African American Scientist Biography: Percy Julian

This African American scientist biography and worksheet about Percy Julian makes a fantastic activity for Black History Month in science.

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Percy Julian was a successful chemist during a time of rampant racial prejudices. Despite many roadblocks, he persevered and played a vital role in developing easier and cheaper ways to extract steroids from plants, making life-changing medicines such as cortisone available for millions of people. He also developed fire extinguishers that are still used on aircraft carriers today.

INCLUDES BOTH GOOGLE AND PRINT VERSIONS!

In this assignment, students will:

• READ a biography about the life and scientific accomplishments of Percy Julian, including the racism he faced.
• ANSWER text-dependent reading comprehension questions.

Teacher Notes:

• Save time and paper by making just one class set of the biography reading (1 page front/back) and reuse them from class-to-class.
• Makes a great sub plan!
• Answer key provided.
• Please note: This African American scientist biography is NOT editable.
• A link to the Google Slides version of this activity is provided in the downloadable PDF.