Description
24 Black History Month musicians and composers posters, with accompanying worksheets for elementary music lessons.
Each musician poster includes the musician’s name, a clipart image of them, and brief biographical information. They are included in color and black/white versions, so you can use them for both music bulletin board displays and for students to color.
Of course, you can use these posters and activities any month of the year!
This resource includes Black History Month musicians posters, coloring, a word search, scavenger hunt worksheets, matching and writing worksheets. These activities can be adapted for most elementary music classes and will work best for grades 2 through 5. Two versions are included for some of the worksheets to allow for differentiation amongst your classes.
Contents:
- 24 Black & White musician and composer posters (for students to read & color)
- 24 Full Color musician and composer posters (the same posters as above – for bulletin board)
- 24 Color musician and composer posters with a plain border (the same posters as above – in case you prefer a different option for your bulletin board)
- Word Search (last names of 14 black musicians & composers)
- Scavenger hunt (bingo board style with 9 questions) – easier level
- Scavenger hunt (bingo board style with 20 questions) – harder level
- Writing prompt (2 versions – room to draw, and writing only)
- Matching (musician/composer to genre)
- Matching (musician/composer to their music)
- Answer key (word search, scavenger hunt, matching)
24 Black History Month Musicians & Composers included:
- Louis Armstrong
- Duke Ellington
- Charlie Parker
- Nat King Cole
- John Coltrane
- Billie Holiday
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Bessie Smith
- Etta James
- Alice Coltrane
- Art Blakey
- Miles Davis
- Rihanna
- Kanye West
- Nicki Minaj
- Will Smith
- Scott Joplin
- Margaret Bonds
- Florence Price
- Zenobia Powell Perry
- Aretha Franklin
- Tina Turner
- Diana Ross
- Oscar Peterson (Canadian)
Please note, the posters are not editable
This is a printable resource in the form of a zip file due to the large number of pages & activities.
