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Black History Month: celebrating black innovation

Explore the impact of black innovation – from traffic lights and pacemakers, to golf tees and clothes dryers.

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Published 20 September 2024

About this lesson

Ready to celebrate Black History Month? Discover the pioneering black innovators who have helped shape the modern world.

Use this one-hour lesson to help your students:

  • Reflect on the importance of innovation
  • Celebrate how black innovators have changed the world
  • Form opinions about which innovations are the most important

These teaching resources have been created with support from PA Consulting and The PA Foundation. The Economist Educational Foundation maintained full editorial control.

This lesson develops the following skill:

  • Listening

    Intermediate:
    Demonstrating listening

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