Biography black history month timeline printable

I have learned that I forget historical facts easily. I love history but my memory isn’t great with dates and timelines. I created these Black History timeline cards for me, for my children, and for anyone who would like to use them! I am open to adding more people and events to the set if you leave a comment with your request!

I use a small pocket chart to display our cards, I put them all up for the photo, but we are more interactive with them – adding people and events as we learn about them. I purposely don’t say what the person is known for to encourage research! If you don’t recognize someone, look them up and do some reading! I have spent hours doing this and have barely scratched the surface learning.

You can use these in so many ways, here are a few ideas:

• Have your child write what the person is known for on the back of the card.
• Print 2 sets and play memory.
• Hang them on the wall in timeline format.
• Put all of the cards in a bag, choose a person out of the bag each day and learn about him/her using the internet or books if you have some!
• Check out a stack of Black History Books from the library and match the cards to the books as you read about people and events.

• Benjamin Banneker
• Sojourner Truth
• David Ruggles
• Henry “Box” Brown
• Frederick Douglass
• Harriet Tubman
• William and Ellen Craft
• Mary Fields
• Booker T. Washington
• Matthew A. Henson
• Mary McLeod Bethune
• Marian Anderson
• George Washington Carver
• Carter G. Woodson
• Bessie Coleman
• Thurgood Marshall
• Rosa Parks
• Jesse Owens
• Katherine Johnson
• Jackie Robinson
• Malcolm X
• Martin Luther King Jr. – featured on our blog here
• Wilma Rudolph
• Audrey Faye Hendricks
• Ruby Bridges
• Mae Jemison

Several of these Black Americans are featured in our Black History Heroes Boom Deck here, and also in our Black History Heroes 3 Part Cards here!

In addition to the free Black History Timeline Printables, I also wanted to share some awesome books that are great for Black History Month. These books are collections and highlight many different people. Great for reading a little bit each day to learn about someone new!

Click to see all of our featured books here on Amazon.

Click here to see a Google Doc with all of the books, featuring in BOLD the books that are written by Black authors.

Click here to download a printable to take with you to the library or to file away so you can remember the books. You can also use this printable as a way to record books your children read. I love visual reading lists!

Download this from Read Like a Rockstar to learn more yourself and share with your kids.

I follow some wonderful mommas on Instagram and have learned so much. The message below is something we all need to remember, especially us white folks. This message/image is from @Black_World_Scholars.

Download the book list here.

Download the timeline cards here.