Black History Month Art: Ideas Projects & Activities | Study.com (2024)

Instructions:

• Have each one of your students choose a Black inventor to research and create a sculpture of their work. You might suggest the following:
  • George Washington Carver
  • Alexander Miles
  • Madam C.J. Walker
  • Mark Dean
  • Dr. Patricia Bath
• With the help of your school librarian, your students should research their chosen inventor. They should choose an invention that they think is most significant.
• Using modeling clay, have your students create a sculpture duplicate of the invention.
• Have your students display their sculptures around the classroom. You might consider organizing a gallery walk for your students when all the work is complete.

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Instructions:

• This activity can be done about any important Black figure. You might choose Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Barack Obama, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, or Rosa Parks.
• Your students will sift through the magazines and cut out any words they think represent your chosen figure.
• Students cut out and glue down the words they've chosen. You can encourage your students to cut out individual letters to make their own words for the collages as well.
• As students work, ask them how they're making their decisions about which words to include.

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Instructions:

• Engage your students by explaining how jazz music is an important aspect of Black history. You might read a children's book like When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein and R. Gregory Christie or Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa by Andrea Pinkney and Brian Pinkney.
• Explain to your students that music can elicit different feelings in the listener. Ask your students how they might convey those feelings in a painting.
• To practice, play clips of instrumental jazz and have your students draw or paint in their journals or on scrap paper. Debrief and ask your students to explain how they connected the music and their visual art.
• Each student chooses a piece of jazz music to create a companion painting.
• Your students listen to the songs and paint a piece that is inspired by or connected to the painting.
• To share their work, display each painting and play the accompanying jazz song.

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Instructions:

• With the help of your school librarian, have your students each choose a Black Pioneer or someone who made a difference.
• Your students will research their chosen pioneer and create a portrait.
• Each portrait will include a drawing of the person along with a symbolic border. To create the border, students choose pictorial symbols that represent something important about their chosen pioneer. For instance, if they chose Jackie Robinson, they might include symbols of baseballs.
• Have your students display their portraits around the school to educate other students about each pioneer.

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