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Heroes – Resources for Teachers

Discover the impact of heroes past and present, with these lesson, activities, and printables. Honor veterans, civil-rights activists, suffragists, medical personnel, community workers, family members, and more. Find creative writing activities about the immigrant experience, historical time lines of the civil rights movement, slideshows of famous women suffragists, art activities for celebrating community helpers, lesson plans for learning more about wars and the soldiers who fight them, and much more.
War Heroes & Veterans
What Is Veterans Day?
The Story of Veterans Day
Veterans Day Comprehension Questions
Veterans Day Activities
Veterans Day Newspaper
Veterans of U.S. Wars and Their Dependents
Origins of Veterans Day
Veterans Day Research Worksheet
Veterans Day – Teacher Resources
Memorial Day Teacher Resources
More Resources on Veterans
Suffragists & Women's-Rights Heroes
Leaders in Women's Suffrage Movement
Leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement
Susan B. Anthony
Declaration of Sentiments
Women's Rights, Suffrage, & Equality
Names of Women Suffrage Leaders Quiz
Favorite Women's History Month Activities Slideshow
Learn About Susan B. Anthony
Alice Stone Blackwell
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
More Resources on Women's Suffrage & Equality
Other Heroes of Women's History
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
The Declaration of Independence and Your Own Rights
The Keeping Quilt
Activities to Honor Heroes
The Miracle Worker
Designing a Quilt Pattern
Paper Quilts
Readers Theater Script: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Readers Theater Script: Little House on the Prairie
More U.S. Women's History Resources
Civil-Rights Heroes
Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights Leader
Rosa Parks -- Coloring Page
Martin Luther King Jr Coloring Page
Martin Luther King, Jr. Receives the Nobel Peace Prize
Pictorial Timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King's Life
Conspiracy Theories Behind Martin Luther King's Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. Crossword Puzzle
Jackie Robinson and Civil Rights
More Popular Resources on Civil Rights
Other African-American Heroes
A Raisin in the Sun
Maniac Magee
Educator's Guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Indentured Servants' Experiences 1600-1700
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
African Folk Tales - Background Information
Triangular Trade in the Atlantic Ocean
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance
Activities for African Folk Tales
More Black History Month Resources
Community Helpers
Community Helpers: Matching
Firefighter Cut-Out Badge
Community Helpers Writing Activity
Police and Firefighter Patterns
Freddie the Firefighter
Fire Department Word Search
I Want to Be a Firefighter
I Want to Be a Police Officer
Police and Firefighter Wheel Pattern
Influencing Others in Our World
More Resources on Community Helpers
Doctors, Nurses, & EMTs
Nurse/EMT Hat
Doctor and Dentist Patterns
Waste Doctor
Doctor Faustus
WAACS, WAVES, and Nurses
I Want to Be a Doctor
Library-Nurse Pass
Nurse Pass (8 per sheet)
Next To: Who Is Next to the Firefighter?
Common Abbreviations
Teachers
Miss Nelson is Missing
Substitute Teacher Information
Parent/Teacher Relations
Postage Stamps for Heroes
Thank-You Gram
Educational Quotes
Top 10 End-of-the-Year Gifts for Teachers
People Who Help Us Learn Bulletin Board
Preparing for the Interview
Remembering Mrs. Rossi Teacher's Guide
More Resources about Teachers
Moms
Your Family Tree, Version 1
A Chair for My Mother
Mother's Day Printable Book (K-3)
Mother's Day Printables Slideshow
Roses for Mom
Mom's Musical Card
Mother's Day Worksheet
Mother's Day Plaque
Mother's Day Card
Favorite Mother's Day Activities Slideshow
More Mother's Day
Dads
Father's Day Printables Slideshow
Animal Fathers
Make a Father's Day Card
A Father's Day Card
Woven Fish
Favorite Father's Day Activities Slideshow
Father's Day Presents
Father's Day Crossword Puzzle
More Father's Day Resources
Other Resources about Heroes
An Autobiographical Poem
Jerry Spinelli on Milkweed
Firefighter's Hat
The Miracle Worker: Synopsis, Ideas, and Writing Connections
The Miracle Worker -- The Challenge
My Brother Sam Is Dead Answer Key
American Patriotic Pencil Wrap
Who's in the News Bulletin Board
Police Officer Hat
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