A Black History Month Activity for Older Kids

February 10, 2026 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

I was looking around for some different activities for Black History Month this year, and I came across this post from Teacher Noire that includes lots of bulletin broad ideas and other activities from their Teachers Pay Teachers listings.

One that caught my eye was the idea of doing an Instagram post where the students research their chosen figure, draw a picture and then write something about it.

Her activity related to that is billed as a door decoration, but of course you can use it in other ways. It includes a poster with 35 influential people from Black history as well as blank templates students can use to fill out their own historic Instagram posts. (They also have a version with Canadian figures if that’s something you need.)

As you might imagine there are lots of variations on this idea. I also like this one from Nacho Average Classroom, which has full blank profiles so kids can draw and write their bio, three posts and make hastags for their person. This one includes nine or 10 different figures with provided informational videos and read alouds, but you could also have kids pick and research someone else on their own.

Coffee Classroom has a set of Instagram templates with even more blanks, and this set includes 30 Black history templates and 30 Women’s History Month templates, if you want to re-use the idea for other historical figures. Here the names are included and students can do their own research and draw the images that make sense for their person. (This one has a grid of 9 posts, but there’s not specific room for captions.)

And of course you could also just have kids draw pictures and write captions as if they were making Instagram posts without the fancy templates, but having the icons that look like an Instagram page is lots of fun, too.

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Learn about Your Local Birds

Fall is a great time to learn about and observe the birds in your area, but you can do this any time of year. Whether you’re watching from a backyard or a playground, you’re sure to find a few birds and can learn about the birds that are native to your region in any case.

If you do see birds at home or where your classroom is, the Merlin app is a great one (if your school allows phones). If you don’t already know it, it listens to the sounds around you and can identify birds based on their calls. Very cool and a reason for kids to be quiet while you’re observing nature. Having an old fashioned paper guidebook to the birds where you live is also a great idea because kids can use it to look up birds and it’s just fun to have in the science center.

The specific birds involved in your learning will vary depending on where you live, but here are some bird activities you can do with your kids at home or in the classroom.

Natural Beach Living set up a simple bird nature study center that includes bird books and feathers in front of a big window. There are also some printables you’ll find links to in this post including three part cards and bird observation charts for birds local to them and a bird unit study with lots of great printables (this is a paid resource).

Adventure in a Box has a printable birds of the world bingo game, which might inspire you to learn more about some of the 48 different birds included, from emu to snowy owl, grackle to Atlantic puffin.

If you’re American you’ll enjoy these state bird coloring pages from Flanders Family Home Life. If I can count, only 48 states are listed (which I wouldn’t have noticed except Arkansas isn’t there; it’s one of many whose state bird is the mockingbird). Print out all of them or just your home state, or give each child a bird to research and color to do a presentation in the classroom.

And you can learn more about the different types of bird nests and see if you can observe any of them on a nature walk with this guide to bird nests from Fun Mom Printables on Etsy. It includes information about eight types of nests with drawings and three part cards.

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