “Plessy Vs. Ferguson” (

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Rights Tuesday - Watch the video “Voting Rights & Literacy Test” (

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Americans had to pass to Vote Wednesday - Watch the video “Thurgood Marshall” (

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litigation for the civil rights movement Thursday - Watch the video “The Little Rock Nine” (

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that came from the civil rights movement Friday - Catch-Up and work on A-Z Google Slides

A “literacy test” assesses a person’s literacy skills: their ability to read and write. Literacy tests have been administered by various governments, particularly to immigrants. In the US, between the 1850s and 1960s, literacy tests administered to voters had the effect of disenfranchising African Americans and other groups with diminished access to education.

Black History Month Activities Practice/Rehearsals/ Presentation Schedule(Tentatively) February 1, 6, 8, 20 and 22 | 2:00 Schedule for Homeroom Meetings •

We can adjust if we need additional dates or don’t need all these dates.

All 2:00 Schedules to get organized and practice for Black History Wax Museum presentations.

February 14 | Homeroom Meetings •

We will keep homerooms on February 14th to practice with our participating homeroom kids. You can also utilize the time to introduce some of the Black History lessons included and give students time to work on their Google Classroom Black History Project.

February 27 & 28 | Rehearsal •

Classes/participants will be called down.

February 29 | Black History Program •

Black History Program in the daytime and evening. During the day, the 6th Grade will view the 5th grade in A.M. The 5th Grade will view the 6th grade in P.M. Parents will be invited to attend from 2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. and in the evening from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Black History Month Activities Additional Black History Resources “Black History Museums You Can Explore From Home” “The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center” “Thomasville, GA | Jack Hadley Black History Museum Tour” “The National Museum of African American History and Culture” “The Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC)” “The Museum of African American Art (MAAA)” “ The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum” “ The National Center for Civil and Human Rights” “ Black History Documentaries On Netflix/Prime, You Need To Watch” “ We Are Teachers” “ TeacherVision” “ Education World | Connecting Educators To What Works” “ Family Education” “ Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)” “ Quizizz” “ ThoughtCo | Premier Educational Content” “African American Registry (AAREG)” “Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | Separate Is NOT Equal” “The History Channel | Was Jim Crow a Real Person?”

“Britannica | The Impact of the Plessy Court Case” “Red Tails | The Tuskegee Airmen” “The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment” “14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)” “Emancipation Proclamation (1863)” “Bloody Sunday | Freedom Riders” “Kids Speak Their Mind About Race” “Do All Multiracial People Think The Same?”

Black History Month Activities Locations For The Black History Wax Museum Library • Inventors | Daniels & Miller-Cooper • Inventions | Daniels & Miller-Cooper • Scientist | Daniels & Miller-Cooper Cafeteria • Civil Rights | Brylewski & Gardner Gym • Sports | Franklin, Allen, Goodwyn Art Room • The Arts | Crescenti & Hines Music Room • Entertainment, Musicians, TV, Movies, etc.

- Guzman, Bauman, Schiemann, Wesley

Black History Month Activities Creative and Inspiring Black Pioneers: Samuel Cornish, Pat Parker, Theresa Harris, Manning Marable and Nannie Helen Burroughs

Wesley • Entertainment (TV, Movies, Comedians, etc.)

Goodwyn • Sports (Bill Russell, James Brown, Colin Kapernick, Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Natasha Watley) Miller-Cooper • Inventors, Inventions, and Scientist Hines • The Arts (Authors, Poets, Literature, Theatre, Dance, Artists Franklin/Allen • Sports (Bill Russell, James Brown, Colin Kapernick, Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Natasha Watley) Guzman (Riley) • Musicians Bauman • Musicians Schiemann • Entertainment (TV, Movies, Comedians, etc.)

