9th Grade Black History Month Google Apps

Don't miss out on engaging, educational fun this Black History Month! The Ultimate Black History Month Bundle is your one-stop shop for jam-packed learning experiences for students in grades 3-8.
This incredible bundle is packed with:

• Fun and Interactive Activity Worksheets: Keep students engaged with a variety of activities that reinforce core learning concepts. From crosswords and puzzles to creative writing prompts and timeline building, these worksheets make Black history come alive!
• Captivating Google Slides Presentations: Bring Black history to life with visually-stunning Google Slides presentations. Packed with informative text, powerful images, and thought-provoking questions, these presentations will spark curiosity and ignite discussions in your classroom.

The Ultimate Black History Month Bundle benefits students by:

• Making Learning FUN! Engaging activities keep students motivated and interested in the rich history and culture of Black Americans.
• Building Core Skills: Activities are designed to reinforce reading comprehension, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Promoting Diversity and Inclusion: Students gain a deeper understanding of the contributions of Black Americans throughout history, fostering a more inclusive learning environment.

This bundle is perfect for:

• Teachers: Looking for ready-made, engaging Black History Month activities? This bundle is your time-saver!
• Homeschoolers: Provide a well-rounded Black history curriculum for your child.
• Parents: Supplement classroom learning and create enriching Black history learning experiences at home.

Get your Ultimate Black History Month Bundle today and watch your students blossom as they explore the power and importance of Black history!

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Thanksgiving ELA GOOGLE SLIDE Bundle: 2 Prereading Introductions *plus* Thanksgiving History Mini-lesson

A HISTORY MINI-LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDE

What is Thanksgiving? -

This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

• When is Thanksgiving?
• Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
• When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
• Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
• What was the first Thanksgiving?
• Why is Thanksgiving important?

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2 GOOGLE SLIDE PREREADING SHORT STORY INTRODUCTIONS provide digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the 2 GRATITUDE THEMED short stories; perfect for Thanksgiving:

**TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN by O. Henry
**THANK YOU MA’AM by Langston Hughes
* PDF LINKS to texts are included

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT PREREADING INTRODUCTIONS

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.
4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10. **Fun Facts** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text7
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in Google Slides.

This resource will have students critically explore the period of the Jim Crow era, with a focus on the segregation of schools. This highly engaging, interactive, primary based Slide Presentation will have students analyze and understand the implications of the Jim Crow laws, along with the monumental Supreme Court decisions of 'Plessy v. Ferguson', and 'Brown V. Board of Education'.

The teacher will have a choice of three supplementary activities; 

• The 1st Optional Activity will have students analyze four political cartoons. Students will identify whether the author was FOR or AGAINST the Jim Crow Laws, & describe supportive details from the cartoon on their POLITICAL CARTOON HANDOUT.

• The 2nd Optional Activity will have students critically read a primary source article titled ‘A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS’, and respond to text dependent questions in their **‘**TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS QUESTIONS HANDOUT. The teacher can do a read-aloud, OR students can read independently. Class discussion is encouraged.

• The 3rd Optional Activity will have students analyze a film titled ‘FREEDOM SONG’. Students will apply their knowledge from their guided notes, and respond to open-ended questions in their FREEDOM SONG HANDOUT.

Materials Include:

• Teacher Reference Guide
• 38 Slide Slide Presentation & Guided Notes Handout (Answer Key Included)
• A Tale of Two Schools' Supplementary Reading Comprehension Activity
• 'Freedom Song' Movie Handout

*All THREE lessons (Era of Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan, & Jim Crow) is available in the BUNDLE for a discounted %.

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.

Check out these resources:

ELL Newcomer Accommodations & Modification Checklist

Multilingual Classroom Monthly Newsletter - Editable

These 2 Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for THE NONFICTION TEXTS BY Martin Luther King Jr; I HAVE A DREAM AND LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL

PDF links to text included

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms

EACH Google Slide:

• Opening slide

-genre, author photo and short bio.

• 2 setting slides

-Location photos with map

-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!

• Vibrant Vocab slides(Look at individual lessons for vocabulary)

-photo appearing without word for inference making

-vocab word which 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word

-part of speech

-concise definition

**•Differentiated Worksheet-**used as a pretest, posttest, or practice

• Quizlet link

• Part of speech sort

*Word connotation discussion slide

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion/prediction

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource ·

* Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

This lesson is also available in PowerPoint.

Begin your study of the Civil Rights Movement in a powerful way by having students participate in a gallery walk activity. Using primary sourced drawings and photographs, the gallery walk begins in Africa, and moves through slavery, the Reconstruction and Jim Crow, and carries on to present-day issues. This lesson will vicariously draw your students into the lives, circumstances, and struggle for social justice of the past and today as they engage in the analysis of primary sources. This unique resource will bring the photographs to life as students will be provided with additional background information that will come in the form of first hand accounts and testimonies of the people who experienced the injustices, and were also social agents of change.

