Black History Month Banner Craft and Writing Project for the Classroom

These Black History Month banners craft is a great way to celebrate Black History Month in an engaging, meaningful, and student-centered way! This banner writing activity highlights influential Black historical figures and their defining traits, helping students learn about important leaders while making connections between biography, character, and real-world impact.

Each student creates a decorative Black History Month banner featuring one historical figure and a powerful one-word trait (such as brave, innovative, determined, or inspiring). Students then write a short paragraph explaining how their figure demonstrated that trait through their actions, leadership, achievements, and contributions to history. A variety of paragraph writing prompts are included, giving teachers flexibility and easy differentiation.

This Black History Month craft and biography writing project combines reading comprehension, character trait analysis, and creative expression into a stunning bulletin board or hallway display. It’s the perfect way to honor Black excellence while strengthening writing skills and encouraging thoughtful student reflection.

Skills Covered:

• Biography comprehension

• Character trait analysis (with real historical figures)

• Paragraph writing

• Text evidence

• Making real-world connections

• Social Studies integration

Perfect For:

• Black History Month bulletin boards

• Biography units

• February writing centers

• Hallway displays

• Morning work or independent projects

• Sub plans

Included:

• "Black History Month" banners (color and black and white)

• 4 patterned banners (color and black and white)

• 1 blank banner

• 2 lined banners (wide and narrow)

• Banners with the Black History figure's head (some with a blank title and some with a trait that describes that person)

• Banners with the Black History figure's full body (some with a blank title and some with a trait that describes that person)

Each of the full-body banner has the following options:

• Blank (no lines)

• Wide lines

• Narrow lines