National Constitution Center
Thirteenth Amendment Poster
President Lincoln believed in the Thirteenth Amendment so strongly that he signed 14 copies of it, but died before he could see it passed on December 18, 1965. Explore the text that forever abolished slavery in America with a document...
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The Coin and the Fable: Alaska quarter reverse
An Alaskan quarter and a book of fables is what you'll need to start this activity. Learners will use the image of the bear and the salmon found on the reverse side of the Alaskan quarter as inspiration. They will compose a fable about...
Story Corps
The Great Thanksgiving Listen
StoryCorp provides a resource that captures and preserves the remembrances of family or community elders. Prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, class members select a person they want to interview, record the conversation, and then upload...
ReadWriteThink
Looking for the History in Historical Fiction: An Epidemic for Reading
Combine informational reading skills with fictional text in an innovative historical fiction lessons. After reading a fictional text related to diseases, class members read non-fictional text to gain knowledge about specific infectious...
Harper Collins
The World of Ramona
Bring the fun and whimsy of Beverly Cleary into your classroom with a teaching guide created to accompany the Ramona series. The guide offers several ideas for classroom use, including independent reading, reading aloud, and literature...
Student Achievement Partners
You've Been Lied To: The REAL Christopher Columbus
Looking for resources that explore alternative perspectives of the Christopher Columbus story? Check out the images, videos, cartoons, primary source documents, and other texts in a packet designed to spark...
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Arkansas Statehood
In this state facts instructional activity, students draw a picture about the statehood of Arkansas. Students also fill in information about the topic.
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Kansas Statehood
For this Kansas statehood worksheet, students draw a picture for the state of Kansas. Students also write information about the state.
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New Hampshire Statehood
In this statehood activity worksheet, students draw a picture relating to the statehood for New Hampshire. Students also fill in information about the state.
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Maine Statehood
In this statehood activity learning exercise, students draw a picture relating to the statehood of Maine and fill in information about the state.
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Maryland Statehood
In this statehood activity worksheet, students draw a picture relating to the statehood of Maryland. Students also write information about the state.
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Mississippi Statehood
In this statehood activity worksheet, students draw a picture relating to the statehood of Mississippi and write information about the state.
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Ohio Statehood
In this statehood activity worksheet, students draw a picture associated with the state of Ohio and fill in information about the state.
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Kentucky Statehood
In this statehood activity worksheet, students draw a picture relating to the statehood of Kentucky and then write information about the state.
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Illinois Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, learners read the clues about the state of Illinois. Students complete the crossword with 10 words about the state.
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Nevada Challenge
In this state facts instructional activity, students read the statements about the state of Nevada. Students select the best answer to complete the 10 statements.
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U.S. State Reports
Students conduct Internet research on a chosen U.S. state. They include information about the history, climate, geography, symbols, and tourist attractions of their state, and write an original poem.
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Library Guide to the States
Students use a library research activity to research the fifty United States. In this library research lesson, students complete a unit of lessons where they research and study the fifty states in the United States. Students research the...
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Fifty States
Fifth graders find each state and its capital city on a map before memorizing the information. They work in small groups after watching a modeled lesson by the teachers. They write a statement about their assigned states and capital...
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South Carolina: State History
In this state history worksheet, 4th graders read two and a half pages about the history of South Carolina and complete 10 true or false questions.
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The Southeast Region
Students write a song about the southeast region. In this southeast region lesson plan, students view pictures of landforms, hear music, look at maps of states, and more.
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A System of Rules
Learners write letters, create models, create a photo display, and make charts about the rules that a state has. In this rules lesson plan, students learn about and make different displays of how states come up with rules, change them,...
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Indiana Travel Guide
Fourth graders share their information about their home state. In this research lesson, 4th graders use graphic organizers to make a travel guide about the state of Indiana. This lesson could be modified for use with any state, it also...
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South Carolina Vocabulary
In this vocabulary activity worksheet, students read the 9 statements about South Carolina. Students use the words in the word box to complete the examples.