Black History Month will end soon but teachers hope their students will remember its significance for a lifetime.
Students throughout Southwest Campus created posters of current and past African Americans who made a difference. They wrote about them, did coloring book exercises and gave presentations to their classmates.
Key figures who were honored included Jackie Robinson, Marian Anderson, Sojourner Truth, George Washington Carver, Thurgood Marshall, Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, President Barack Obama, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and countless others. The students also researched what the famous African Americans were known for.
“They were very knowledgeable about the person they researched,” said Ms. Dorothy Carloss, a kindergarten teacher. Some students did the work on their own, while others received help from their parents.
One second grade student displayed a poster of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as his classmates were watching a video of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” 1963 speech on a Promethean Board. While the classrooms featured various posters and other creations, the hallways also were decorated with Black History themes.
The month-long celebration continues Friday, February, 28, with a Black History Month program at Southwest Campus where students districtwide will gather.