Booker T. Washington was an influential African American who made a big difference in our world. This biography pack full of activities is perfect to use during Black History Month and covers important facts about Booker T. Washington's life for students to learn. Within the pack, they will read about Booker T. Washington, research him, write about him, create a flip book about him, and sort important parts of this famous African American's life into graphic organizers.
*There is now a digital component included in this resource. The digital flip book is now available in Google Slides format. The link to the Google Classroom document will be within the PDF download.*
Included in this Booker T. Washington biography pack:
-Reading Passage
-Cut and Sort Timeline
-Fact Writing for Research
-Informational Writing
-Flip Book (with reading, writing, and comprehension)
Reading level for passages are 2nd grade, but with help 1st grade can work through the texts. 3rd grade will benefit from the material as well, but the text won't be as challenging.
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• a Note to Teachers with ideas about how to present the material
• vocabulary for quicker and easier student comprehension
• comprehension questions about the eight facts about Booker T. Washington presented on the website
• “Digging Deeper,” an additional web site with vocabulary and comprehension questions for students to further examine the life of Booker T. Washington.
Answer keys are provided for each section.
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Booker T. Washington
Lesson Procedure:
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Students should read the passage silently, then answer the questions. Teachers may also use the text as part of a classroom lesson plan.
Lesson Excerpt:
Booker T. Washington was born in to a white father and black slave mother in Virginia. He was a slave for the first nine years of his life. Then one day in , all of the slaves were called to the master's house and told that they were free. Slavery had ended. Booker's stepfather, who was already in West Virginia, sent for Booker and his family. They rode by wagon to West Virginia, a trip that took ten days. In West Virginia, Booker and his brother John worked in coalmines and salt mines. A man named William Davis opened a school for the children of freed slaves, and Booker was allowed to attend as long as he worked before and after school to bring in money for his family.
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Booker T. Washington was a prominent African-American educator, author, political adviser, and leader of the black middle-class and elite in the post-Civil War United States. He was one of the last generations of African-Americans born into slavery. For more information, see the Booker T. Washington fact file below or download the 34 page comprehensive worksheet pack which can be utilized within the classroom or home environment.
EARLY AND PERSONAL LIFE
- Booker Taliaferro Washington was born on April 5, , in Franklin County, Virginia. His mother, Jane, worked as a cook for plantation owner James Burroughs. His father was an unknown white man, most likely from a nearby plantation.
- During this era, the child of an enslaved person also be
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