Black History Month/Women's History Reads & Resources by Mollee Holloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history Share your favorite stories, activities, programming & more for February & March! en-us 2026-02-04 16:32:41 UTC 2026-02-18 18:54:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4ac.png Searchable Museum by NMAAHC molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777393082 2026-02-04 16:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777393082 Black History Month - NPS molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777397380 2026-02-04 16:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777397380 NCpedia Black History Month Resources molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777398097 2026-02-04 16:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777398097 Black History Month Toolkit 2026 | NC AAHC molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777399087 2026-02-04 16:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777399087 2026 Black History Month Full Reading List | NC AAHC molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777402489 There is a list of Youth / Children's titles

]]> 2026-02-04 16:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777402489 From NCMALearn molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777404968 You can find resources and programs devoted to recognizing Black history and culture all year long on NCMA Learn. Our Black History All Year resource highlights works of art and biographies of Black artists featured in the NCMA’s collection. Including works by artists born in North Carolina such as Romare Bearden and Beverly McIver and contemporary African artists such as Zanele Muholi and Elias Sime, there are examples in a variety of media, styles, and time periods to discover.

]]> 2026-02-04 16:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777404968 Freedom Park in Raleigh molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777405802 2026-02-04 16:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777405802 Primary Sources resources molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777407840 on Rosa Parks and interpreting Civil War data

]]> 2026-02-04 16:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777407840 Primary Sources on African American Soldiers and Civil Rights during WWI molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777410190 African American Soldiers and Civil Rights During WWI - DocsTeach

]]> 2026-02-04 17:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777410190 A lesson from 2017 molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777479241 I used this illustration from LeUyen Pham in the 2016 book Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead and students logged into ThingLink to view brief biographies on the women featured here! Because of ThingLink's structure, I can't share it any longer but after they explored the biographies in various medium, they reflected on Padlet by sharing 1 story that inspired them.

]]> 2026-02-04 17:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777479241 All Rise molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777504238 The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson

by Carole Boston Weatherford

]]> 2026-02-04 18:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777504238 Thank You Sarah molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777508494 The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving

by Laurie Halse Anderson

]]> 2026-02-04 18:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777508494 Gordon Parks molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777510276 How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

by Carole Boston Weatherford

]]> 2026-02-04 18:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777510276 Choosing Brave molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777513698 How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)

by Angela Joy

]]> 2026-02-04 18:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777513698 A Place to Land molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777514799 Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

by Barry Wittenstein
Jerry Pinkney

]]> 2026-02-04 18:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777514799 Women's History Month Postcards molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777551737 5th graders read biographies on famous women and wrote postcard summaries for 3rd graders to also learn about the same biography for Women’s History Month. 3rd graders responded with postcards of their own, using both text & drawings (see video). Our final lesson on Women’s History Month was learning about real women (famous & every day) who have made historic contributions through short video biographies in the computer lab. (with the LeUyen Pham illustration)

]]> 2026-02-04 18:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777551737 Character Traits for Professions molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777554623 4th graders participated in a Women’s History Month activity that involved reading article-based biographies about famous and “every day” women who do remarkable things in their professions or through history. Their next step was moving around the room and writing character traits that reflect each profession. At the end we discussed that not a single person determined that you had to be female (or male!) to do the profession! Their posters were on display in the Hallway for all students to observe (see video)!

]]> 2026-02-04 18:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777554623 Interviews with Women in Various Professions molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777572181 We had some “Google Hangout Guests” visit virtually and talk about their professions. Students heard from a nurse practitioner; former Marine and current AIG teacher; a College of Education professor; a commercial banker; graphic designer; assistant principal; photojournalist and digital storyteller; and author/librarian Carter Higgins. You can watch the chat with Carter in this link!


Baxter Miller is the Digital Storyteller/Photojournalist with a fascinating background that she shares how she 'created' her own path both in college and career to do what she does. Baxter's work can often be found in Our State Magazine.

