Black History Inventors and Scientists

Submitted by Marie Scarlett Davis on 5 December 2024.

Learners explore the contributions of five black (US) scientists and inventors. Suitable for Entry Levels 1, 2 & 3 and beyond.

Editor's notes

An interesting multi-purpose PPT that be used to focus on listening, reading or writing skills. Makes a complete lesson: warm up discussion, video link, Guess Who? quizzes and a final research / writing task.

Resource File(s)

blackhistoryinventors.pptx

Resource type

Investigation or project

Writing assessments, tasks or prompts

Quiz

Informative presentation

Discussion points

Other listening and/or speaking activity

Physical format

24 slides -widescreen PPT

Level

Entry Level 1

Entry Level 2

Entry Level 3

English

FS Eng E1.2 Identify & extract the main information from short statements & explanations

FS Eng E2.1 Identify & extract main information & detail from short explanations

FS Eng E3.1 Identify & extract relevant information & detail in straightforward explanations

FE E1.10 Understand a short piece of text on a simple subject

FE E2.8 Understand the main points in texts

FE E3.9 Identify, understand & extract main points & ideas in/from texts

FE 1.16 Communicate information in words, phrases & simple sentences

FE E2.17 Communicate information using words & phrases appropriate to audience & purpose

FE E3.18 Communicate information, ideas & opinions clearly & in logical sequence e.g. chronologically, by task

ESOL

ESOL Lr/E1.2a Listen for detail in short narratives and explanations

ESOL Lr/E2.2a Listen for detail in narratives and explanations

ESOL Lr/E3.3a Listen for relevant and new information on radio, TV, video, in face-to-face situations, and over the phone

ESOL Rt/E1.1a Follow a short narrative on a familiar topic or experience

ESOL Rt/E1.1b Obtain information from texts

ESOL Rt/E3.1a Understand how meaning is built up in a variety texts of more than one paragraph

ESOL Wt/E1.1a Compose very simple text to communicate ideas or basic information

ESOL Wt/E2.1a Compose simple text, selecting appropriate format for the genre and purpose

ESOL Wt/E3.2a

Context

History, culture, museums, libraries

Free tags

Black History