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The Important Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are read numerous examples of strong poetry. Individually, they brainstorm a list of interests or attributes about themselves and choose the most important one. They write a poem using the attribute and shares the poem with the...
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Polar Bear Adaptations

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners explore the adaptations that are made by polar bears. They discuss the color of polar bears as well as the dominant color that is found in the arctic. Students create a polar bear puppet.
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Baga Drum

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine a Baga Drum in order to explore the history of the Baga people of West Africa. In this art history lesson plan, students recognize figures used in Baga Drum design that represent aspects of Baga culture. They also design...
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FUNdraising Goal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils decide how much money is needed to help a family in their community. They develop a way to raise funds and follow through with the project. They identify private sources of funds in their community.
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Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'The Moon Children' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
"The Moon Children", a novel by Canadian author Beverley A. Brenna, is about the friendship between a Romanian immigrant girl and a boy with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. This teaching guide has ideas for discussion and learning activities.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Young Man's Gift of Literature, Science, and Morality

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of The Young Man's Gift of Literature, Science, and Morality by Cotesworth Pinckney, a nonfiction book for children.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Children's Literature Newsletter

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Free monthly email newsletters featuring classic children's literature, new books, ideas and activities to use with students, and links to other Internet resources.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Avi

For Students 3rd - 8th
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site provides a commentary on the young adult fiction of Avi.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Tuck Everlasting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here's a review by children's literature guru Carol Hurst, along with some discussion ideas and links to other sites.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Arnold Lobel

For Students 3rd - 5th
A comprehensive look at some of the works of Arnold Lobel and their significance in children's literature. Also contains summaries for many of Lobel's books and links to other Lobel sites.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Children's Crusade by George Zabriskie Gray

For Students 4th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's The Children's Crusade: An Episode of the Thirteenth Century by George Zabriskie Gray [1870], a nonfiction account of Children's Crusade in the 13th Century.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Children of Colonial Days by Elizabeth S. Tucker

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Children of Colonial Days by Elizabeth S. Tucker (c1894), a collection of illustrated children's stories and poems.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Children of the Week by William Theodore Peters

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Children of the Week by William Theodore Peters (1886), an illustrated children's novel.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Legends of the Red Children

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Legends of the Red Children by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Bible History for Children

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Bible History for Children by Charlotte Mary Yonge, a book of religious stories for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: How the Children Raised the Wind

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of How the Children Raised the Wind by Edna Lyall, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library:childhood in India or English Children in the East by Moses Dodd

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's novel Childhood in India or English Children in the East by Moses Dodd [1870].
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Country Walks of a Naturalist With His Children by W. Houghton

For Students 5th - 7th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by W. Houghton [1870], an illustrated novel describing ten country walks and what can be seen along the way.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Hephzibah: A Christmas Story for Children by Lucy Field

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Hephzibah: A Christmas Story for Children by Lucy Field [1870], a Christmas novel.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Loyal Charlie Bentham: The Children's Island by Annie Webb

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Loyal Charlie Bentham: The Children's Island by Annie Webb Peploe (1861), includes two separate stories.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Pictorial Family Worship: Children's Services by r.h. Smith

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Pictorial Family Worship: Children's Services by R.H. Smith, a collection of illustrated Bible stories, poems, and songs.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Life and Her Children: Glimpses of Animal Life by A. B. Buckley

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Life and Her Children: Glimpses of Animal Life by Arabella B. Buckley; This is a nonfiction book about animal life from ameba to insects.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Children's Tabernacle

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of The Children's Tabernacle, a fiction book for children.

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