Description
Perfect for biography reports, Black History Month, and Women’s History Month, these foldable brochures feature 40 historical and modern women who have contributed to history in various ways. This product was inspired by Vashti Harrison’s best-selling picture book “Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History.” These organizers a great way to ensure your students are keeping their research organized and focusing on the most important aspects of these historical women. These activities can easily serve as a note-taking template for an essay or presentation. It can also serve as the biography project itself! These brochures are perfect for integrating literacy into other subjects, especially social studies. Students will not only benefit from the experience of learning about these diverse figures, but they’ll practice their mapping and timeline skills as well. These organizers allow students to go beyond reading to really interact with Harrison’s text as they determine which facts are relevant. While these are great activities for Black History Month and Women’s History Month, they can be used year round as well!
Each trifold brochure has space for the following information about each figure:
•Picture
•Lifespan
•Important people in their lives
•Childhood (how and when did they grow up?)
•Education & career
•Challenges they faced
•Major life events (includes timeline component)
•Where are/were they from? (includes mapping component)
•Accomplishments
•Personal characteristics
•What lesson(s) can you learn from them?
•What set them apart from others who lived during their time
•Quote(s)
•Fun fact(s)
•Glossary/Words to Know
•Resources where you can learn more
This set includes the following 40 women from Harrison’s Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History book:
- Alice Ball
- Alma Woodsey Thomas
- Althea Gibson
- Angela Davis
- Audre Lorde
- Augusta Savage
- Bessie Coleman
- Charlotte E. Ray
- Dominique Dawes
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Florence Griffith Joyner
- Gwen Ifill
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Harriet Tubman
- Ida B. Wells
- Josephine Baker
- Julie Dash
- Katherine Johnson
- Lorna Simpson
- Mae Jemison
- Mahalia Jackson
- Mamie Phipps Clark
- Marcelite Harris
- Marian Anderson
- Mary Bowser
- Mary Eliza Mahoney
- Maya Angelou
- Nichelle Nichols
- Nina Simone
- Octavia E. Butler
- Oprah Winfrey
- Phillis Wheatley
- Raven Wilkinson
- Rebecca Lee Crumpler
- Rosa Parks
- Ruby Bridges
- Shirley Chisholm
- Sojourner Truth
- Wilma Rudolph
- Zora Neale Hurston
I recommend printing the brochures using the “Actual Size” setting on your printer for maximum fit. You can also scale to fit if needed.
Please note that these brochures come in black and white. If you are interested in a set of them in color, please just let me know (katie.loftin@gmail.com).
You may also be interested in these related biography products:
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