Lesson Plans
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Grade-banded collections at a saving: the fastest way to bring a full unit or a whole year of Garvey into the classroom.
Marcus Garvey Complete Collection
Full K-12 arc combining all 20 Garvey resources, moving from identity-building in early grades to primary-source analysis in high school.
Marcus Garvey High School Bundle
Seven high-school lessons built around Garvey's own speeches and the Black Star Line, tracing his influence into the Harlem Renaissance and Rastafari.
Marcus Garvey Middle School Bundle
Five middle-grades resources pairing bell ringers and wisdom cards with literacy and growth-mindset instruction tied to Garvey's life.
Marcus Garvey Elementary Bundle
Five early-grades lessons using read-aloud, drawing, and reflection activities to introduce young learners to Garvey's story.
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Single, ready-to-teach lessons: each grounded in verified history and built for close reading, discussion, and reflection.
Marcus Garvey Biography (Reading Comprehension & SEL)
Covers Garvey's childhood in St. Ann's Bay before his UNIA years, focusing on how early hardship shaped his purpose.
Mia Mottley Lesson
Examines the Barbadian prime minister's climate advocacy as a case study in coalition-building and plain-spoken leadership.
Frederick Douglass Lesson
Traces Douglass's path from enslavement to becoming a leading abolitionist voice, centered on self-education as liberation.
The Marcus Garvey Coloring Book Curriculum
78 scripted A-Z lesson plans pairing coloring pages with early identity, vocabulary, and character-building activities.
Amy's Christmas Gift Pre-K Unit
Five-day unit following an ant's journey to teach perseverance and generosity, paired with a picture book.
Miriam Makeba Lesson
Explores how the South African singer used music and public voice to resist apartheid.
Sojourner Truth Lesson
Studies her escape from slavery, her legal fight to reclaim her son, and her public speaking legacy.
Harriet Tubman Lesson
Focuses on her repeated Underground Railroad missions as a model of planning, courage, and commitment.
Fannie Lou Hamer Lesson
Looks at her rise from sharecropper to civil-rights voting-rights icon through collective action.
Ida B. Wells Lesson
Covers her investigative journalism exposing lynching statistics that officials tried to suppress.
Shirley Chisholm Lesson
Examines the first Black congresswoman's push to create and expand WIC food programs.
Septima Clark Lesson
Studies the 'Mother of the Civil Rights Movement' and her Citizenship Schools that taught literacy for voter registration.
Ella Baker Lesson
Highlights a behind-the-scenes organizer who trained other civil-rights leaders rather than seeking the spotlight.
Pan-African Heroes: Rosa Parks
Reframes Parks's activism as a lifelong pattern of discipline and dignity, not a single bus incident.
Pan-African Heroes: Haile Selassie
Uses Selassie's 1963 'Until' speech as a primary source for analyzing Pan-African ideals.
Marcus Garvey Speech Analysis
One-day close reading of Garvey's 1925 pre-incarceration speech focused on legacy and voice.
Black History Month Bell Ringers
42 daily warm-ups profiling Pan-African historical figures with quotes, facts, and reflection prompts.
Claudia Brings Us Together
Introduces young students to activist Claudia Jones through read-aloud and drawing activities about voice and community.
Voices of Power: Claudia Jones
Middle-grades biography lesson on Claudia Jones centered on the theme of standing firm in identity.
Marcus Believes
Uses young Marcus Garvey's story to build confidence and heritage pride through drawing and reflection.
Stand Firm
Introduces early readers to Garvey's early courage as a confidence-building literacy activity.
Marcus Garvey and Pan-Africanism
One-day lesson on why Garvey called for African unity and how that vision persists today.
Marcus Garvey and Rastafari
Mini-unit connecting Garvey's legacy to the rise of the Rastafari movement.
Marcus Garvey & the Harlem Renaissance
Links Garvey's message of self-reliance to writers like Hughes and Hurston during the Harlem Renaissance.
Young Marcus Garvey and His Big Dream
Story-based mini-unit where second graders explore their own names and dreams alongside young Garvey's.
Marcus Garvey & the Black Star Line
Explains the Black Star Line shipping venture as a symbol of Black economic self-determination.
What Garvey Learned in London
Explores Garvey's formative years abroad in London as a story of resilience and leadership growth.
Garvey, Grit, and the Growth Mindset
Uses an original story about Garvey being fired to teach grit and self-belief.
Building a Nation, Building Myself
Blends nonfiction and historical fiction so students draw parallels between Garvey's nation-building and their own goals.
Marcus Garvey: The Power of Trying
Two original stories on Garvey's early life used to teach perseverance across US, UK, and Jamaican standards.
Marcus Garvey Wisdom Cards
30 printable cards pairing Garvey quotes with reflection prompts and real-world action steps.
Marcus Garvey and the Power of the Mind
Free 45-minute activity built around Garvey's 'none but ourselves can free the mind' message.
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