"See Yourself." Be Inspired.
"You can't be what you can't see."
- Toni Morrison
Download free printable coloring and activity sheets that center on Black children, families and historical figures - real and fiction.
Why American Black History Activity

When taught with care and age-appropriate framing, American Black History helps children, develop confidence without superiority, truth without fear, empathy without guilt, understanding hardship, without losing hope.
Story: The Boy Who Found His Roots

These stories are fictional, but they are carefully inspired with historical and modern contexts and experiences. The purpose is not to replace history, but to help learners form a healthy emotional connection to complex or difficult subjects—supporting empathy, imagination, and reflection alongside factual learning.
"Investigate" Search and Find Activity

History refers to people, events, and ways of life from the past. The English word “History” comes from the ancient Greek word “historia”. Historia means to “ask” or “gain knowledge by investigating.”
In the African Akan culture, “Hwehwemudua” means “rod of investigation,” that is, a measuring rod. The Hwehemudua symbol can mean excellence, knowledge, and critical examination.
thinking, creativity and perseverance.
"You Are a Curator" Activity

History is made of many stories. To curate means to choose carefully, with thought and care, so others can understand. Curating helps us gather real stories, decide where to begin, and share them in ways that are honest, respectful, and age-appropriate.
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Curating History does not mean leaving things out because they don't matter. It means choosing what to share right now, so learning can be clear, meaningful and safe.
"Early Colonial America" Search & Find Coloring Activity

In Colonial America, Black, Native and White children often lived close together in towns. Because the adults worked long hours, kids played wherever they could. Simple games crossed cultures. Overtime, laws caused racial divisions.
"Early Colonial Skills" Search & Find Coloring Activity

In Colonial America, cattle often roamed freely across large open lands. Taking care of these animals was hard work and it required special skills. Many Black men and boys were skilled and trusted cowhands, tracking cattle and guiding them safely back to their owners. These skilled men foreshadow the "Original Cowboys" of the American Frontier.
"Young Inventors" Search & Find Coloring Activity

Many Black inventors began by playing with gadgets, taking things apart, fixing, rebuilding, and experimenting long before they were formally recognized. For inventors, play isn't toys, it's tools, scraps, broken machines, and everyday objects.
"Minecraft Dreams" Search & Find Coloring Activity

The skills and language used in Minecraft are genuinely educational, especially for learning historical processes, tools, and materials. This is actually one of Minecraft's quiet strengths as a learning platform.
"Visiting Grandma" Search & Find Coloring Activity

Playing LEGO bricks strengthens the brain because it combines hands-on movement with thinking, planning, and problem solving. Research shows LEGO play helps children develop executive function, engineering thinking, creativity and perseverance.
"Shared Skills" Search & Find Coloring Activity

Working with clay or play dough strengthens learning because it combines hand movement, sensory input, and creative thinking. Shaping clay teaches children that ideas can be changed, repaired, and reimagined, a foundation for problem-solving, resilience, and design thinking.
"The Father of Black History"
Search & Find Coloring Activity

Dr. Carter G Woodson, who is considered “The Father of Black History” insisted on truth with context, especially when History is uncomfortable. He taught that History should tell the whole story, even when it makes us uncomfortable, so we can learn from it.
"This is a part of history..." Search & Find Coloring Activity

When children encounter painful or difficult historical facts, they often don't yet have the emotional tools to separate learning from carrying. Without guidance, history can feel personal in a harmful way. This activity introduces a protective mental skill early on: I can study history honestly without absorbing its weight as my own. This is emotional literacy paired with historical literacy. Often American Black History is taught in a way that unintentionally asks learners to carry inherited pain as personal identity. This is not just a history lesson, this is a life skill.

