Read Sister Anne's Hands by MaryBeth Lorbiecki (beautiful book about a the first black teacher to come to a school - show kids how to form heart with their hands, suggest make cards that way to share with the important people in their lives)
Sing: "Black and White" 1st verse
Read The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson (two girls in a segregated town meet and find friendship atop the dividing fence)
Sing: "Martin Luther King had a Dream" (lyrics to this and other songs here: http://tinyurl.com/singalong-black-history-month)
Read: Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport
Sing: more verses of "Black and White"
Read: This is the Dream by Diane Z. Shore & Jessica Alexander (rhyming lines show the unfairness of segregation and the steps we have taken to progress to a fairer society)
Singable book: This Little Light of Mine, illustrated by E.B.Lewis
End with book about possibilities: A Girl Like Me by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Nina Crews
More Black History Month ideas: https://carolsimonlevin.blogspot.com/2014/03/school-age-storytimes-black-history.html
Additional book suggestons: https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/african-american-history-books-for-children/
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