Fun activities for Black history month

I homeschool, every part of history is very important. As Black history month(February) is approaching we are going to be studying Martian Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman. This month we are going to have loads of fun to cooking, crafts, and learning about African Americans in our history.

Since my daughter is order I am having her read "Who was Martin Luther king jr", "Who was Rosa Parks", and "Who was Harriet Tubman". She will be writing a report on each one of them and watching videos about them then at the end of February she will be tested on the information that she has learned.

My son is only four so he will also be learning about who made the traffic light, basic information about Martin Luther king jr, Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman. I am going to be doing more hands on stuff with him and making it fun.

Here is a few ideas for black history month.

Explain to your children its okay to look different on the outside but we are all really the same on the inside

Martin Luther king jr activities

Brown egg and white egg project(diversity)

Draw a picture of him

Word search

Rosa Park

Draw a picture of her

Make a bus and draw her sitting on the bus

Make her pancake recipe

Rosa Park's peanut butter pancake recipe

Ingredients

1 cup flour

2 tablespoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

1 egg

1 1/4 cup milk

1/3 cup peanut butter

1 tablespoon shortening or oil (for the pan)

Directions

1.Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar and set aside.

2. In a separate bowl, blend the egg, milk, and peanut butter together until smooth.

3.Combine the dry and wet mixtures. To keep the pancakes tender, don't over mix. A few small lumps are ok.

4.Add the oil or shortening to a hot griddle or frying pan (Ms. Parks specified 275°F). And cook for about 60 seconds on each side. Enjoy with maple syrup, honey, or a dollop of jam.

Harriet Tubman

Listen to underground railroad music

Make cornbread

Make a freedom quilt out of paper

Garrett Morgan

Make a traffic light out of graham crackers peanut butter and m&ms

Draw a traffic light and color it

Play green light, red light

Enjoy Black history month with your child and make it fun. Have a great week. My next blog will be about Valentine's science experiments and Valentine's crafts.

Blessings,

April