]]> 2026-02-04 18:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777572181 Black History Month Trading Cards molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777590626 To build some biography reading experience and research skills, students worked on making "trading cards" about Black History Heroes that are from a range of historical eras, and cover everything from scientists to athletes, creatives and artists, and other change makers. With Canva and other digital tools, this could be enhanced for today's learners but at the time, we pre-created and printed these templates with photos already assigned and matched them with print biographies and digital sources like Britannica for students to complete. Here's one template with Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Willie Mays, and Tiger Woods. Linked is another template with the Obamas, Colin Powell, George Washington Carver, Coretta Scott King, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

]]> 2026-02-04 19:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777590626 NCpedia Women's History in NC molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777602861 Very wide collection of articles and resources about Women's history in NC including colonial times, women's colleges in NC, Women in the Military, The 19th Amendment in NC, and loads more!


To narrow it down, top places to explore might be the BIOGRAPHIES section, the Edenton Tea Party, or Women Shape the New South.


]]> 2026-02-04 19:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777602861 NCpedia & the 19th Amendment molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777603591 Barrier Breaking Moments for the Women of North Carolina Timeline

]]> 2026-02-04 19:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777603591 National Women's History Museum molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777608100 Resources & lesson plans to teach stories of women and women's movements throughout history! Stories like Rosa Parks' Activism before the Bus Boycott, Indigenous Women Resistance and Resilience in the American Present, and one of my favorite STEM SHE-Roes, Hedy Lamarr

]]> 2026-02-04 19:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777608100 I Am Ruby Bridges -- there's 166 copies of this one on NCKids y'all! Read it! molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777620239 by Ruby Bridges
Nikkolas Smith

]]> 2026-02-04 19:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777620239 Schomburg molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777621809 The Man Who Built a Library

by Carole Boston Weatherford

]]> 2026-02-04 19:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777621809 Path to the Stars molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777622352 My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist

by Sylvia Acevedo

]]> 2026-02-04 19:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777622352 Bad News for Outlaws molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777623312 The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

]]> 2026-02-04 19:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777623312 Like a Bird molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777624803 The Art of the American Slave Song

by Cynthia Grady

]]> 2026-02-04 19:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777624803 Courage Has No Color, the True Story of the Triple Nickles molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777625333 America's First Black Paratroopers

by Tanya Lee Stone

]]> 2026-02-04 19:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777625333 Red Bird Sings molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777628237 The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist

by Gina Capaldi

]]> 2026-02-04 19:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777628237 Just Like Jesse Owens molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777631534 Just Like Jesse Owens

by Andrew Young
Paula Young Shelton

]]> 2026-02-04 19:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777631534 Timelines from Black History molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777632095 Leaders, Legends, Legacies

by DK

]]> 2026-02-04 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777632095 Lives of Extraordinary Women molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777632832 Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought)

by Kathleen Krull
Kathryn Hewitt

]]> 2026-02-04 19:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777632832 The Undefeated molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777634561 by Kwame Alexander
Kadir Nelson

]]> 2026-02-04 19:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777634561 NPS Women's History Month molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777640580 Amazing collection about the parks, artifacts, and histories of women across the US, including an Educator's Portal with lesson plans, virtual learning, and more.

]]> 2026-02-04 19:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777640580 State Library of NC molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777641286 A guide celebrating the contributions women have made and continue to make to North Carolina and the United States.

]]> 2026-02-04 19:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777641286 Smithsonian's Women's History molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777644324 Resources and an oral history project can be found here, as well as several events throughout March 2026 like:

  • March 5: 50th Anniversary of Wonder Woman

  • March 23: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon amplifying women's voices in financial independence

  • March 26: Hidden Figures, Visible Futures: Women in Space

]]> 2026-02-04 19:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777644324 Sarah Keys Evans molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777662780 Along with this NCpedia Article, there are a few books about Evans' like this one published recently by the State Archives and a special virtual event about her life and this book on Feb 19. Register here


PBS NC featured a story on a public art project in her honor in her hometown of Roanoke Rapids

]]> 2026-02-04 20:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777662780 Because of You, John Lewis molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777669703 by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Keith Henry Brown

