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World Television Day
In this World Television Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, unscrambling sentences, writing questions, take a survey, and...
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World Animal Day
In this World Animal Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
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Symbols of America
Students research the events of September 11th . In this symbols lesson, students discover ways to honor this day. Students research the Internet for symbols used to represent ideas, events and people. Students work in groups to design a...
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Modern-Day America
Students remember the September 11 terrorist attacks. In this public memorials lesson, students research 20th century memorials. Students then design their own memorials for the victims at the World Trade Center site.
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Now This is a Contender, Allow Me to Prove It
Tenth graders persuade others to see their Blank History Month postage stamp as the best choice. In this African-American history lesson, 10th graders research noteworthy African-Americans and create postage stamps and write proposals...
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Citizens Together
Young scholars examine the bill of rights as it relates to founding documents and their significance today. In this bill of rights lesson plan, students use newspapers as sources to answer critical questions regarding democratic...
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Serving Memory
Students read an article about a woman who lost her fiance in Iraq. Reading a letter he left his son, they discuss how his words will affect his son once he is old enough to understand. They research the number of casualties in the war...
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Veterans Day Newspaper
Students examine the reasons for and origins of the Veterans Day holiday. They define key vocabulary terms, read and discuss the article "The Origins of Veterans Day," conduct research and complete a worksheet, and create a class...
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Christmas Trivia Numbers Pairwork
In this grammar worksheet, students, working with a partner, choose one of thirty-four sentences associated with Christmas and numbers and turn it into a question to ask their partner and see if they can guess the number correctly.
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A Postage Stamp... A Drawing Activity
Young scholars develop a list of individuals in school who help students. In this stamp making lesson, young scholars create a stamp to honor a person who is helpful at school. Students share their stamps and explain why they chose the...
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Impacting Indiana
Fourth graders explore Indiana. In this Indiana history lesson, 4th graders discuss how Indiana has developed through the years. Students discuss Indiana agriculture and follow a recipe using ingredients from Indiana crops. Students view...
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Christmas Lesson Plans
Students learn about the Christmas season through music, research, and other activities.
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Monuments, Memorials and Public Spaces
Monument and memorial lesson plans can get students thinking about important topics and time periods in history.
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Freethought Day Lessons
Freethought Day provides a way for students to discuss the current justice system.
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Celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday!
Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and reading by participating in Read Across America day on March 2nd.
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Holocaust Remembrance Week and the Chain of Causation
Here are activities and lessons for examining the "chain of causation" leading up to the Holocaust.
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Martin Luther King Day
Invite your advanced ESL learners to explore the US national holiday Martin Luther King day. Play the attached mp3 which is a description of this important holiday and facilitate the phrase match and listening gap activities...
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Early Congress Proclaims Holidays
Students read about and discuss the historical effects of Congressional decision-making in the establishment of national holidays.
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December Holidays Multiple Choice Definitions Worksheet
In this holidays worksheet, students choose the correct definition for the holiday term provided to them. Students complete 15 multiple choice questions.
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Writing: Wall of Peace Bulletin Board
Students discuss holidays dealing with patriotic national holidays or remembrances. After choosing a teacher-provided prompt. they write responses to it. They write their paragraphs on paper shaped like bricks and pin them to a "wall...
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December Holidays Vocabulary Maze
In this holiday vocabulary worksheet, students answer the clues and look for the answer in the maze. Students answer 15 different clues about the holidays.
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December Holidays Spelling
For this December holidays spelling worksheet, students read 15 clues, then fill in missing letters to spell December holiday words. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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December Holidays Multiple Choice
In this holidays worksheet, students identify holiday vocabulary words by choosing the correct answer from multiple choice questions. Students complete 15 questions.
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Expanding the Mission: Historical Parks
Students explore U.S. geography by viewing a documentary in class. In this national parks lesson, students view video clips of individual national parks and locate them using Google Earth software. Students create a persuasive...