Teaching Black History
With Purpose & Care

A collection of free printable family tree templates from FamilySearch, including classic tree designs, kid-friendly trees, artistic trees, pedigree charts, and templates you can autofill online. The black-and-white versions double as coloring pages for kids. Great for classroom activities, family home evening, or getting children started with genealogy.

A comprehensive collection of over 42 free family tree templates in PDF, DOC, and PPT formats from FreebieSupply. Includes blank templates, simple family trees, photo frame trees, kid-friendly templates, blended family trees, pedigree charts, ancestry charts, and multi-generation diagrams. Downloadable and ready to print for classroom or home use.

A collection of free printable family tree coloring pages designed for young children. These coloring pages help kids develop creativity, focus, motor skills, and color recognition while learning about their family structure. Includes various kid-friendly family tree designs that can be printed and colored as a fun genealogy activity for early learners.

A curated wiki guide from FamilySearch with family history activities for children ages 3 to 11. Covers creating timelines, exploring places ancestors lived, filling in pedigree charts and family group records, learning surname meanings, searching census records, creating journals and life stories, conducting family interviews, and fun games and activity books. Includes printable PDFs and links to online discovery activities.

Free youth education resources from American Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society), designed by their Youth Education Curriculum Coordinator. Includes downloadable activity guides for conducting family history interviews, becoming a photo sleuth, family history scavenger hunts, creating family trees, 5-generation charts, a glossary of family history terms, journaling, pop-up cards, ancestral keepsakes, word searches, and a full Youth Education Resource Guide. Also links to the Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings classroom program and a free national Family History Curriculum for K-12 educators.

A first-of-its-kind framework from Learning for Justice (SPLC) for teaching American slavery to elementary students in age-appropriate ways. Includes 20 Essential Knowledge items (10 for K-2, 10 for grades 3-5), over 100 primary source student texts designed for younger readers, Inquiry Design Models based on C3 standards, teaching tools, printable 'I Teach Hard History' cards, and connections to the accompanying podcast and webinar series.

A comprehensive framework from Learning for Justice (SPLC) for teaching American slavery to middle and high school students. Includes 22 Summary Objectives organized chronologically from the pre-colonial era through Reconstruction, over 100 primary and secondary source student texts with text-dependent questions, Inquiry Design Models, student quizzes, online archives and databases, classroom videos, and professional development webinars.

A collection of short, classroom-ready streaming films from Learning for Justice (SPLC) aligned with the Teaching Hard History framework. Features 'The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors' (12-minute film on Indigenous enslavement) and 10 Key Concept videos in which leading scholars and historians—including Ibram X. Kendi, Annette Gordon-Reed, Daina Ramey Berry, and others—explore central ideas about American slavery, resistance, and its lasting legacy. Each video includes downloadable text-dependent questions.

A four-season podcast series from Learning for Justice (SPLC) hosted by Professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries. Season 1 covers American Slavery, Season 2 continues American Slavery, Season 3 covers the Civil Rights Movement, and Season 4 covers the Jim Crow Era. Each episode features leading scholars and educators exploring crucial history through primary sources, practical teaching recommendations, and discussion questions. Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify with full transcripts and resource pages.

A curated collection from Learning for Justice (SPLC) of resources for teaching and learning Black history year-round. Includes the 'Learning from the Civil Rights Movement' series, the Civil Rights Movement framework for grades 9-12, 'History and the Power of Place' video conversations with movement veterans, the 'Growing Together' series for children and families (talking to children about slavery, celebrating African and Indigenous cultures, Story Corner), and selected articles on anti-bias education, the school-to-prison pipeline, and honest history.