Crescenti • The Arts (Authors, Poets, Literature, Theatre, Dance, Artists Brylewski • Civil Rights Gardner • Civil Rights Daniels • Inventors, Inventions, and Scientists

Black History Month Activities

Thursday, February 29th First and foremost, Thank You for your flexibility and patience as we prepare to host our 1st Black History Museum. You will see your flexibility, patience, and hard work pay off on Thursday, February, 29th, when several of our students turn into statues of famous African Americans.

We will run a special schedule on Thursday, February, 29th, allowing the students, staff, and teachers to tour the BMS Wax Museum.

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

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Teacher/Student Arrival

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

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Homeroom Statues get dressed & placed

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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Students remain in their Homerooms

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

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6th Graders tour the museum. See rotation below (ten (10) minutes in each location)

10:15 a.m.

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6th Graders resume their normal schedule

Black History Month Activities

Thursday, February 29th 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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5th Graders tour the museum. See rotation below (ten (10) minutes in each location)

11:30 a.m.

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5th graders prepare for lunch and resume their normal schedule

2:15 p.m.

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Wax Museum Open to Parents | 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. (6th period)

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No classes in the Art room, Music room, Cafeteria, or Gym while parents are here!

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Art class in room 203 (Crescenti’s room)

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Music class in room 209 (Hines’s room)

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5th Grade PE in room 211 (PBIS)

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6th Grade PE in room 207 (Guzman’s room)

3:10 p.m.

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Dismissal

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

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Evening Wax Museum

Black History Month Activities Mari Copeny, (Age 8) you may know her as “Little Miss Flint”, the little girl who wrote a letter to Obama that moved him to visit her.

6th Grade Rotation Teacher

Stop #1

Stop #2

Stop #3

Stop #4

Stop #5

Franklin

Gym

Music Room

Art Room

Cafeteria

Library

Schiemann

Music Room

Art Room

Cafeteria

Library

Gym

Crescenti

Art Room

Cafeteria

Library

Gym

Music Room

Daniel

Cafeteria

Library

Gym

Music Room

Art Room

Brylewski

Library

Gym

Music Room

Art Room

Cafeteria

Blahnik/

Mr. Blahnik’s 5th Graders will go to Ms. Goodwin’s Room Ms. Goodwin’s 6th Graders will go to Mr. Blahnik’s Room

-Harry Belafonte, made a host of trailblazing achievements in the arts and society.

Black History Month Activities Egypt Ufele, (Age 10), Egypt was bullied for her size. She decided to turn pain into passion, and began creating her own clothes.

5th Grade Rotation Teacher

Stop #1

Stop #2

Stop #3

Stop #4

Stop #5

Gym

Music Room

Art Room

Cafeteria

Library

Wesley

Music Room

Art Room

Cafeteria

Library

Gym

Hines

Art Room

Cafeteria

Library

Gym

Music Room

Miller

Cafeteria

Library

Gym

Music Room

Art Room

Gardner

Library

Gym

Music Room

Art Room

Cafeteria

Guzman (Riley) & Allen Goodwin &

Ms. Goodwin’s 6th Graders will go to Mr. Blahnik’s Room Mr. Blahnik’s 5th Graders will go to Ms. Goodwin’s Room

You have probably heard about Rosa Parks, but have you heard about Claudette Colvin (age 15)? Claudette was actually the first black female to not give up her seat for a white person, doing so a few months prior to Rosa Parks’ more famous refusal. She was arrested and taken to jail, even though she was a minor.

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School-Wide Activities February 2 Advisory - Complete Black History Activity Booklet February 6 Historical Perspectives - Captivating, Full-Life, Pre-Recorded, 45-minute Online Performances with Captioning, Including Slides, Sound Effects, Voiceover, and Questions with the Playwright.

Jill Larson, Principal 201 Glenwood-Lansing Road Glenwood, Il 60425 (708) 758 5252

“I really don’t think life is about the I-could-havebeens. 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.”

–Nikki Giovanni

“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 MISSION

Our overall vision is to improve the achievement of

Brookwood School District 167, in partnership

all students, regardless of race, socio-economic

with parents and community, will create a

status, gender, or ability levels (disabilities).

learning environment in which all students excel at becoming lifelong learners and decision makers.