Materials Include:

• Teacher Reference Guide
• 55 Slide Presentation
• Guided Notes Handout
• 20 Primary Sources
• 2 Additional Supplementary Activities (Rosa Parks Scavenger Hunt & 'The Children's March' Video Analysis)

If you liked this lesson see other related lessons here:

• American Japanese Internment
• Unit BUNDLE- Reconstruction, Jim Crow & the KKK
• Jim Crow: Separate and Unequal
• César Chavez: Analyzing Primary Sources
• Women's Suffrage: Iron Jawed Angels (Comparing Sources)
• Civil Rights Movements: Then and Today
• The Ku Klux Klan: The Past & Today
• Proposing a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
• 'The Quotable Rebel' Activity: First Day of School

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to teach them about Black History Month_?_ This lesson is PERFECT to leave for a substitute. It was created for emerging to expanding ELLs and includes everything you need to let students work independently and practice important language skills! 

Tons of literacy and language supports for Emerging to Expanding level ELLs!

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This lesson is READY-TO-USE with plenty of activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING lesson.

What’s Included:

• 58 Google Slides that you can assign to your students to do independently (great for a sub or for you to do centers or small group while they work)
• 5 Embedded StoryCorps stories celebrating Black History Month that all have graphic videos for extra comprehension support
• Listening Comprehension multiple choice questions (ACCESS format)
• Speaking prompts with recording instructions for students to practice using a microphone
• Vocabulary slides with voice recordings to read aloud for each StoryCorps story
• Background Information slides for each StoryCorps story with voice recording to read aloud
• Prediction slides for student to write their predictions using a graphic
• A final slide that asks students to write what they learned, enjoyed, and still wonder
• Themes such as: NASA, voter suppression, literacy, Jim Crow Era, race car driving, father/son relationships and more
• Engaging themes and topics for secondary ELL multilingual students
• Great for a sub or so students can work independently while you pull small groups or do testing!

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rosa G. wrote, “This was a lifesaver for me after finishing ACCESS last week! The students really loved the stories and the voice recordings throughout meant even my struggling students could do this activity independently. Thank you!”

This lesson will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

Check out these resources:

ESL Newcomer Fall Bundle

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

These digital PREREADING LESSONS introduce 2 GRATITUDE THEMED short stories; perfect for Thanksgiving providing pdf links to both classic stories.

*TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN by O. Henry

*THANK YOU MA’AM by Langston Hughes

* PDF LINKS are included

GOAL: to help your students better comprend grade level reading material & vocabulary while exploring the historical importance behind the setting.

PURPOSE: This Google Slide lesson bundle provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.(see each story description for words included)

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video link are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion/prediction

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

This bundle is also available in PowerPoint.

This resource is designed to have students critically explore the period of Reconstruction. Two highly engaging, interactive Slide Presentations will vicariously draw students into the lives of the Freedmen during this historical period of time.

LESSON ONE: Reconstruction Era [Intro]

Includes:

• 45 Slide Presentation & Guided Notes Handout
• POV Freedmen Scenario Activity

LESSON ONE will have students examine;

• the different ways in which newly freed slaves expressed their emancipation
• the POV of a Freedmen (POV Activity). Students will respond and debate four questions central to this time period from a Freedman's perspective;

1. Now that the Civil War is over, who should own and control the plantations?
2. What do you propose should happen to the ex-Confederate leaders?
3. Who should be allowed to vote in the new South? Everyone? Only formerly enslaved people? Only those who were loyal to the United States during the war? Women?
4. How will African Americans be protected from the revenge of the defeated soldiers and from the plantation owners?
5. What conditions should be put on the Southern states before they are allowed to return to the Union?

LESSON TWO: The Pursuit to Vote

Includes:

• 48 Slide Presentation & Guided Notes Handout
• Black Codes Scenarios Matching Game
• Louisiana State Literacy Test

LESSON TWO will have students examine;

• Black Codes (Matching Game included)
• Three Reconstruction Plans
• the POV of a Freedmen in regards to the different obstacles they faced in their pursuit to vote (Inequality of land, the Grandfather Clause, Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Intimidation & Violence)

*Class discussion, simulations, and critical thinking is promoted throughout the entire resource.

*All THREE lessons (Era of Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan, & Jim Crow) is available in the BUNDLE for a discounted %.

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to teach them about Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement_?_ The resource comes with plenty of activities to work on developing and expanding on skills. Students will learn about the 1950s and what that looked like in the United States.

