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Introduce your students to 25 famous African Americans with this engaging word search puzzle worksheet. Puzzles make great no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, and sub files.
The 25 hidden names are: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Louis Armstrong, Benjamin Banneker, Ruby Bridges, George Washington Carver, Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, Ella Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, Michael Jordan, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, Barack Obama, Jesse Owens, Rosa Parks, Colin Powell, Jackie Robinson, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Madam C.J. Walker, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, and Oprah Winfrey.
The names are hidden in all directions and there may be some overlaps making this a challenging word search. A great activity for early finishers or just for something instructive to take home and learn from.
Each person is listed along with the years that they lived and their occupation, giving puzzlers the opportunity to learn information as they are searching. The worksheet comes in two versions, one with a colorful image and the other with a black outline image (good for saving a little on printing costs and giving the kids something to color in if they wish).
Solution included.
Save yourself a ton of time and always have something to engage your students at the ready with these related resources:
• Black History Month Puzzle Bundle - BIG SAVINGS!
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• Frederick Douglass Word Search
• George Washington Carver Word Search
• Harriet Tubman Word Search
• Jackie Robinson Word Search
• Langston Hughes Word Search
• Louis Armstrong Word Search
• Madam C J Walker Word Search
• Malcolm X Word Search
• Maya Angelou Word Search
• MLK Word Search
• Muhammad Ali Word Search
• Ray Charles Word Search
• Rosa Parks Word Search
• Ruby Bridges Word Search and Crossword
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