Black History Month: celebrating black innovation

In time for Black History Month 2024, our latest Headline lesson highlights pioneering black innovators who have helped shape the modern world. 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

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About this lesson

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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