Black History Month
£3.00
This resource is a fully editable and informative, simple text, 75-slide PowerPoint presentation on ‘Black History Month’ which is celebrated in October in the UK and February in the USA and Canada. Due to the simple text, this resource is appropriate for young / older SEN pupils.
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Additional information
| Resource type | Assembly |
|---|---|
| Age range | Age 6-8, Age 9-13 |
Description
This resource will help to contribute to the students’ Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development by finding out about the history and heritage of communities and the lives of those that overcame the challenges they faced.
It contains references to the history of Black History Month / African-American History Month, the Slave Trade, the Abolition of Slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and its campaign to get human and civil rights for African-Americans, significant civil rights activists – Rosa Parkes, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther-King, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, significant events in the struggle for human and civil rights – the Great March on Washington, Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, the American Civil War and the debate about the appropriateness of ‘Black History Month’.
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to Bob Marley’s ‘Buffalo Soldiers,’ Martin Luther’s ‘I have a dream’ speech, Nelson Mandela’s story and an interview with Morgan Freeman’s explaining why he does not want a ‘Black History Month.’
A more detailed version of this resource containing 87 slides, more appropriate for older students, is also available:
Black History Month Presentation
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