Amanda Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate.
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman Text and Video from the Biden Inauguration
Hank Aaron, a baseball legend recently passed on January 22, 2021
Appreciate the Grace and Uncommon Decency of Hank Aaron.
Mr. Nussbaum -Hank Aaron Biography
Teaching Hard History – a K-5 framework from Teaching Tolerance, with many resources to explore
Freckle Black
History Month Resources
Articles can be found under ELA Content in the library
Visit Catholic Telemedia Network Pinterest Board- Black History Month
Learn360 Black History Month Resources
Mailbox Resources on Learn360 (worksheets/lessons for Grades PK-8)
- Duke Ellington (Full Video) (Grades PreK-2)
- African-American: Global Wonders (Grades PreK-2)
- Pierre Toussaint (Saints Alive) (Grades PreK-5)
- Heroes of Freedom: Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks (Full Video) (Grades PreK-5)
- Ellington Was Not A Street (Grades 3-8)
- Rosa Parks (Mother of Civil Rights (Grades 3-8)
- Follow the Drinking Gourd (Full Video) (Grades PreK-5)
- Barack Obama: Overcoming Barriers (Full Video) (Grades 3-5)
- Brown vs. The Board of Education (Grades 3-8)
- Jackie Robinson: Interactive Reading Comprehension (Grades 5-8)
- Black History in America Series (Grades 6-8)
- All God’s Children (Full Video) (Grades 6-8)
- Civil Rights Act and JFK (video clip) (Grades 6-8)
- Langston Hughes: African Americans Who Left Their Stamp on History (Grades 6-8)
- For the Love of the Game: Highlights (Audio) (Grades 6-8)
- What Impact Did Katherine Johnson Have on the U.S. Space Program? (Grades 3-8)
Basketball Player Kobe Bryant:
As we mark the one year anniversary of this tragedy, let us remember Kobe Bryant.
- *Remembering Kobe Bryant (The video leads to links outside of Learn360)
(Please note: This link is not appropriate for direct access by students-it is a good resource for teachers to pull from.)
- The Catholic Faith of Kobe Bryant (Catholic News Agency) (The CNS page has links to some very difficult topics.)
Additional Teacher Resources:
- The Historical Black University Founded by a Saint (Catholic News Agency)
- Celebrate Black History, Culture, and Identity (Google Applied Digital lessons)
- How a Schoolteacher Helped Create the First Black Peanuts Character (Please note: This link is not appropriate for direct access by students-it is a good resource for teachers to pull from.
- St. Josephine Bakhita
- Pierre Toussaint-On the Path to Sainthood
- NEA Black History Month Lessons & Resources — Grades K-8
- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Black History Month Resources (TeacherVision)
- Slave, Priest and (God Willing) A Saint (NET TV-Currents story of Fr. Augustine Tolton)
- Black History Month Resources (Education.Com)