Black History Month Celebration:
“Black History Museum, Live!”
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On Monday, February 29th, Pleasant Pains will be holding the first Black History Month
parent night, “Black History Museum, Live!” This event will start at 6 pm and end at 7:30.
Everyone is invited to view the presentations and activities that this event has to offer. Please
fill out the bottom of the form accordingly to allow for the students and staff of Pleasant Plains
to prepare accordingly.
Presentations and Activities:
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Test your Black History knowledge against our Pleasant Plains Elementary Black Saga
team
View student presentations by students who researched important African Americans.
Each student will present researched based facts, timelines and achievements as the
historical figure themselves.
Come and listen to our own Pleasant Plains Elementary students as they sing Blues
inspired songs of their own creation. The singers will be guided by our Vocal Music
Teacher, Ms. Seymour!
Listen to our own Pleasant Plains Elementary students as the play African American Folk
music inspired by African Americans. The musicians will be led by our Instrumental
Music Teacher, Ms. Ciaccio!
Listen to guest speakers who will highlight the accomplishments of famous African
Americans
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Please sign and return to Mr. Planter or Mr. Jasper
__________ I am eager to attend and view the activities on February 29th!
Including me, there will be a total of __________________ people in my party.
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I understand that no child can be dropped off at this event and they must be
accompanied by an adult 18 years or older.
Contact information- just in case the event must be reschedule due to weather or other
BCPS related closures:
Phone number____________________________________
Email ___________________________________________
Student names
Homeroom
teacher
Grade level
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__________ I am eager for my son or daughter to participate in the event as a “presenter”.
My son or daughter, ____________________ is in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade.
o I will help my son/daughter choose a famous African American either based on the list
provided or submit an alternative
o I will help my son or daughter research the individual
o I will help my son or daughter compile the research and create a five minute
presentation in a chronological speech in first person.
o I understand that no child can be dropped off at this event and they must be
accompanied by an adult 18 years or older.
o I will have my son or daughter return their research form by 2/22 and their rough draft
of the “speech” by 2/25 to Mr. Jasper or Mr. Planter so that speech can be checked for
accuracy and appropriateness.
o Contact information- just in case the event must be reschedule due to weather or other
BCPS related closures:
o Phone number____________________________________
o Email ___________________________________________
o Optional: I will help my son or daughter dress similar to the person I am
researching
o Optional: I will help my son or daughter create a visual (trifold, poster, diorama,
etc.) to provide additional information to their audience
o Optional: I give permission for my son or daughter to be photographed/
videotaped presenting their researched based information
o Optional: I give permission for my son or daughters photograph/ video to be
posted online via (PPES Twitter, PPES Facebook, and PPES webpage)
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Black History Month Celebration:
“Black History Museum, Live!”
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__________ I am eager for my son or daughter to participate in the event as a “singer
(led by Ms. Seymour) or as musician (led by Ms. Ciaccio)”.
My son or daughter, ____________________ is in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade.
o I understand that no child can be dropped off at this event and they must be
accompanied by an adult 18 years or older.
o Contact information- just in case the event must be reschedule due to weather or other
BCPS related closures:
o Phone number____________________________________
o Email ___________________________________________
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Research Form
Student Name: _______________________________
Grade: ______________________________________
Homeroom Teacher___________________________
Choosing a person to present for Black History Month:
We would like to provide your son or daughter the option to choose the person that interests
them to present on. However, to decrease the chance that 80 percent of our participants
choose the same person we would like to have your child provide their top three choices for
who they would like to present on based on the list provided. If your child is interested on
researching and presenting on someone not listed, please contact Mr. Planter or Mr. Jasper
ahead of time. Students will be granted one of their three choices based on the student who
turns in their form first. Please turn the permission slip by 2/22 so that we can properly
organize the event. Please turn in a draft of the speech by 2/25 so that it may be checked for
accuracy.
Name of African American Hero first choice: ______________________________________
Name of African American Hero second choice: ______________________________________
Name of African American Hero third choice: ______________________________________
Martin Luther King Jr.
