Search Printable Reading & Writing Black History Month Worksheets

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

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legend Charlie Parker!

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

The Underground Railroad helped thousands of enslaved Americans find freedom. In this worksheet, your student will learn about this historic network.

Children learn about American Civil Rights and Abolitionist pioneers in this word search puzzle worksheet.

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

Children will practice identifying nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

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 illustrated reader to help kids learn about Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to enter space.

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

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

Children follow along the incredible life story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery to rescue hundreds of other enslaved people.

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.

Students are asked to think critically and hone their reflective writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quote.

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.

In the worksheet Ideas of the Harlem Renaissance, children learn what this cultural movement was about, as well as some famous artists who emerged at the time.

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

Help your budding reader learn how to spice up a boring biography by asking him to add in the details that make good writing even better.

Children learn about George Washington Carver, who rose from slavery to become a leading agricultural pioneer, innovator, inventor, and educator, in this historical heroes worksheet.

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

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.