teaching resource

Black History Profile - Picture Match Activity

Updated: 10 May 2023

Review and complete the defining details of 6 revered Black icons and match their images with each completed biography.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 8 Pages
Grades: 3 - 6

Curriculum

Social Studies 3.1(A)

Describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present;
Social Studies 3.1(B)

Identify individuals, including Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, Benjamin Banneker, and Benjamin Franklin, who have helped to shape communities; and
Social Studies 3.9(A)

Identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public ...
Social Studies 3.9(B)

Identify figures such as Helen Keller, Clara Barton, and Ruby Bridges who exemplify good citizenship;
Social Studies 3.11(B)

Identify and describe the heroic deeds of individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Todd Beamer, and other contemporary heroes.
Social Studies 4.15(A)

Identify important individuals who have participated voluntarily in civic affairs at state and local levels such as Adina de Zavala and Clara Driscoll;
Social Studies 4.15(D)

Identify the importance of historical figures and important individuals who modeled active participation in the democratic process such as Sam Houston, Barbara Jordan, Lorenzo de Zavala, Ann Richards, Henry B. González, Wallace Jefferson, and other ...
Social Studies 5.18(A)

Identify past and present leaders in the national government, including the president and various members of Congress, and their political parties; and
Social Studies 5.18(B)

Identify leadership qualities of national leaders, past and present.
Social Studies 6.2(A)

Identify and describe the historical influence of individuals or groups on various contemporary societies; and
Social Studies 6.2(B)

Describe the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions of individuals and groups from various societies, past and present.

teaching resource

Black History Profile - Picture Match Activity

Updated: 10 May 2023

Review and complete the defining details of 6 revered Black icons and match their images with each completed biography.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 8 Pages
Grades: 3 - 6

Review and complete the defining details of 6 revered Black icons and match their images with each completed biography.

Match Influential Black Americans to Their Biographies

Recall notable Black History Month facts with this activity that tests your students’ abilities to remember and describe the details of 6 important individuals!

After reviewing Black History Profile Posters, students fill in the missing words for each historical figure and match their picture to the information in the bio. Then, students will cut the pages in half and staple them together to create a booklet.

We’ve also included a handy word bank students can use to refresh their memories.

Profiles include:

Barack Obama – First African American US president

Carol Moseley Braun – First African American Congresswoman

Shirley Chisholm – First African American woman elected to the Senate

Amelia Boynton – Civil rights leader who helped organize the march at Selma

Thomas Mundy Peterson – First African American to vote under the 15th amendment

Get More From These Biography Worksheets

Use these posters to profile prominent historical figures in various kinds of lessons, including:

Black History Month (February)
Celebrate Diversity Month (April)
American History & Government
Biography writing
Civil rights movement
Community

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Curriculum

Social Studies 3.1(A)

Describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present;
Social Studies 3.1(B)

Identify individuals, including Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, Benjamin Banneker, and Benjamin Franklin, who have helped to shape communities; and
Social Studies 3.9(A)

Identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public ...
Social Studies 3.9(B)

Identify figures such as Helen Keller, Clara Barton, and Ruby Bridges who exemplify good citizenship;
Social Studies 3.11(B)

Identify and describe the heroic deeds of individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Todd Beamer, and other contemporary heroes.
Social Studies 4.15(A)

Identify important individuals who have participated voluntarily in civic affairs at state and local levels such as Adina de Zavala and Clara Driscoll;
Social Studies 4.15(D)

Identify the importance of historical figures and important individuals who modeled active participation in the democratic process such as Sam Houston, Barbara Jordan, Lorenzo de Zavala, Ann Richards, Henry B. González, Wallace Jefferson, and other ...
Social Studies 5.18(A)

Identify past and present leaders in the national government, including the president and various members of Congress, and their political parties; and
Social Studies 5.18(B)

Identify leadership qualities of national leaders, past and present.
Social Studies 6.2(A)

Identify and describe the historical influence of individuals or groups on various contemporary societies; and
Social Studies 6.2(B)

Describe the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions of individuals and groups from various societies, past and present.

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