Black Legacy
LeagueFree Week 1

FOR PARENTS, CAREGIVERS & HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES

Black history worksheets.
Start a conversation.

Choose a story, read together, and give your learner something meaningful to do with it. Here is what is free, what needs an email, and what is available to buy.

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FREE ONLINE · AGES 7 TO 15

A Robert Smalls lesson

A short biography, a 30-minute teaching plan, map activity, discussion questions and answer guidance. Use it from the screen with paper and a pencil.

No email or purchase needed.

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FREE BY EMAIL · AGES 7 TO 15

16-page Week 1 sampler

Try Volume 2: The Builders. Meet Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey and Robert Smalls through biographies, vocabulary, evidence questions and a mapping activity.

Three reading levels and an answer key. This is the full Week 1 sampler, not a separate Robert Smalls PDF.

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PAID WORKBOOKS · AGES 7 TO 15

A longer learning rhythm

Five volumes, each with 12 weekly themes and 36 figures and stories. Choose an introduction, builders, global connections, overlooked figures or people shaping the present.

All five are printable PDFs on Etsy. Volume 1 also comes as an Amazon paperback.

Compare the five volumes

A LOOK INSIDE THE FREE SAMPLER

Read. Question. Create.

Open any preview to enlarge it. The captions explain the task so you can choose a starting point before requesting the PDF.

Illustrated Robert Smalls biography page from the free Volume 2 Week 1 sampler.Enlarge preview ↗

Read a biography

Meet Robert Smalls, then record one fact and one question. The free sampler also includes Nat Turner and Denmark Vesey.

Look Closer page with a Robert Smalls speech excerpt and questions about its context.Enlarge preview ↗

Look at evidence

Identify a speaker, an audience and a purpose. This preview comes from the sampler’s primary-source activity.

Map the Escape activity page with drawing space and reflection prompts.Enlarge preview ↗

Map a journey

Use a map of Charleston Harbor to think about the Planter’s route. Explain how knowledge of the harbor helped the freedom seekers.

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Choose the task
that fits your learner.

These materials are designed for grown-ups teaching ages 7 to 15. Use the age bands as starting points and adjust for reading confidence.

Ages 7 to 9: notice and tell
Read aloud. Ask your learner to name a person, retell an event or draw an idea. Let spoken answers count.
Ages 10 to 12: explain and compare
Read with support nearby. Ask for a reason and one detail from the text, then write a short explanation.
Ages 13 to 15: support a claim
Compare sources, separate facts from inferences, and explain what the evidence cannot tell us.

Make room for history
all year.

Use these Black history worksheets during Black History Month, a homeschool history unit, or a weekend at the kitchen table. One thoughtful conversation is a useful start.

Use the five-day family lesson plan ↗

Before you print

  • The emailed sampler and Etsy workbooks are digital PDFs. A printer is optional for reading; use one for pages you want to write on.
  • Print on US Letter paper and check print preview. Start with one page before printing a whole week.
  • Read the grown-up notes before lessons on enslavement, uprisings or racial violence.
  • Paid downloads cover one household. Contact the Etsy shop for a classroom, co-op, church or school license.