Chloe Campbell Education

Black History Month Reading Comprehension – African American History Month

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Bring history to life in your classroom with this Black History Month reading comprehension resource. Students will explore engaging biographies and activities that highlight famous African Americans, making it perfect for African American history month lessons or meaningful literacy practice any time of year.
 
Students will read the Black History Month reading comprehension passages, answer comprehension questions, then create a yearbook style activity on the famous African Americans in history.
 
These articles can be used all year long or as a African American History Month activity. 
 
This Black History Month Reading Comprehension Bundle Includes:
  • 31 non-fiction biographies about famous African Americans
  • Each passage comes in color or black & white options
  • Summary page for each biography
 
Combine these biographies with an interactive bulletin board for the month of February to create a truly engaging African American history month display!
 
Famous African Americans Included:
• Tuskegee Airman
• Thurgood Marshall
• Wilma Rudolph
• Sojourner Truth
• Sarah E. Goode
• Rosa Parks
• Ruby Bridges
• Phillis Wheatley
• Marian Anderson
• Michael Jackson
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Michael Jordan
• Marcus Garvey
• Jackie Robinson
• Langston Hughes
• Jesse Owens
• Harriet Tubman
• George W. Carver
• Frederick Douglas
• Edna Lewis
• Booker T. Washington
• Billie Holiday
• Bessie Coleman
• Bill Pickett
• Benjamin Banneker
• Hank Aaron
• Matt Kemp
• Ozzie Smith
• Halle Berry
• Barack Obama
• Will Smith
What’s the best way to use this resource?
  • Study one African American every day for 31 days.
  • Display the articles around your classroom/down the hall. Have students rotate around the room/move through the hallways to read about each African American. Students will then add notes/summaries to their yearbook style activity cards.
  • Use in reading or social studies centers for Black History Month reading comprehension practice.
  • Read one biography each week/month for the entire school year.
  • Let students choose 2–3 famous African Americans to study and share their learning with the class.
  • Use this activity in a different way? I would love to hear about it!
 
 
Teachers Like You Say This:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In person and remote students accessed this information from Google Classroom. If I skipped anyone, they complained and wanted to go back to read about them. We extended often by researching the person together to see pictures and get more information. I believe this resource gave my students some real insight into these important people and their own potential. I love this resource!
 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students had a great time learning about some famous African Americans…many of which they have never heard of.
 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great resource for black history month. My students enjoyed learning about exceptional people. Easy to use.
 

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Chloe Campbell Education

Chloe Campbell

Meet the Seller

Hi, I’m Chloe—curriculum designer, teacher mentor, and creator behind Chloe Campbell Education. After over a decade in education, I’ve made it my mission to help elementary and middle school teachers take learning from “just one more worksheet” to wait...did we just have fun while hitting the standards? My resources are built for the real world—where time is short, behaviors are big, and engagement is everything. From hands-on science experiments to math games that trick students into actually loving review time, I create activities that are low-prep, high-impact, and grounded in what actually works.

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