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

School-Wide Black History Month Activities

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 8th Grade Highlights: • Civil Rights Leader • Black History • Leadership • Conflict Resolution • Diversity • Character Education • Civil Rights Movement Achievements: • Experienced discrimination at age six (6) when his best friend (white) could no longer play with him • Enrolled in college at age fifteen (15) and struggled academically at first • Became committed to Peaceful Conflict Resolution • Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott at age twenty-six (26), integrating the buses after (381) days • Successfully fought for passage of Civil Rights and Voting Rights Bills in the 1960s; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize • Challenges students to resolve their Conflicts through Listening, Discussion, and Peaceful Conflict Resolution

School-Wide Black History Month Activities

Wilma Rudolph 7th Grade Highlights: • Olympic Champion • Black History • Disability Awareness • Women’s History • Bullying • Character Education

Achievements: • 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 twelve (12) • 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 (3) gold medals in the Olympics in track (1960) • Challenges students to keep trying, never give up and do their best in whatever they do

Seventh Grade | Black History Month Activities

ELA | English Language Arts •

Mr. Walsh’s, 7th grade ELA classes will use Poetry (click here) and McGraw-Hill’s StudySync to learn about different Black authors and historical figures each day of February, including Lucy Terry, Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Bennett, Countee Cullen, Ann Petry, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nelson Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Wole Soyinka, Barack Obama, and Saul Williams.

*Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Poet, Journalist, and Political Activist (1875 - 1935) Alice Dunbar Nelson was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the Southern United States after the end of the American Civil War, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance.

Seventh Grade | Black History Month Activities

Math •

Students will celebrate Black History Month by choosing a noteworthy African American and creating a timeline of important events in their lives.

Students will: •

Create a timeline drawn to scale that includes the important events

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List ten (10) essential events in their person’s life and include dates

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Calculate the mean, median, mode, and range of the years

*Dudley Weldon Woodard, Mathematician & Professor (1881 - 1965) Also known as the “Mathematician of the African Diaspora,” made history by earning his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1928, becoming only the second African-American to do so. His reputation as one of the most respected and influential Black mathematicians of all time is well-deserved, as he made numerous contributions to the field through published research papers, a long career of teaching, and mentoring many students.

Seventh Grade | Black History Month Activities

Social Studies •

During Black History Month, students will work on several different assignments that culminate with a project on a Civil Rights Activist of their choice. They will make a Canva poster describing who that person was, how their work impacted society, what challenges they overcame, and what lessons we can learn from them today.

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Students will discuss the difference in philosophy between Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They will look at the ideas of nonviolence and self-defense and how they differed.

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Students will participate in a gallery walk on the Black Panthers. This lesson will have them look at the ideology of this group and how the rest of the community perceived them. Students will review the ten points that they put forward as their beliefs and participate in a discussion in which we talk about how this group deserves to be remembered.

Project templates to be used: •

Civil Rights Activist Project (

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MLK vs. Malcolm X (Nonviolence vs. Self-Defense) (

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Black Panther Gallery (

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Seventh Grade | Black History Month Activities

Science •

Students will complete a one-page essay on an influential Black scientist. They will follow the writing process. 2024 African American Scientists Notebook (I will assign the scientists from this notebook).

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Select Science Students will also attend a field trip to the Field Museum and visit the Africa Exhibit.

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2024 African American Scientist Notebook (

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*Daniel Hale Williams, M.D. (1856–1931) After apprenticing with a surgeon, Daniel Hale Williams earned a medical degree and started working as a surgeon in Chicago in 1884. Because of discrimination, hospitals at that time barred Black doctors from working on staff. So Dr. Williams opened the nation’s first Black-owned interracial hospital (Provident Hospital).

The first African American cardiologist who performed the first successful open-heart surgery.

Seventh Grade | Black History Month Activities

Art •

Students will create art and props for the Black History Month Program. We will look at artwork by Kehinde Wiley and Basquiat.

