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Black History Month Quilt

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Similar to the above project, this activity is simpler for younger children. Purchase or obtain from your local library age-appropriate biographies of influential African-America including (but not limited to) the following: Benjamin Banneker, Phyllis Wheatley, Elijah McCoy, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, Samuel Morris, Dred Scott, Matthew Henson, Garrett A. Morgan, James Weldon Johnson, Mary Mcleod Bethune,  Marian Anderson, Mahalia Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Colin Powell. Let children choose one or more biographies to read, then encourage them to draw a picture based on one scene from the life of each person about whom they have read. Mount each picture on a larger sheet of colored paper, and attach pages to wall to form a quilt of famous African-Americans.

Personal Inventory

Person to research: ___________________________________________

Date of birth: __________________  Place of birth: __________________________________

Mother's name: _____________________  Father's name: _____________________________

Name(s) of sibling(s): ____________________________________________________________

Name of spouse: ________________________________________________________________

Name(s) of child(ren): ___________________________________________________________

Year and place of death: __________________________________________________________

Education Inventory

Elementary/high school: ________________________________________________________

College: ____________________________________________________________________

Degree(s) attained: __________________________________  Year of graduation: _____

Professional Inventory

Career: _______________________________________________________________________

Place(s) of employment: __________________________________________________________

Number of years worked: ________________________________________________________

Accomplishment(s): ____________________________________________________________

Special award(s): ________________________________________________________________