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Children will identify several Black inventors and explain how their inventions solved problems.

Social Studies Focus: Black History Month

Science Focus: inventors

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• Arturo Schomburg was Puertorrican and Black, and invented a whole new discipline, Black History.
• He saw a problem: People thought Blacks didn't have important people or history. His solution: He collected papers to prove Black people had a history.

• Kids learned the word cerdas from the issue. Help make the word “stick” by having kids draw what the word means.
• Use our Dibuja la palabra skill sheet or have kids draw it in a word journal.

Skill: critical thinking

Materials: Inventa algo skill sheet, pencils, crayons

• Use the question on page 3 of the issue as a springboard for this activity. Give each child a copy of the skill sheet and discuss the problem: The giraffe is too tall for Kim to reach.
• Invite children to draw their ideas and name their inventions. If kids are stuck, you can prompt them with questions such as, “¿Qué podría hacer que la esponja llegue más alto?”
• Have children share their work and compare their inventions.