Black History Month Activities For Kids offer a fun approach to learn the history and achievements of African-American people and people of African origins.
A wonderful way to bring in inclusivity in the classroom, Black History Month brings to light the countless contributions made by Black people in shaping our world.
Perfect for home as well as classroom, these Black History Month Activities for Kids with free printables will help children appreciate cultural diversity, soak-up African-American history, look through racial injustices and most importantly learn to empathise & appreciate the beauty of human spirit beyond the colour of the skin.
Black History Month Activities For Kids
1. Learn Black History Month Facts
This is one of the most educational Black History Activities for Kids. Students must learn the cultural significance of Black History month.
These informative Black History Month facts for kids will elaborate on their existing knowledge and sneak in African-American history that lead to the official declaration of February as Black History Month.
2. Black History Month Diversity Puzzle
This heartwarming black history month activity for preschool and kindergarten kids will bring inclusion, love and friendship to your classroom.
Print the free Diversity puzzle template and let your kids put the jig-saw pieces together to showcase their harmony.
Diversity Puzzle
3. Make Peanut Salad
Honour George Washington Carver, the famous African-American botanist and chemist, who worked tirelessly to uplift black farmers post Civil War through his work on peanuts, soya beans & sweet potato.
This preschool Black Month Activity is a great addition to your fireless cooking and makes for a healthy protein snack.
All you need to do is add finely chopped onions, tomatoes, celery to roasted peanuts and season with salt, paprika & lemon juice to make a delicious peanut salad.
4. Black History Month Bingo Challenge
If you are looking for Black History month activities for primary & elementary students, this one’s for you! This fun bingo will challenge kids to dig deep into their knowledge of the civil rights movement, black history and achievements of black community.
Black History Month Bingo
5. Black History Month Collage
Let children unleash their creativity and make a collage celebrating African-American women, famous black artists, African-American inventors and historical figures.
The idea is to inspire young minds to acknowledge the lesser known change-makers of African-American communities and learn about them in the process.
6. Black History Month Crack The Code
Honour and celebrate the famous personalities who paved the way for reforms through their work & diligence with this fun Crack the Code Activity.
Each code reveals the name of a prominent black personality – from famous civil rights activist, global leaders to pioneers in science & mathematics.
Black History Month Crack The Code
7. Host a Mancala Competition
What better way to celebrate black history month and African-American culture than hosting a Mancala game competition! Mancala game has its origins in Africa and is an excellent game of strategy that kids as well as adults will enjoy!
8. Bake a Marble Cake
Celebrate harmony and inclusion by baking a marble cake. The alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla blending together to make a beautiful cake sums up the beauty of inclusion & togetherness in the sweetest way possible!
Besides, teaching kids to bake is a fun way to get them hands-on in the kitchen.
9. Learn About Barack Obama
Black History Month is the perfect time to learn more about the first Black President of the United States. Start with a general discussion about Barack Obama, how his election empowered people of colour and list his inspiring traits that you would like to have.
Barack Obama Black History Month Activity
10. Black History Month Reading
This is a perfect black history month activity for kids of all ages. Take time to read about Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Alma Thomas, Gladys West, Harriet Tubman, Michael Jackson, LeBron James, Neil Degrasse Tyson and many more. Or simply explore books on black culture, their rich heritage and history!
Quick Tip: Pick from these kid-friendly Biographies that will inspire children.
11. Black History Month Trivia
Indulge in a fun game of trivia to celebrate Black History month to see who is the smartest!
A great educational activity for kids, these black history month trivia questions with answers will check your knowledge of black history and achievements of black people.
Simply download the printable and check how many you got right with the answer sheet attached in the printable pdf.
Black History Month Trivia With Answers
12. Dr Mae C. Jemison Space Challenge
Celebrate the achievements of Dr Mae Jemison – the first African American woman astronaut and the first African American woman to fly in space with this super-fun Space challenge.
Mae Jemison Space Challenge
A clever way to integrate STEM and gender equality, this Dr Mae Jeamison inspired space quiz will sneak in fun space facts while inspiring kids to take up STEM fields.
13. Diversity Activity
This is a must-do inclusion activity for Black history month to teach how we are all the same from inside.
All you need to do is place a random selection of M&M in a dish and add water to it. After a while, the colour of the M&Ms will dissolve in the water, revealing their same insides! Much like M&Ms, we too are all the same from inside.
This thoughtful black month activity for toddlers & preschoolers is a light hearted way of sharing the message that though the colour of our skin may vary, we are all humans and same in spirit.
14. Garrett Morgan Traffic Light Activity
Celebrate the famous Black inventor – Garrett Morgan whose groundbreaking work on traffic light & safety hood that saved countless lives.
Once children have read about Garrett Morgan, print this Traffic Light KWL chart and let them pen down their observations.
15. Nelson Mandela Creative Writing
Get creative with Black History month activities for kids with this fun creative writing activity, which will get them to think of three questions they would like to ask Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela Creative Writing
This fun black history activity for elementary students will allow them to reflect on the challenges Nelson Mandela faced and help them to think creatively.
Once everyone has penned their questions, discuss them and think what answers Mr. Mandela would have come up with!
16. Indulge in Fun Chemical Reactions
Honour Alice Ball, the exemplary African-American Chemist who discovered the treatment of leprosy, by encouraging kids to get hands-on with these kids-safe baking soda chemical experiments.
Alice Ball was the first African-American student and first woman to earn a master’s degree from the University of Hawaii. Later, she became the first female chemistry professor at the same university.
But sadly, she was denied of her accomplishment and credit was wrongly given to male chemist for the discovery of Ball method – an effective treatment for leprosy until the 1940s.
Fun Fact: Feb 29 is celebrated as Alice Ball Day to honour her achievements.
17. Watch Black History Month Movies
Nothing beats the power of movies when it comes to storttelling! This February, make time with family to watch movies inspired by Black History or those centred around racial discrimination, civil war and biopics of significant figures from the African community.
These movies are an excellent way of sneaking in the significance of Black Month history in an entertaining way while delivering a strong message on human spirit & resilience.
18. Unplugged Coding
Celebrate Black history by acknowledging the role played by black computer programmers like Annie Easley, John Henry Thompson, Evelyn Boyd Granville and many others with these unplugged coding activities for young kids.
Black History Month Coding
19. Maya Angelou Quotes
One of the most influential poets of her time, Maya Angelou stirred hearts & minds with her words. Forever etched in memory, her quotes still resonate with the people.
Make sure to read some of her works and encourage kids to pen down their favourite quotes from Maya Angelou this February.
Maya Angelou Quotes
This Black History month activity is a great addition to the elementary classroom and sure to inspire children.
20. Hidden Figures Character Sketch
Watch the movie Hidden Figures with kids and then follow up on this simple writing activity wherein children make the character sketch of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
Hidden Figures Character Sketch
Such activities encourage children to think, value the contributions made by people before them and give them inspiring role models to choose from.
21. Black History Research
Another Black History Month activity for elementary students, this one encourages kids to do their own research and pick a historical figure who fought for civil rights, abolitionism or made significant contributions in their own right for the betterment & upliftment of black people.
Black History Month Research
It could be anyone – a person from black roots or even a white person who protested against the discrimination.
