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Making Black History Month Celebrations Include Primary Grades. Presented by: Bianca Bashor and Allison Gafford Burgess Elementary School Horry County Schools. Our School Museum. Our museum features artifact from the history of our community
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Making Black History Month Celebrations Include Primary Grades Presented by: Bianca Bashor and Allison Gafford Burgess Elementary School Horry County Schools
Our School Museum • Our museum features artifact from the history of our community • Artifacts include: communication tools and timeline, school desks, Waccamaw Indian arrowheads and pottery, old text books, a replica post office, maps and more.
Celebrate Black History Month • Obama Change Board • Community Guest Speakers for each grade.
The Workstations • Famous African Americans Library Station • Famous African Americans Rubber Stamps • Black History Bingo • Jan Ernst Matzelinger Invention Station • Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Fan • Ride the Bus with Rosa Parks • Oprah Winfery Readers Theater Station
Famous African Americans Library Station • Students read books from our school library about famous African Americans • Student expectations varied by student and grade level. • Teachers set expectations. • Books include: • Martin’s Big Words • Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr. • Rosa Parks • Salt in His Shoes • Pink and Say • Ruby Bridges • Barack Obama • Hip Hop Speaks to Children
Famous African American Rubber Stamp Station • Students were encouraged to find informational card for the person found on their stamp. • This activity was easily modified for different grade levels.
Black History Bingo • Stamp images were also used to create a bingo games to provide consistency from station to stations. • There was various modifications to this game to increase level of difficulty.
Ride the Bus with Rosa Parks • Church pews in the museum were used as a model bus. Students were able to experience what it felt like to ride on the bus and to be judged based on a feature. • Puppets were provided for students to reenact the bus ride.
If you would like more info… • Please e-mail us at bbashor@horrycountyschools.net or agafford@horrycountyschools.net