10th Grade Black History Month Research

Are you looking for a way to teach about Black History Month to your secondary ESL students that includes research? Your secondary ESL ELL learners will be engaged by writing, reading, presenting and researching about Black History Month! They will learn about current and past African Americans who have inspired the world.

The research project has guided, scaffolded resources so students can research, create a Google Slides presentation (using templated slides), and present to their peers!

Your Students Will:

• Work on vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Complete research
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to work independently or in a group.

This project has EVERYTHING you need to complete a research project with your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING project.

What’s Included:

• 73 interactive Pear Deck Google Slides that teach and celebrate Black History and current African American leaders and artists
• A brief history of Jim Crow, Civil Rights Movement, and the 2000's
• Built in scaffolds, language frames, vocabulary support, and visuals
• Engaging secondary visuals and themes for secondary ELLs/MLs
• Research project slides to help students with their project
• Student note catcher for their research "Changemaker"
• PDF Printable "Changemakers" (16 African American changemakers for students to choose from)
• A templated, ready to go, Google Slides presentation for students (18 slides) to use to create presentations about their changemakers
• A G.O.A.T.s of Representation activity with a student note catcher
• Virtual Field Trip to the African American Museum in Washington, DC
• Student Vocabulary slides for independent or pair work for extra vocabulary 
• Tons of slides celebrating African American artists, leaders, and more!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Steve A. wrote, “This was an awesome resource. The Google Slides were really well done and engaging for my middle school Developing & Expanding students and the research project was great. Thanks.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rosa G. wrote, “These Pear Deck slides and research project were fantastic. Super professionally done with all the scaffolds and language supports my 10th graders needed. The research project took us an entire week and the students loved it! Their presentations were so fantastic thanks to the supports and student slide template! What a fun way to teach and celebrate Black History Month!” 

This Black History Month research project will make for an exciting project! You don’t want to miss out on this ENGAGING unit that allows you to have 2 weeks of lessons. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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