Digital Resources for Black History Month and Beyond
Encourage discussion and guide conversation this Black History Month and all year long with these FREE downloadable educators’ guides. Featuring thoughtful questions, writing prompts, extension activities, and more, these age-appropriate resources are designed to promote critical thinking, creativity, and curiosity in young readers while teaching them invaluable lessons.
Don’t forget to check out our extensive title list featuring books for all ages by Black creators! Champion empowering and inspiring stories about Black culture, experiences, and historical figures by adding these titles to your classroom or school library.
Picture Book Resources
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr; paintings by Kadir Nelson | Educators’ Guide
The Last Stand by Antwan Eady; illus. by Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey | Educators’ Guide
Middle Grade Resources
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers by Michelle Obama | Educators’ Guide
Brave. Black. First. by Cheryl Willis Hudson; illus. by Erin K. Robinson | Activity Guide
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis | Educators’ Guide
Daydreamer by Rob Cameron | Educators’ Guide
Holler of the Fireflies by David Barclay Moore | Educators’ Guide
It’s Not Bragging If It’s True by Zalia Avant-garde | Activities
It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah | Discussion Guide
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis | Educators’ Guide
Once in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. Flake | Educators’ Guide
The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers) by Heather McGee | Educators’ Guide
The Talk edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson | Discussion Guide
The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis | Educators’ Guide
Young Adult Resources
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ta-Nehisi Coates | Educators’ Guide
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi | Discussion Guide
Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams | Educators’ Guide
Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo | Educators’ Guide
Camryn Garrett Discussion Guide (featuring Friday I’m in Love, Full Disclosure, and Off the Record)
Chaos Theory by Nic Stone | Discussion Guide
Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne | Discussion Guide
Caste (Adapted for Young Adults) by Isabel Wilkerson | Educators’ Guide & Activities
Dear Martin & Dear Justyce by Nic Stone | Classroom Guide
Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults) by Barack Obama | Readers’ Guide
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson | Discussion Guide
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi | Educators’ Guide
This is My America by Kim Johnson Discussion Guide
Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne Discussion Guide
Walk Toward the Rising Sun by Ger Duany and Garen Thomas | Discussion Guide
