Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Even though the pandemic has pushed us to a virtual environment we are still able to celebrate and honor the achievements of African Americans throughout history.
The DKFI PTA wants to help you learn and experience Black History Month, so we’ve signed up to participate in Microsoft’s Virtual Black History Month program. Microsoft, in collaboration with museums, historic landmarks, cultural centers, and civic influencers all around the country, have created a phenomenal FREE series of immersive and interactive experiences for K-12 schools and the community to celebrate and educate students around Black History.
With many museums closed due to COVID, they utilized the world of technology to highlight and virtually transport 13 of the world’s top Black History Museum exhibits into every student’s home or classroom across North America.
Here are some exciting highlights of the impactful virtual activities we have lined-up for students:
Below is a schedule of virtual experiences available. Please note, each session was designed for a specific age group. If there is no grade level, it is open to everyone.
*Some of the times may start before your class ends.*
The DKFI PTA wants to help you learn and experience Black History Month, so we’ve signed up to participate in Microsoft’s Virtual Black History Month program. Microsoft, in collaboration with museums, historic landmarks, cultural centers, and civic influencers all around the country, have created a phenomenal FREE series of immersive and interactive experiences for K-12 schools and the community to celebrate and educate students around Black History.
With many museums closed due to COVID, they utilized the world of technology to highlight and virtually transport 13 of the world’s top Black History Museum exhibits into every student’s home or classroom across North America.
Here are some exciting highlights of the impactful virtual activities we have lined-up for students:
- Walk with MLK virtually & fight for civil rights in the Selma-to-Montgomery Marches of 1965
- Step back into the Civil Rights Era to witness the struggle for life & liberty for all at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights
- Learn about policies that impacted Black communities & Muhammad Ali's fight against systemic racism at the Ali Center's "Truth Be Told" exhibit
- Hear inspirational children’s stories about Black History like Hidden Figures & Let the Children March, with books read aloud by some of our favorite NBA & NFL players for K-2nd graders
- Fly through the eyes of WWII's Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
- Hit a home run with Satchel Paige & Jackie Robinson at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
- Retrace Slavery from Enslavement to Emancipation – Ft. Monroe, Whitney Plantation, and Milton House - Tour Fort Monroe where the first Africans entered the country, explore the Whitney Plantation & see how Slaves lived & walk through the Milton House’s secret passageways of the Underground Railroad
- Explore the legacy of the African Americans in the U.S military at the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
- Travel back in time with a fireside chat with Freedom Rider Hezekiah Watkins to protest social injustice & racial inequality & tour the Freedom Rides Museum
- Take a virtual scavenger hunt through George Washington Carver’s most noted inventions at the Carver Museum
- Celebrate today's groundbreaking African American change makers who are leading the world right now at Microsoft's Current Day Black History Museum
- Listen to & learn about the origins of Black Music & Music of the Civil Rights Movement with the GRAMMY Museum
Below is a schedule of virtual experiences available. Please note, each session was designed for a specific age group. If there is no grade level, it is open to everyone.
*Some of the times may start before your class ends.*
George Washington Carver Museum
3rd – 5th
February 3rd - 9:00am – 12:00pm
https://aka.ms/Carver404
Book Readings: “The Youngest Marcher”
K-2
February 3rd - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/YoungestMarcher-Book1
Book Readings: “Let the Children March”
K-2
February 8th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/ChildrenMarch-Book1
Book Readings: “Have You Thanked an Inventor Today?”
K-2
February 10th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/Inventor-Book1
Selma to Montgomery
6th – 8th
February 10th - 10:00am – 12:00pm
https://aka.ms/Selma405
Negro Baseball League
3rd & Up
February 10th - 12:00pm – 2:00pm
https://aka.ms/NegroLeague400
Buffalo Soldiers Museum
3rd – 5th
February 10th - 9:00am – 11:00am
https://aka.ms/Buffalo407
Book Readings: “Hidden Figures”
K-2
February 11th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/HiddenFigures-Book1
Tuskegee
February 11th - 4:30pm – 6:30pm
https://aka.ms//Tuskegee155
Book Readings: “The Story of Ruby Bridges”
K-2
February 12th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/RubyBridges-Book1
Slavery Experience
5th & Up
February 17th - 12:00pm – 2:00pm
https://aka.ms/SlaveExp400
Book Readings: “I am Jackie Robinson”
K-2
February 19th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/JackieRobinson-Book1
Book Readings: “Muhammad Ali (Little People, Big Dreams)”
K-2
February 22nd - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/AliBigDreams-Book1
Negro Baseball League
February 22nd - 4:00pm – 6:00pm
https://aka.ms/NegroLeague210
Book Readings: “Thurgood”
K-2
February 24th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/Thurgood-Book1
Grammy Museum
6th – 8th
February 24th - 12:00pm – 2:00pm
https://aka.ms/Grammy406
3rd – 5th
February 3rd - 9:00am – 12:00pm
https://aka.ms/Carver404
Book Readings: “The Youngest Marcher”
K-2
February 3rd - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/YoungestMarcher-Book1
Book Readings: “Let the Children March”
K-2
February 8th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/ChildrenMarch-Book1
Book Readings: “Have You Thanked an Inventor Today?”
