Students will develop a variety of skills that include spatial, body kinesthetic, and communication skills. They create journal entries about the artist George Caitlin and a script for a theatrical skit.

Students create a paper that differentiates between written and oral history. They also create a visual narrative that is interpretative.

Students practice using visualization to aid in their reading comprehension. While completing a read aloud of a selected poem, the instructor models visualizing images from the poem. Independently, students read a chapter from a...

Students discover how to estimate the age of redwood trees. They measure the trees' diameters by using string to calculate the circumferences. Students conclude by discussing the science of dendrochronolgy.

In this word unscramble worksheet students decipher 17 words. All pertain to tall tales. There is no word bank for this puzzle of medium difficulty.

Students practice their listening skills. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various fire safety rules. Students answer questions after listening to a story.

This site has Smokey Bear's Seven Campfire Safety Tips. These tips will help you when you are out camping.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This book, The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin, or Down Paddles, was the sixty-second volume from the "Camp Fire Girls" adventure series from the early 1900s. This...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This book, The Camp Fire Girls at School Go Motoring, or Along the Road That Goes the Way, was the twenty-ninth volume from the "Camp Fire Girls" adventure series from...

An absolutely fascinating account of the findings at various caves such as Qafzeh and Kebara that signified the emergence of man out of Africa.

After celebrating (and singing) some of the delightful songs from Alan Katz's "Take Me out of the Bathtub" and listening to songs by Weird Al Yankovic, like "Eat It," students will discuss the concept of parody. To practice writing a...

A short article reporting on the discovery at an archaeological dig of an apparent human-controlled fire from 790,000 years ago. This early human would have been hominids.

Goofy stories and larger-than-life adventures populate this list of tall tales.

An online version of a well-established Russian children's magazine "Kostyor." Contents include current events for kids, children's literature, jokes, games, Russian history, biographical information on Russian writers, as well as...

Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Read about the Spanish soldier-explorers who came to Texas in search of gold and glory.

Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Find out about how the two Americas: the Europeans' version, and the American Indians' version, started changing forever.

Listen to the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Read about big horns, big ranches, and even bigger legends.

Share in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Read about free people of color, and how the Republic of Texas was between a rock and a hard place.

Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Read about buffalo soldiers, whether on horseback or on foot, they fought the same enemy every day.

Listen in to the campfire stories of the people who embody Texas. Find out why Texas was the place to be for so many people.

Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Learn how small the separation between church and state in 17th century Spain affected Texas.

Listen in to the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas, and from the time Spindletop blew its oily stack, Texas has never been the same.

Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. In this case the Texas Rangers; a raggedy bunch, who straightened up when they needed to.

Hear the campfire stories of the people who embody Texas. Learn about the cowboy way; how to rope and ride.