Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

Ask students to read an interesting biography about Dr. Mae Jemison and then answer questions about the text!

First, students will read a biography of Amelia Boynton Robinson, and then respond to comprehension questions, using text evidence.

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

This worksheet is a brief introduction to the human rights activist and feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes.

This worksheet introduces students to Jesse Owens, whose successes in the 1938 Olympics made history and paved the way for African-Americans in all sports and fields.

Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South, and was an inspiration to all involved in American politics.

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Children learn about the Sit-In movement in the United States, whereby Americans staged nonviolent sit-ins to protest businesses' racist segregationist policies.

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

Use this nonfiction comprehension worksheet to help second and third graders learn all about Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who worked to create the first calculations to send humans into space. Learn more about this inspiring woman with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Learn more about marches for freedom during the civil rights movement with the worksheet The Selma to Montgomery March.

Children learn about writer and poet Langston Hughes in this Historical Heroes: Langston Hughes worksheet.

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children learn about three songs that inspired and gave hope to the people who fled slavery via the Underground Railroad, then answer questions about what they have learned.

Students read background information about the establishment of the Juneteenth holiday and answer comprehension and analysis questions.

Children read a brief biography of world renowned opera singer Marian Anderson, then answer a series of reading comprehension questions.