K-2
February 10th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/Inventor-Book1
Selma to Montgomery
6th – 8th
February 10th - 10:00am – 12:00pm
https://aka.ms/Selma405
Negro Baseball League
3rd & Up
February 10th - 12:00pm – 2:00pm
https://aka.ms/NegroLeague400
Buffalo Soldiers Museum
3rd – 5th
February 10th - 9:00am – 11:00am
https://aka.ms/Buffalo407
Book Readings: “Hidden Figures”
K-2
February 11th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/HiddenFigures-Book1
Tuskegee
February 11th - 4:30pm – 6:30pm
https://aka.ms//Tuskegee155
Book Readings: “The Story of Ruby Bridges”
K-2
February 12th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/RubyBridges-Book1
Slavery Experience
5th & Up
February 17th - 12:00pm – 2:00pm
https://aka.ms/SlaveExp400
Book Readings: “I am Jackie Robinson”
K-2
February 19th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/JackieRobinson-Book1
Book Readings: “Muhammad Ali (Little People, Big Dreams)”
K-2
February 22nd - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/AliBigDreams-Book1
Negro Baseball League
February 22nd - 4:00pm – 6:00pm
https://aka.ms/NegroLeague210
Book Readings: “Thurgood”
K-2
February 24th - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
https://aka.ms/Thurgood-Book1
Grammy Museum
6th – 8th
February 24th - 12:00pm – 2:00pm
https://aka.ms/Grammy406
See below for a listing of pre-recorded book readings for grades K-2.
Have You Thanked an Inventor Today? - By Patrice McLaurin
Book Reader: Kelvin Beachum - https://aka.ms/Inventor-Book1
I am Jackie Robinson - By Brad Meltzer
Book Reader: Curtis Granderson - https://aka.ms/JackieRobinson-Book1
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race - by Margot Lee Shetterly
Book Reader: Tierra and Myron Fletcher - https://aka.ms/HiddenFigures-Book1
Muhammad Ali (Little People, Big Dreams) - by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Book Reader: RJ Hampton - https://aka.ms/AliBigDreams-Book1
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist - by Cynthia Levinson
Book Reader: Lajiah Kirby - https://aka.ms/YoungestMarcher-Book1
Thurgood - by Jonah Winter
Book Reader: Leo Ortiz - https://aka.ms/Thurgood-Book1
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis - by Jabari Asim
Book Reader: Marcus Smart - https://aka.ms/Preaching-Book1
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad - by Ellen Levine
Book Reader: Greg Jennings - https://aka.ms/HenrysFreedomBox-Book1
We March - by Shane W. Evans
Book Reader: Ethaniel Sinclair - https://aka.ms/WeMarch-Book1
Juneteenth for Mazie - by Floyd Cooper
Book Reader: Tanisha Prince - https://aka.ms/Juneteenth-Book1
Let the Children March - by Monica Clark-Robinson
Book Reader: Stephon Bowden - https://aka.ms/ChildrenMarch-Book1
Child of the Civil Rights Movement - by Paula Young Shelton
Book Reader: Mike Williams - https://aka.ms/CivilRights-Book1
I Shook Up the World: The Incredible Life of Muhammad Ali - by Maryum Ali
Book Reader: Maryum Ali - https://aka.ms/ShookUpTheWorld-Book1
The Story of Ruby Bridges - by Robert Coles
Book Reader: Sandra Ware - https://aka.ms/RubyBridges-Book1
Have You Thanked an Inventor Today? - By Patrice McLaurin
Book Reader: Kelvin Beachum - https://aka.ms/Inventor-Book1
I am Jackie Robinson - By Brad Meltzer
Book Reader: Curtis Granderson - https://aka.ms/JackieRobinson-Book1
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race - by Margot Lee Shetterly
Book Reader: Tierra and Myron Fletcher - https://aka.ms/HiddenFigures-Book1
Muhammad Ali (Little People, Big Dreams) - by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Book Reader: RJ Hampton - https://aka.ms/AliBigDreams-Book1
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist - by Cynthia Levinson
Book Reader: Lajiah Kirby - https://aka.ms/YoungestMarcher-Book1
Thurgood - by Jonah Winter
Book Reader: Leo Ortiz - https://aka.ms/Thurgood-Book1
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis - by Jabari Asim
Book Reader: Marcus Smart - https://aka.ms/Preaching-Book1
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad - by Ellen Levine
Book Reader: Greg Jennings - https://aka.ms/HenrysFreedomBox-Book1
We March - by Shane W. Evans
Book Reader: Ethaniel Sinclair - https://aka.ms/WeMarch-Book1
Juneteenth for Mazie - by Floyd Cooper
Book Reader: Tanisha Prince - https://aka.ms/Juneteenth-Book1
Let the Children March - by Monica Clark-Robinson
Book Reader: Stephon Bowden - https://aka.ms/ChildrenMarch-Book1
Child of the Civil Rights Movement - by Paula Young Shelton
Book Reader: Mike Williams - https://aka.ms/CivilRights-Book1
I Shook Up the World: The Incredible Life of Muhammad Ali - by Maryum Ali
Book Reader: Maryum Ali - https://aka.ms/ShookUpTheWorld-Book1
The Story of Ruby Bridges - by Robert Coles
Book Reader: Sandra Ware - https://aka.ms/RubyBridges-Book1
