{"id":1170,"date":"2015-02-05T18:23:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T23:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2022-06-22T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:09:25","slug":"black-history-month-sports-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1170","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month for Kids ~ Sports Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blackhistory\/back-history-month-sports-stars.png\" alt=\"Famous People to Celebrate during Black History Month for Kids - Sports Heroes\" width=\"450\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">For Black History Month, I am creating a series of cards for students to match famous people to their accomplishments. There will be four sets of famous Black History Month for Kids. This set features sports heroes. Students will learn details about 6 people who have made an impact in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blog\/feb2015\/black4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> Download the printable Black History Month for Kids Sports Heroes here.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blackhistory\/black4.png\" alt=\"Black History Month for Kids Free Printable Black History Month Cards\" width=\"585\" height=\"1170\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">You can collect all four sets:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1164\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">Abolitionists<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1166\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">Activists<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1168\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">Entertainers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1170\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\">Sports Heroes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Black History Scoot Activity<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">Playing Scoot turns using a set of task cards into a game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1145\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">Grab the materials needed to play Scoot with the Black History Month Cards here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Each week a new set of cards will be offered. In this Black History Month for Kids series, the set features the following sports heroes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: kgkindergarten;\">Althea Gibson<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blackhistory\/gibson.jpg\" alt=\"Althea Gibson\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">This tennis player and professional golfer was the first African American to play in the U.S. grass court championships at Forest Hills, N.Y. (1950), and at Wimbledon, England (1951). In all, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: kgkindergarten;\">Jackie Robinson<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blackhistory\/robinson.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie Robinson\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">He was the first African American man allowed to play on a major league baseball team. He played with the Dodgers for 10 years, playing in six World Series. In 1962, he became the first African American person in the Baseball Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: kgkindergarten;\">Jessie Owens\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blackhistory\/owens.jpg\" alt=\"Jessie Owens\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">He was one of the world\u2019s greatest track and field athletes. He won four gold medals (in the 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter relay and the long jump) the 1936 Berlin Olympic games setting two Olympic records.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: kgkindergarten;\">Michael Jordan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blackhistory\/jordan.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Jordan\" width=\"170\" height=\"191\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">This player can leap up to 6\u2019 6\u201d. He joined the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1984. He led them to six NBA championships.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: kgkindergarten;\">Wilma Rudolph<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blackhistory\/rudolph.jpg\" alt=\"Wilma Rudolph\" width=\"310\" height=\"163\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">After battling polio until the age of 12, this girl decided to become an athlete. In the 1960 Olympics, she became the first American woman to win 3 gold medals. She won the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and ran the anchor on the 400-meter relay team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: kgkindergarten;\">Alice Coachman<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blackhistory\/coachman.jpg\" alt=\"Alice Coachman\" width=\"272\" height=\"185\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">In 1948, she became the first African-American woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics. She won for her high jump of 5\u2019 6.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">Check out all three versions of these cards: one with blanks for students to write their own sentences; one with the sentences provided but with blank spaces for students to write in keywords; and one with the answers provided. The third copy of the organizer may be used as an answer key, for differentiated instruction, for students who were absent during instruction, or if you wish for the students to have the sentences already completed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blog\/feb2015\/black4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> Download the printable Black History Month for Kids Sports Heroes here.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\"><a title=\"Free Printable Black History Month Cards\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blog\/feb2015\/black3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/blog\/feb2015\/michaeljordan.png\" alt=\"Black History Month for Kids Free Printable Black History Month Cards\" width=\"467\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">You can collect all four sets:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1164\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">Abolitionists<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1166\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">Activists<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1168\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\">Entertainers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1170\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #3366ff;\">Sports Heroes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Black History Scoot Activity<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">Playing Scoot turns using a set of task cards into a game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1145\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">Grab the materials needed to play Scoot with the Black History Month Cards here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2320\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent-282x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent-600x637.png 600w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent.png 644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Black History Month, I am creating a series of cards for students to match famous people to their accomplishments. 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