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Complete research
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 68 Google/Pear Deck Slides about the Civil Rights Movement, MLK, and the 1950's time period
• 10 Google slides for students with additional vocabulary work (great for pairs, independent work, or with a sub!)
• Engaging visuals and themes for secondary students
• Tons of language supports like frames, sentence starters, and vocabulary to support multilingual learners
• Lots of writing and interactive slides to support literacy
• Topics like: Selma to Montgomery March, Greensboro sit in, Little Rock 9, roles for men, women, and children in the 1950's, Brown vs. Board of Education + more!
• Printable Civil Rights timeline for students to complete with a guided video
• Printable timeline of MLKs speeches
• Printable vocabulary cards for small group and Entering/Emerging students
• Engaging videos that showcase the time period and events
• Printable group poster
• Two virtual field trips: MLK Memorial in DC & Civil Rights Museum

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Steve A. wrote, “Very engaging resource for my high school students. They loved the slides and I was impressed how much quality writing the students did with this Pear Deck activity. Thanks!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Toby W. wrote, “Great resource and came in handy. I plan on using this as a base tool.”

This unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

Check out these resources:

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Newcomer Professional Development

Historical Novel Pre-reading and Post-reading Bundle with Audiobook

**Before reading, engage your students with a comprehensive PRE-READING HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION for The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis. The Digital Google Lesson seamlessly presents this novel’s significant setting with critical world events of the time. This resource greatly improves comprehension while aligning to standards, ensuring a richer literary experience for all learning styles. *Audiobook link included.

**After reading, our HISTORICAL BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE has been pre-designed to create the perfect culminating book project. Completely editable, the digital slides include prompts and images which guide the student through the creation of an organized book presentation.

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PREREADING GOOGLE SLIDE LESSON:

1. **Author Photo and Short Biography** Providing students with a personal connection to the author, enhancing their engagement and understanding of the writer’s influence behind the story.

2**. **Link to Audiobook Included**** which allows every student to access the text as needed.  Absent students, those who need to reread or review…this link is invaluable. Post it on your teacher page!

3. **Historical Fiction Genre** Preparing students to critically analyze how real-world events of the time-period are portrayed through creative storytelling.

3. **Location Facts, Photos, and Maps** Providing students with a concrete understanding of the setting, enriching their grasp of the historical and geographical context of the story.

4. **Time-period Facts, Photos and Links** Helping students visualize and comprehend the novel’s historical context, deepening their understanding of the events and culture depicted in the story.

5. **Link to Time-period Music** Immersing students in the cultural atmosphere of the era, promoting an emotional connection.

6. **Links to Historical Video Clips** Bringing history to life, providing visual imagery and helping students better understand the events and people of the time-period.

7. **List of Books Written by this Author** Reading other books by the same author is important because it allows students to explore similar themes and styles, fostering a greater interest in literature and a deeper connection with the author's body of work.

8. **Pre- and Post-Printable Assessments with Answer Key** Crucial for the digital introduction lesson helping to gauge students' initial knowledge and track their progress, ensuring their understanding of the novel.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide factual backstory to historical fiction text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage

· Add to electronic notebooks

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DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDE BOOK REPORT TEMPLATE  - This editable Google Slide template has been designed to assist students in the creation of an upper-elementary historical fictional book report. The end product may be shared as a presentation or graded for assessment.

• The 12 editable slides are highly organized, each with titles of story elements needed for a thorough project.
• Questions and story mapping prompts are included on each slide to provide structure.  These headings guide students so that all critical elements are included in the end product.
• Fictional plot diagram titles include:

           exposition, rising action, climax, turning point, falling action and resolution 

• Reflection slides include:

            favorite quote, main & minor character traits, theme, and student rating

• The slides are logically organized and allow for adding photos or drawings. Teachers can adapt the template to their needs and the needs of their students. Slides can be deleted, and others added where needed.
• The digital template is the perfect scaffolded support needed by Special Education students, ESL students, struggling students, or to guide the entire class!  

This Google Slide template will allow all students to complete their Reading Project, book report, or Reading assessment and present an end product of which they are proud! Also available in Powerpoint 

   Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

Engage your students in having them draw important connections between the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s and contemporary grassroots movements taking place in the United States. This lesson will prompt students to analyze short documentary video clips that focus on six different contemporary grassroots movements:

1) Women’s March

2) Immigration

3) Standing Rock

4) Black Lives Matter

5) Climate Change

6) Teacher Strikes

With the corresponding video clips, students will fill out a provided T-chart that will identify the following aspects of each movement:

1) Desired Outcome/Changes

2) Group(s) involved

3) Strategies

4) Obstacle/Challenges

5) Questions

Hands-on activities: Two relevant, critical thinking activities follow that involve having students take their prior knowledge of the Civil Rights era (1950/60’s) and;

1. Using a Venn diagram, students will compare this time period with current day grassroots movements.

2. Each group will then discuss what issues are relevant and meaningful for them. Students will choose an issue that they wish to see change, and then as a group, will create a poster that promotes their cause.

