We Have Resources for Celebrating Black History Month

We've compiled some teaching ideas to help you celebrate Black History Month in your classroom. As always, we have many print and ebooks available, and more lesson ideas at TeachingBooks.

Black History Month Lessons and Resources

Resources on African American History

Celebrating and Learning About Black History and Culture

Classroom Resources for Black History Month

Black History Month

For Teachers --- Black History Month

Black History Month STEM Ideas

February 1 is World Read-Aloud Day

 

World Read-Aloud Day is celebrated on the first Wednesday in February. Oral storytelling predates the written word and has helped to preserve and share knowledge throughout history. Today is an opportunity to honor this tradition and also encourage reading. You'll find some read-aloud ideas below.

20 of the Best Read-Aloud Books for Kids

100 Best Read-Aloud Books

World Read-Aloud Day Book Lists

Martin Luther King Day Resources

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As we help students celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr with the holiday on January 16, 2023, here are CML books to use in lesson planning and discussions, and some suggestions from TeachingBooks.

Print

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King Jr. by  David A. Adler

I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King by Margaret Davidson

Happy Birthday, Dr. King! by Kathryn D. Jones

If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King by Ellen Levine

Singing for Doctor King by Angela Shelf Medearis

As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson

Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport

Take a Walk in Their Shoes by Glennette Tilley Turner

and these E-books (available through the EBSCO Ebook Subscription K-8 Collection)