All Grades' Black History Month Project

This project can be used with the little one in primary or with older students. Of course, there will be different expectations with older grades. You may prefer to remove some of the steps for younger students or have them complete some steps in the classroom with teacher support.

Black History Month Project 

You are to choose any entertainer, athlete or politician of African-American/Canadian descent. Please let the teacher know your choice before you get started. We will limit the class to two projects on any one person.

This project has four parts:

 1) Write a one-page biography on your person. Where was he/she born and raised? How did he/she become famous? What is he/she notable for?

      2) Provide a list of references. (List the books or websites you used to write your biography.)

For a book:

Author, I. N. (Year). Title of book. Location: Publisher.

For example:

Rogers, C. R. (1961). On becoming a person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

For a website:

Author, Title of Article (in Quotations) Name of Website. Retrieved on ____

Example:

J. Thuness ,”Drum Roll” on People.com,  Retrieved on July 17, 2012

http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,20640234_21229448,00.html

     

            3)  Make a cut-out doll of your person. Make a visual of your celebrity to go with your report.

       4) Make a certificate to honour the person. Tell why you want to honour this person. You must include a border, a signature line and an award symbol

Why Am I Studying Black History? History is an important subject area. It is the “story” of all events that have occurred in the past – or at least the ones we know about. In studying history, we study people all over the world. In completing this project (and the three to follow), you are learning about Black History. It is part of all our histories as Canadians and as world citizens.