Black History Month Word Search — Free Online Puzzles
Play free Black History Month word search puzzles online — every Black History Month theme we have is listed below. Each theme has four difficulty levels; Quick and Easy suit kids, Medium and Hard suit adults.
Black History Month word search themes
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How it started
Black History Month began as Negro History Week, set up in 1926 by the historian Carter G. Woodson. He picked the second week of February because it contained the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. It grew into a month-long observance in 1976. The UK holds its own Black History Month in October, a tradition that began in London in 1987.
What's in the word lists
Our Black History Month pack has 20 puzzles. Rather than a list of names, it uses the words you need to talk about the people the month celebrates: the INVENTOR, the SCHOLAR, the MUSICIAN, the ACTIVIST and the PIONEER. Around them sit LEGACY, HERITAGE, RESILIENCE, DIGNITY, JUSTICE and TRIUMPH.
Using it in class
Teachers often pair a puzzle with a short biography: find the word PIONEER, then read about someone who was one. The Quick and Easy boards suit primary classes, and Medium or Hard give older students more to chew on. It works just as well at home for a family reading list.