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Black History Month Reading Comprehension Activities for 6th, 7th & 8th Grades
Need to break for a fun activity just in time for Black History Month? Get your middle school students up and moving while learning about influential Black Americans! This Black History Month Reading Comprehension Activities for 6th, 7th & 8th Grades resource is designed to familiarize your students with famous Black Americans while having fun moving around the room.
These reading passages are just right for your middle school students, as their Lexile levels are 1010-1200.
This product is part of a growing bundle! Check it out below:
Monthly Holidays Reading Scavenger Hunts & Activities Bundle
✨This product covers the following people:
Harriet Tubman
Fredrick Douglass
Rosa Parks
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Langston Hughes
Thurgood Marshall
Jackie Robinson
Maya Angelou
Malcolm X
Barack Obama
✨This Product Includes✨
Teacher directions
Student directions & riddle to solve
10 task cards with code words (clues) that lead them to another passage
Student answer sheet
Answer Key
Crossword Puzzle with Answer Key
Word Search with Answer Key
✨Directions:
Scatter cards around the classroom or tape them on the walls. Pair students up or put them in small groups. Students start with any card. Assign each group of students to a card. For a more stationary scavenger hunt, students can sit at their tables/desks and sort through them in groups.
For the first card, students will read the code word (the passage will be irrelevant to the code word question). The answer for the code word is found in another card and the cards DO NOT go in order.
Students will then find the answers to the code word question they read by searching through and reading other passages until they find the correct word.
Once they’ve found the answer, they write it on the answer sheet and move on to the next question.
When all code words have been found and written on the answer sheet, students will unscramble the mystery word that answers the riddle.
For extra fun, make it a competition and give out prizes!
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Need to break for a fun activity just in time for Black History Month? Get your middle school students up and moving while learning about influential Black Americans! This Black History Month Reading Comprehension Activities for 6th, 7th & 8th Grades resource is designed to familiarize your students with famous Black Americans while having fun moving around the room.
These reading passages are just right for your middle school students, as their Lexile levels are 1010-1200.
This product is part of a growing bundle! Check it out below:
Monthly Holidays Reading Scavenger Hunts & Activities Bundle
✨This product covers the following people:
Harriet Tubman
Fredrick Douglass
Rosa Parks
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Langston Hughes
Thurgood Marshall
Jackie Robinson
Maya Angelou
Malcolm X
Barack Obama
✨This Product Includes✨
Teacher directions
Student directions & riddle to solve
10 task cards with code words (clues) that lead them to another passage
Student answer sheet
Answer Key
Crossword Puzzle with Answer Key
Word Search with Answer Key
✨Directions:
Scatter cards around the classroom or tape them on the walls. Pair students up or put them in small groups. Students start with any card. Assign each group of students to a card. For a more stationary scavenger hunt, students can sit at their tables/desks and sort through them in groups.
For the first card, students will read the code word (the passage will be irrelevant to the code word question). The answer for the code word is found in another card and the cards DO NOT go in order.
Students will then find the answers to the code word question they read by searching through and reading other passages until they find the correct word.
Once they’ve found the answer, they write it on the answer sheet and move on to the next question.
When all code words have been found and written on the answer sheet, students will unscramble the mystery word that answers the riddle.
For extra fun, make it a competition and give out prizes!
Would rather buy on TPT?
