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Thanksgiving Coupon Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a Thanksgiving coupon book. In this holiday instructional activity, students review the history of Thanksgiving and create coupon books to give to someone who they are thankful for.
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Maple Syrup Production

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make their own maple sugar and learn about how it is made on a grander scale. For this maple sugar lesson, students make their own maple sugar and learn about evaporation and what labor is put into making it.
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Busting the Prairie: Planning a Homestead Community

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students research, design and advertise a homestead community. This is an extensive instructional activity with a variety of ativities and learning experiences.
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Aboriginal Quilting Activity

For Teachers K
Students explore Aboriginal culture by participating in an art activity. For this First Nation history lesson, students utilize the Internet to research images and designs from Native American culture. Students create images on quilting...
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Little House In the Big Woods

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore economics by reading classic literature with their classmates. In this farm production lesson, students read the famous story Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Students complete handouts based upon...
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Pioneers

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study pioneers. In this social studies lesson, 2nd graders discuss the lives of pioneers. Students view photographs of various types of pioneer homes. Students build their own models of pioneer homes.
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Maple Syrup Production

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the steps of maple sugar production and the labor and effort involved from the tree to the final product. They participate in a taste test game, and if they have access to maple trees, make their own syrup and sugar.
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History in the Painting

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine the topic of art history. They identify objects that were created long ago and the artists that made them. They create a tile design of their own to be displayed at school.
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3-in-1 Color Tool

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use a new tool to help them be more creative in designing their quilts. After watching a demonstration, they design their own color combinations and select the fabric for their quilt. They reiew the color wheel and warm and...
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Stitching Our Way Through Time to Learn About Nebraska Animals

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study about animals that have lived in Nebraska in the past, and animals that currently live in Nebraska. They examine how animal life changed since the early beginnings and what has caused these changes?
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Introduction to Little House Books

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the main characters in the Ingalls family and describe the relationships between the characters. They locate the setting of the book on a map of the Upper Mid- West. Students understand that the books are set in...
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Mark Twain

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the life of Samuel Clemens, who is more popularly known as Mark Twain. In groups, they examine and read, if possible, his different books. They discuss how the same book can have different meanings for different...
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Gee's Bend Quilts

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify five new facts about the quilts, women, and community of Gee's Bend and finish their quilts by sewing the four edges of the quilt down. They review the color wheel and what the terms Primary, Secondary, Analogous,...
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Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow

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Students assemble an acorn craft to use as a puppet. They discover that acorns are the fruit and the seed from which oak trees grow. They give an example, of a historical figure or talk about a member of the community or family that...
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Booker T. Washington

For Students 6th - 8th
In this social studies learning exercise, students find the words associated with Booker T. Washington and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Hawks & Doves in 1812 Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this United States history worksheet, middle schoolers utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions about the nation's history. A short answer question about Andrew Jackson is included.
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The City and the Country

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this city and country life activity, students list the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city compared to living in the country. Students then put 25 words under the column in which they belong: city or country.
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Portraits of Power: American Presidents

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the presidency of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.  In this US History instructional activity, 9th graders examine the life of Abraham Lincoln.  students write an essay describing the presidency and...
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The Gettysburg Address

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine Lincoln's life. For this U.S. history lesson, students examine facts about Abraham Lincoln and then complete 6 extension activities that require them to complete research regarding the Civil War.
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President Abraham Lincoln Word Jumble

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this online interactive Abraham Lincoln activity, students examine 20 Lincoln-related words in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 20 sets of letters to match the terms in the word bank. This activity may also be...
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Prairie Voices

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast a one room school house in Iowa in the past with how they go to school today. In this school lesson plan, 5th graders read about rural families and the controversies that they endured in the time of one...
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Girl Long Ago

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Jane Brewster worksheet, students read a passage about Jane Brewster and answer multiple choice questions. Students complete 7 questions.
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Kansas Prairie Homes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read about settlers in Kansas and the adaptations they made in order to build different kinds of houses. In this Kansas settlers lesson plan, students participate in choral reading and retell information they learn.
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Abraham Lincoln Questions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Abraham Lincoln worksheet, learners complete two activities that are presented inside an outline of the head of Abraham Lincoln. Students draw Lincoln's house and draw 2 ways we honor or remember Lincoln.

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