Juneteenth is a celebration of the day (June 19, 1865) when the enslaved people of Texas learned that they had been freed. It is considered a second Independence Day and is a day of celebration in the Black community and beyond. Help kids learn about Juneteenth with these printables and activities.
First off, though, if you need to brush up on your Juneteenth history, check out this post that has links to resources from the National Museum of African American History and Culture and other places you can learn about the holiday and its history.
Blooming Brilliant Homeschoolers has good printable fact sheets you can share with your students or use for your own talking points when teaching about Juneteenth.
In the Playroom has a great Juneteenth coloring, fact and activity book that includes coloring pages, a dot to dot, word search and scramble, facts, notebooking pages and more.
Red Ted Art has a printable cootie catcher with facts about Juneteenth, and a blank one where kids can add their own facts or questions. (You can buy the printable from her Teachers Pay Teachers page.)
Puzzle Master Debbie on Etsy has a printable collection of Juneteenth activities including mazes, a word search, trivia and more. In all it includes 60 games for kids and adults to learn more about Juneteenth and Black history.
Crayola has a nice Juneteenth Freedom Day coloring page, and Homeschool of 1 has a color by number featuring the date of the announcement. They also have a word search and word scramble printable to help students learn. Get more Juneteenth coloring pages, including this one with the Juneteenth flag, from Direct Coloring.
Speaking of the Juneteenth flag, you can use a printable of the starburst from Crafting a Fun Life to help you make this paper plate version of the flat. And make sure to check out all their other Juneteenth craft ideas if you need more activities to do with your kids for Juneteenth. You’ll find a list if you scroll to the bottom of the page linked here.
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