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Black History Profile Poster Pack for the Classroom

Updated: 27 Apr 2023

Print a Black History poster pack for the classroom, to introduce your students to revered Black icons and the impacts their contributions have made to American history.

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

Curriculum

ELAR 3.6(A)

Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;
ELAR 3.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 3.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 3.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
ELAR 4.6(A)

Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;
ELAR 4.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 4.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 4.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
ELAR 5.6(A)

Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;
ELAR 5.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 5.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 5.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
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.

teaching resource

Black History Profile Poster Pack for the Classroom

Updated: 27 Apr 2023

Print a Black History poster pack for the classroom, to introduce your students to revered Black icons and the impacts their contributions have made to American history.

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

Print a Black History poster pack for the classroom, to introduce your students to revered Black icons and the impacts their contributions have made to American history.

Introduce 6 Influential African Americans With Black History Month Posters

Legislators, lawyers, activists, authors, protestors, voters, and change-makers. Black history is rich with people who have shaped our nation and our way of life, and these classroom posters will help you bring their stories to life for your students!

Available as printable PDFs, the six posters in this easy-to-download bundle profile six different Black Americans who have helped change history, including:

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 15th amendment
Kamala Harris — First person of color and woman to be elected US Vice President

Download the poster bundle in full-color or black and white, and add them to your bulletin board for an easy — but impactful — Black History Month bulletin board.

Get More From Your Black History Month Posters

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

Black History Month (February)
Women’s History Month (March)
Celebrate Diversity Month (April)
American history & government
Biography writing
Civil rights movement
Community

Want to get even more out of your Black History Month bundle? Each poster can be paired with teacher-created reading comprehension questions for each of the profiles!

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Before You Download

This resource prints as a PDF. Please use the dropdown menu to choose between the full color or black and white, letter or tabloid sizes.

Print in letter or tabloid sizes to extend the use of this download to multiple activities in your class!

Print the poster on tabloid paper and display it in your classroom for students to reference when doing independent work.
Print the poster on letter-size cardstock, slip it into a clear sleeve, and use it in your guided reading groups.
Print on letter-sized paper and pass out copies as a group reading activity. Students find their group, read, and discuss their assigned profile.

Curriculum

ELAR 3.6(A)

Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;
ELAR 3.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 3.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 3.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
ELAR 4.6(A)

Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;
ELAR 4.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 4.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 4.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
ELAR 5.6(A)

Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts;
ELAR 5.6(B)

Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
ELAR 5.6(D)

Create mental images to deepen understanding;
ELAR 5.6(I)

Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
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.

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