*Kara Elizabeth Walker (1969 - Present) She is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist, filmmaker, and professor who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes.

Eighth Grade | Black History Month Activities

ELA | English Language Arts •

Miss Cuevas’s, 8th grade ELA classes will use Poetry (click here) and McGraw-Hill’s StudySync to learn about different Black authors and historical figures each day of February. We will explore the impacts of Black history and its impact on literature today.

*James Baldwin, Writer & Civil Rights Activist (1924 - 1987) He garnered acclaim for his work across several forms, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, “Go Tell It on the Mountain”, was published in 1953; decades later, Time magazine included the novel on its list of the 100 best Englishlanguage novels released from 1923 to 2005.

Eighth Grade | Black History Month Activities

Math •

Students will celebrate Black History Month by choosing a noteworthy African American and creating a timeline of important events in their lives.

Students will: •

Create a timeline drawn to scale that includes the important events

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List ten (10) essential events in their person’s life and include dates

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Calculate the mean, median, mode, and range of the years

*Creola Katherine Johnson, Mathematician (1918 - 2020) Was an American Mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks.

Eighth Grade | Black History Month Activities Social Studies •

Students will celebrate Black History Month by looking at modern and lesser-known important events in Black History.

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Biography of Bayard Rustin

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Obama’s 2006 DNC Speech

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Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem

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Each of these assignments celebrates excellence in African American modern history but is often the lesser read about figures or moments when studying Black History Month.

*Bayard Rustin, Activist (1912 - 1987) The struggle for Black civil rights is often associated with figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. But Bayard Rustin organized some of the movement’s most iconic protests, including the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963).

“We need in every Community a group of Angelic Troublemakers.” –Bayard Rustin

Eighth Grade | Black History Month Activities Science •

During Black History Month, students will be completing an electronic journal.

In this journal, students will be researching different African American scientists throughout history to learn more about their important contributions to our scientific communities. Students will complete one slide per day and turn it in at the end of the month.

Project template to be used: •

2024 African American Scientist Notebook (

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*Rebecca Lee Crumpler, M.D. (1831 - 1895) In 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the United States to receive an MD degree. She earned that distinction at the New England Female Medical College in Boston, Massachusetts—where she was also the institution’s only Black graduate. Prior to earning her medical degree, Crumpler had worked as a nurse and “sought every opportunity to relieve the suffering of others.”

Eighth Grade | Black History Month Activities

Music •

We will learn about Black composers, performers, and their music. We will also do virtual tours of historical locations that were part of African American music history.

*Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899–1974) Duke Ellington was one of the most important creative forces in the music of the twentieth century. His influence on classical music, popular music, and, of course, jazz, simply cannot be overstated.

Seventh/Eighth Grade | Black History Month Activities

Physical Education (P.E.) •

The students will learn about famous Black athletes throughout history and compete against one another in these athletes’ respected sporting events.

Athletes included: •

Jesse Owens | Track -n- Field

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Wilma Rudolph | Track -n- Field

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Arthur Ashe | Tennis

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Bill Russell | Basketball

*James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens (1913–1980) He was an American track and field athlete who won four (4) gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as “perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history.”

Black History Month Performance February 28, 2024 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Theme: Music of the Decades The History of African American Music - Dance Group Artists from the 1960s • • • • •

Aretha Franklin Chuck Berry The Supremes Ray Charles Tina Turner

Artists from the 1970s • • • •

James Brown Jackson 5 Temptations (*Group Dance) Stevie Wonder

Artists from the 1980s • • • •

Prince (Guitar) LL Cool J New Edition (*Group Dance) Michael Jackson

Black History Month Performance February 28, 2024 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Theme: Music of the Decades

Artists from the 1990s • • • •

Erykah Badu Missy Elliot Destiny’s Child Monica & Brandy

Artists from the 2000s • • • •

Rhianna Soulja Boy TLC Beyoncé

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Bethany A. Lindsay, Superintendent

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