Engage students in Black History Month with technology project work
Use these examples of projects created by students to inspire your technology integration during Black History Month.
Creative use of technology can engage students in the curriculum.
Trading Cards
Students research an important person and summarize their findings in the form of a trading card. Turn it into a card game, by assigning points and powers and developing rules for playing cards against each other.
Lesson Plan
Journey Journals
Students connect with the past as they write a first-person account of events in history.
Professional Portfolios
Students create a portfolio for a significant person in history to showcase this person's contributions to the community and our life today.
Historical Newsletter
To help students better understand the perspectives of those in different times and cultures, have them develop newsletters that recall and retell historic events.
Inform Others with an eBook
Students create an eBooks to inform others about Black citizens who have impacted our world.
Empower Learners with a Choice Board
Use the Black History Month choice board in Wixie to transfer responsibility to students to determine how they would like to show their learning.
More ways teachers are using Wixie
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Celebrating Individuals
Mrs. Harlow was modeling the writing process before her students began independent research & writing projects. Students planned in Wixie. This was also a great opportunity to celebrate contributions of amazing black individuals as we continue to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/XTQfJyj75p
— Henderson ES (@HNESHuskies) February 26, 2022 -
Still I Rise
We listened to Maya Angelou�s poem Still I Rise today and then drew pictures on Wixie to show our interpretations @BaileysES_FCPS #stillirise pic.twitter.com/XWcjiRUDcH
— MunazzahG (@GMunazzah) February 17, 2021 -
Raising Awareness
Our final 5th grade class finished their research @factcite using Wixie @Tech4Learning @APSLibrarians #APSBlackHistory #kwbpride @CatherineHanAPS @KWBLittman pic.twitter.com/2kN2GBIPxP
— K.W. Barrett Library (@KWBLibrary) February 18, 2022 -
Medals Honoring Heroes
Celebrating Black History Month by honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Thurgood Marshall. @Tech4Learning @Canterbury_Wood pic.twitter.com/HKOrjbP7Xn
— Mrs. Crump (@MrsCrumpCWES) February 12, 2022 -
Jackie Robinson Baseball Cards
Look at these awesome Jackie Robinson baseball cards! @LowesIslandElem #spottedatLow #wixie pic.twitter.com/ao9U5sQmtC
— Emily Meadows (@LcpsMeadows) February 27, 2021 -
Influential Black American Project
We�re using Wixie to show what know about influential Black Americans!#MWESBetterTogether #BlackHistoryMonth #teched #thirdgrade pic.twitter.com/1QB6gPZjCS
— S. Maguire (@Maguire3rdGrade) February 6, 2019 -
Sharing Success Messages
Using wixie to share sucessful black American's messages #communicate @CharnickSCES #WeAreSWANS @SwansCreekES pic.twitter.com/FcfSQmUYVW
— Mrs. Bowman (@SC_Bowman) February 20, 2018 -
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Third grade students at Pinehurst Elementary School in Maryland made biography cubes in Wixie to �publish� the research they did on famous African Americans. They are so proud of their work! #Wixie @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/OQF7VgO5jn
— mrscushman (@mrscushman) February 7, 2020 -
Civil Rights Slideshows
3rd grade has started part 1 of their exit projects this week! We�re studying The American Civil Rights Movement& using #Wixie to create a slideshow as we learn about the leaders, some major events and the political, social & economic effects. We r using #Britannica online.
— Susie Harkey (@pvesmedia) November 11, 2017
