BLACK HISTORY MONTH

february Is black hIstory month

Morning Announcements

Every morning in February, during the morning announcements, we will be sharing daily Black History Facts with students to help them study for our Black History Family Trivia Night on February 21st.

All School Activities

During Advisory on February 3rd, 2023, students will complete Black History Educational Activity Books

FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023

Historical Perspectives: Captivating, full-life, pre-recorded, 45-minute online performances with captioning, including slides, sound effects, voiceover and questions with the playwright.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR - 8TH GRADE

Civil Rights Leader | Black History | Leadership | Conflict Resolution

Diversity | Character Education | Civil Rights Movement

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR

• Experienced discrimination at age six (6) when his best friend (white) could no longer play with him

• Enrolled in college at age fifteen (15) and struggled academically at first. Became committed to peace-ful conflict resolution

• Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott at age twnety-six (26), integrating the buses after 381 days.

• Successfully fought for passage of civil rights and voting rights bills in the 1960s; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

• Challenges students to resolve their conflicts through listening, discussion and peaceful conflict resolution

WILMA RUDOLPH

Olympic Champion | Black History | Disability | Awareness | Women’s History

Bullying | Character Education

WILMA

• Was the 20th of 22 children, born in the South in the 1940s to strong, caring parents

• Contracted polio as a little girl, eventually overcoming its paralyzing effects on her left leg by age twelve (12)

• Overcame poverty and discrimination to become the first in her family to graduate from college

• Became the first woman in the US to win three (3) gold medals in the Olympics in track (1960)

• Challenges students to keep trying, never give up and do their best in whatever they do

FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023

Black History Great Works Onsite Assembly - Harriet Tubman

Introduce students to a real-life heroine who led 300 people from slavery to freedom. Served the Union army during the Civil War, and was one of the most prominent voices in the push for women’s voting rights.

Harriet Tubman was born a slave around 1820, but from the time she was a child, she knew that she had to be free. After several attempts to steal herself away, she finally succeeded in escaping to the North - and that’s just the real beginning of an inspirational true-life adventure story.

Harriet went on to go South and back dozens of times, eventually bringing over 300 people up to freedom. In addition, she worked as a nurse and a spy with the Union Army, and after the war, became a prominent voice for suffrage for American women.

This is a great introduction to this real-life heroine.

FEBRUARY 24TH, 2023

Black History Program | 1:30 P.M.- 3:00 P.M.