Black History Month Bingo Cards (free printable, 30 cards)
Thirty-six people, events and ideas from Black history, from Harriet Tubman and Ruby Bridges to Juneteenth and the Harlem Renaissance, on unique cards for February.
36 items · a 5 × 5 card with a free space needs 24 or more. More items make the cards differ.For review bingo, type answer | clue (“56 | 7 × 8”): the card shows the answer, the caller reads the clue. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too. Start a line with an emoji (“🐶 dog”) for a picture square.
Showing 4 of 31 pages. (Print always prints every page.)
To save a PDF, choose Print, then “Save as PDF” as the printer. Only the sheets print.
30 different cards. No two are the same. The card number and set number on every card let the caller check a winner (press C while calling).
About this set
Black History Month is celebrated every February in the United States. This set names people classes read about in elementary and middle school and what they are known for: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott, Frederick Douglass, Ruby Bridges, George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson, Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Thurgood Marshall, Katherine Johnson and Mae Jemison. It also names events and ideas: Juneteenth, the civil rights movement, the Harlem Renaissance, freedom, equality and jazz. Play it after reading about at least some of them, so the cards review what students have learned, and have students say why a person mattered before they cover the square.
Grades: 2nd to 8th grade. Best in: February.
The words on the cards
Harriet Tubman · Underground Railroad · Rosa Parks · Montgomery bus boycott · Frederick Douglass · Ruby Bridges · George Washington Carver · Jackie Robinson · Maya Angelou · Langston Hughes · Thurgood Marshall · Katherine Johnson · Mae Jemison · Martin Luther King Jr. · Juneteenth · Civil rights · Harlem Renaissance · Freedom · Equality · Courage · Jazz · Louis Armstrong · Duke Ellington · Sojourner Truth · Booker T. Washington · Madam C.J. Walker · Inventor · Poet · Astronaut · Supreme Court · Scientist · March on Washington · Peanuts · Baseball · Voting rights · February
How to play, and five ideas
Who was she? When a name is called, the first student to say one true fact about the person may cover the square.
Read, then play: use after a biography read-aloud so the cards review people the class already knows.
Match the job: call a description (“first Black woman in space”) and have students cover the name.
Timeline: after the game, put the events in order on a class timeline (Underground Railroad, Juneteenth, the bus boycott, the March on Washington).
Research choice: each student picks one square to research and presents a minute-long fact card.
Cards are small, so people are listed by the name children usually hear. Edit the list in the box to use full names, or to add people your class has studied.
Can I use it with younger students?
Yes, from second grade. For first grade, make a 3 × 3 card from the people you have read about this month.
Can I change the words?
Yes. The 36 words are in the box above the cards. Delete, add or edit any line and the cards are rebuilt at once. Nothing is saved on our servers.
How do I call the game?
Press “Call the game”. Each press of the space bar tumbles the ball cage and pops out the next item in very large type, with the list of items already called beside it. Press C and type a card number to check a winner, P to change the win pattern, V to have each call read aloud, and F to fill the projector.
How do I save the cards as a PDF?
Press Print and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer. Each page can also be saved as a PNG picture from under its preview.
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