]]> 2026-02-04 20:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777669703 The Girl Who Drew Butterflies molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777670338 How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

by Joyce Sidman

]]> 2026-02-04 20:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777670338 Mary Blair's Unique Flair molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777671190 The Girl Who Became One of the Disney Legends

by Amy Novesky

]]> 2026-02-04 20:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777671190 Ruth Bader Ginsburg molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777671851 The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality

by Jonah Winter

]]> 2026-02-04 20:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777671851 Girl with Brush and Canvas molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777672662
Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

by Carolyn Meyer

]]> 2026-02-04 20:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777672662 NoveList Jan 26 BHM for 0-8 molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777673849 These recent fiction and nonfiction books offer readers a variety of perspectives on the deep and complex history and culture of Black Americans. -- Rebecca Honeycutt worked as a youth services librarian in public libraries before joining NoveList to provide readers' advisory for NextReads newsletters and Curated Lists. Rebecca reads across a lot of genres and will be delighted if you enjoy any of the books on this list.

]]> 2026-02-04 20:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777673849 NoveList Jan 26 BHM ages 9-12 molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777675329 These recent fiction and nonfiction books offer readers a variety of perspectives on the deep and complex history and culture of Black Americans. -- Rebecca Honeycutt worked as a youth services librarian in public libraries before joining NoveList to provide readers' advisory for NextReads newsletters and Curated Lists. Rebecca reads across a lot of genres and will be delighted if you enjoy any of the books on this list.

]]> 2026-02-04 20:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777675329 NoveList Jan 26 BHM Teens molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777679135 These recent fiction and nonfiction books offer readers a variety of perspectives on the deep and complex history and culture of Black Americans. -- Rebecca Honeycutt worked as a youth services librarian in public libraries before joining NoveList to provide readers' advisory for NextReads newsletters and Curated Lists. Rebecca reads across a lot of genres and will be delighted if you enjoy any of the books on this list.

]]> 2026-02-04 20:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777679135 The Girl Who Figured It Out molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777688432 The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World Champion

by Minda Dentler
Stephanie Dehennin

]]> 2026-02-04 20:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777688432 Courage Like Kate molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777688764 The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper

by Anna Crowley Redding
Emily Sutton

]]> 2026-02-04 20:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777688764 Listening to the Stars molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777689083 Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars

by Jodie Parachini
Alexandra Badiu

]]> 2026-02-04 20:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777689083 Classified molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777689471 The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

by Traci Sorell
Natasha Donovan

]]> 2026-02-04 20:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777689471 Evonne Goolagong molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777691309 by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Lisa Koesterke

]]> 2026-02-04 20:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777691309 I am Billie Jean King molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777691662 by Brad Meltzer

]]> 2026-02-04 20:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777691662 Different Like Coco molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777691988 by Elizabeth Matthews

]]> 2026-02-04 20:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3777691988 Amazing non-fiction story! amccall https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779069793 Geared to elementary but older kids could love this as well.

]]> 2026-02-05 17:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779069793 Harlem Globetrotters amccall https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779070630 This one is such a fun read!

]]> 2026-02-05 17:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779070630 Connecting with Black Authors kayemenjivar https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779073901 Mackin's Storyteller Spotlight has awesome interviews with Jason Reynolds and Nic Stone in their archives. Scroll down to see the archived sessions.

]]> 2026-02-05 17:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779073901 An American Story https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779077688 2026-02-05 17:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779077688 Soul School molleeholloman https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779089338 By Amber O’Neal Johnston

]]> 2026-02-05 17:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779089338 Shark Lady https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779101111 2026-02-05 17:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779101111 Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779102261 2026-02-05 17:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3779102261 The Green Book sharon_swanke https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3793925301 by Tonya Bolden. Illustrated by Eric Velasquez.

]]> 2026-02-18 18:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3793925301 Navigating the Green Book sharon_swanke https://padlet.com/ncdpi/t3history/wish/3793931503 Smithsonian Exhibit: Navigating the Green Book allows users to map an imaginary trip that would allow Black travelers to visit places in safety. https://www.searchablemuseum.com/navigating-the-green-book/


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