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Our Community Helpers
Students identify important aspects of community and culture that strengthen relationships. They discuss pictures of national symbols.
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Past and Future Heroes
Third graders view various murals and explore the characteristics of heroes and how heroes can be represented in art. They choose a hero, then write and illustrate a short report on his or her life.
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History: Fact of Fiction?
Students find a historial novel online and distinguish between fiction and nonfiction books. They research three historical events related to their novel and write a letter to a figure from their novel's time period.
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If They Had Lived
Students research the impact on society when someone dies from gun violence. They discuss the dangers of guns. They work together in groups to predict what a person might have done had they not been killed.
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Great American History: Abraham Lincoln Lesson Plans
This collection provides several suggested lesson plans appropriate for grades 6-8 and 9-12. The objective of these lesson plans is to insure that young scholars understand the basic facts of Abraham Lincoln's life.