(Minister)
Aretha Franklin (singer)
Althea Gibson (Tennis
Player)
Barack Obama
(President)
Barry Sanders
(Football)
Dr. Dallas Dance (Super
Intendent)
Bo Diddley (Singer)
B.B. King (singer)
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Bessie Smith (singer)
Booker T. Washington
(Educator)
Alice Walker (author)
Barbara Jordan
(Former United States
Representative)
Benjamin Banneker
(Scientist)
Bill Russell (Basketball)
Cab Calloway (Singer)
Angela Bassett
(actress)
Barry Bonds (Baseball)
Bessie Coleman
(Aviator)
Billie Holiday (Singer)
Carl Lewis (Track and
Field Athlete)
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Carmelo Anthony
(Basketball)
Chuck Berry (guitarist)
Condoleezza Rice
(Former United States
Secretary of State)
Don Cheadle (actor)
DaMarcus Beasley
(Soccer)
Emmitt Smith
(Football)
Frank Robinson
(Baseball)
Hank Aaron (baseball)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
(Track and Field
Athlete)
Jesse Owens (Track and
Field Athlete)
LeVar Burton (Actor)
Mary McLeod Bethune
(Educator)
Muhammad Ali (Boxer)
Romare Bearden
(Artist)
Sheryl Swoopes
(Basketball)
Thurgood Marshall
(Former Associate
Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United
States)
W.E.B. Du Bois (Author)
Ben Carson (Surgeon)
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Clarence Thomas
(Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of
the United States)
Derek Walcott (Poet)
Colin Powell (Former
United States Secretary
of State)
Duke Ellington
(composer)
Ernie Banks (Baseball)
Dwyane Wade
(Basketball)
Etta James (Singer)
Ella Fitzgerald (Singer)
Frederick Douglas (Civil
Rights Activists)
Harriet Tubman
(Abolitionists)
Jackie Robinson
(baseball)
George Washington
Carver (Scientist)
Henry Louis Gates
(University Professor)
Joe Morgan (baseball)
Jim Brown (Football)
Langston Hughes (Poet) LaBron James
(Basketball)
Madam CJ. Walker
Mae Jemison (NASA
(Entrepreneur)
Astronaut)
Michelle Obama (First
Muddy Waters
Lady of the United
(Musician)
States)
Percy Julian (Scientist)
Quincy Jones (Record
Producer)
Ruby Bridges (Civil
Serena Williams
Rights Activist)
(Tennis Player)
Smokey Robinson
Sojourner Truth
(Singer)
(Abolitionist)
Tyra Banks (Television
Venus Williams
Personality)
(Tennis)
Louis Armstrong (Jazz
trumpeter)
Maya Angelou (Author)
Oprah Winfrey
(Entrepreneur)
Rosa Parks (Civil Rights
Activists)
Sidney Poitier (Actor)
Tiger Woods (Golf)
Whitney Houston
(Singer)
Patricia Bath (Doctor)
Wilma Rudolph (Track
and Field Athlete)
Guion Bluford (NASA
Astronaut)
Dominique Dawes
(Gymnast)
Florence Griffith Joyner
(Track and Field
Athlete)
Gwendolyn Brooks
(Poet)
Herbie Hancock (Jazz
Pianist)
John Coltrane
(Saxophonist)
Willie Mays (Baseball)
Lonnie George Johnson
(Inventor)
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Keith Black
(Neurosurgeon)
Otis Bobby Boykin
(Inventor)
Annie Easley (Inventor
& Computer Scientist)
Dwayne McDuffie
(Writer)
Samuel B. Fuller
(Entrepreneur)
Maysa Leak (Jazz
singer)
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Samuel L. Kountz
(Surgeon &
Researcher)
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Resources for Black History Month:
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http://www.timeforkids.com/news/black-history-month-printables/144461
http://pbskids.org/aaworld/
http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/blackhistory
http://www.famousafricanamericans.org/
http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/blackhistory#people
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