Black
History Month Quilt
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): ________________________________________________________________