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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students research the lives of historical figures, and create poems about themselves. They use the same format to write poems about people from history to see that they are not so different from the people of our past and present. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students read an online article in preparation for researching a period in history and interviewing someone who lived during that time. They investigate how they have participated in history. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students use a song to evaluate the roles of legends in history. They study well-known legends to determine their historical accuracy and relevance. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students evaluate the role of legends in history after listening to the song, "Heebie Jeebies," by Louis Armstrong. They research well-known legends to determine their accuracy and explain their relevance in the history. There is a rubic included in this lesson for help in assessing the students' work. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students explore famous American historical figures from Massachusetts. They read short biographies about important people and choose one person to research. Using the internet, students write an illustrated biography of the person studied. Students share their information with the class. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students investigate how Language Arts and Social Studies can be integrated in the curriculum. They conduct research about a famous person in history. Then students use the information to write a report for the class. Then students are interviewed about the presentation by the teacher. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students create a timeline which includes major events from their lives. They gather information for the timeline by interviewing parents. Individual timelines are illustrated. Students also create a classroom timeline which includes art, literature and people in history. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students gather information to create a wall of fame. Using the internet, they evaluate and collect information from numerous websites. They identify the characteristics and actions that make people famous. Using a timeline, they discover wher these famous people fit into the history of the world and share their information with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze how historians are trying to keep history alive and preserve it for generations to come. They view some schools trying to save an entire culture and language from extinction. Students participate in history preservation projects, ranging from oral history to hands-on efforts to save a piece of community history. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 6th
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Students explore social reformers in history and research how their lives affected history. They create a list of famous American men and women in history and rank the lists. In groups, students explore cultural and constitutional history of the 1700-1900's. They compare and contrast the lives of one famous man and one famous woman. Full Review »
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