Time frame for lesson:

• 3-4 class periods (60 min) *If time is an issue; the teacher can choose from the six contemporary movements that he/she would like for their students to focus on.

Materials:

• One 21 Slide Presentation
• Detailed lesson plan
• Digital Student Handouts:

1. HANDOUT #1- PowerPoint T-Chart
2. HANDOUT#2- Venn Diagram
3. HANDOUT#3- Grading Rubrics
4. HANDOUT #4- Rethinking schools blog: Making People’s History in Arizona: Educator’s Rise Up

*Note:

Students will have already learned about the Civil Rights era. This lesson serves as a critical thinking extension activity that encourages students to draw connections to contemporary grass roots movements & the Civil Rights movement.

Civil Rights Movement, current events, grassroots, racism, controversy, poster, Trump

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to teach them about Black History Month_?_ This resource has engaging mini biographies for secondary Newcomers that they will love. They will learn about four incredible African Americans and their amazing accomplishments. 

Plus, no prep work for you for a whole week! 

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This lesson is READY-TO-USE with plenty of activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING lesson.

What’s Included:

• 4 mini biographies (Muhammad Ali, Oprah Winfrey, Mae C. Jemison & Booker T. Washington)
• 8 writing activities (Entering level and Emerging level for EACH reading passage)
• Vocabulary supports for each passage
• QR CODES TO HAVE STORIES READ ALOUD!!!
• Speaking questions WITH language frames for speaking practice
• Tons of language supports like sentence frames, starters and TONS of visuals!
• 20 PDF printable vocabulary cards for extra small group work
• Genre focus and graphic to teach it: BIOGRAPHIES
• Black History Month information 
• PDF Easy Printing Version
• Engaging secondary materials and graphics for secondary multilingual/ELL students

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sarah A. wrote, “My 9th graders loved this resource! The mini biographies were the perfect length for my Newcomers and the writing scaffolds for Entering level and Emerging levels made it so easy for me to get ALL my students writing. It's honestly hard to find resources that aren't "little kid looking" s thank you for making something so awesome for secondary ELLs!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kelly V. wrote, “I used this with my multilingual learners and they enjoyed it. Thanks!”

This lesson will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

Check out these resources:

ESL Newcomer Fall Bundle

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Engage your students with a comprehensive Pre-Reading Historical Introduction to Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis**.** These Digital Google Lessons seamlessly present the novel’s significant setting with critical world events of the time. These resources greatly improve comprehension while aligning to standards, ensuring a richer literary experience for all learning styles.

For use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms

Google Slides:

1. **Author Photo and Short Biography** Providing students with a personal connection to the author, enhancing their engagement and understanding of the writer’s influence behind the story.

2. **Historical Fiction Genre** Preparing students to critically analyze how real-world events of the time-period are portrayed through creative storytelling.

3. **Audio Link to Book**Providing an additional resource to support diverse learning styles and ensuring all students can access and engage with the text.

4. **Location Facts, Photos, and Maps** Providing students with a concrete understanding of the setting, enriching their grasp of the historical and geographical context of the story.

5. **Time-period Facts, Photos and Links** Helping students visualize and comprehend the novel’s historical context, deepening their understanding of the events and culture depicted in the story.

6. **Link to Time-period Music** Immersing students in the cultural atmosphere of the era, promoting an emotional connection.

7. **Links to Historical Video Clips** Bringing history to life, providing visual imagery and helping students better understand the events and people of the time-period.

8. **List of Books Written by this Author** Reading other books by the same author is important because it allows students to explore similar themes and styles, fostering a greater interest in literature and a deeper connection with the author's body of work.

9. **Pre- and Post- Printable Assessments with Answer Key** Crucial for the digital introduction lesson helping to gauge students' initial knowledge and track their progress, ensuring their understanding of the novel.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide factual backstory to historical fiction text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage

· Add to electronic notebooks

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This bundle is also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

-From Kiwious About Vocab

CIVIL RIGHTS NONFICTION Google Slide BUNDLE includes 3 texts :

"I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. ML King

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" by Dr. ML King

"Delivering Justice: WW Law and the Fight for Civil Rights" by Jim Haskins

These 3 introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Historical facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the text details. Lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, graphic organizers and assessments.

*PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the Google Slide lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

EACH GOOGLE SLIDE CONTAINS:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** (look at individual lesson for vocabulary) Our Google Slide lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: Worksheets, word walls, interactive notebooks

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This bundle is also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

-from Kiwious About Vocab!