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  • LESSON PLANS

    Write a Letter to Jesse Owens

    Assuming the role of a fellow athlete, Nazi supporter or African-American, students will write a letter to Jesse Owens…

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    Language Arts and Writing
    Letter-Writing Lessons & Tips
    World War II (1939-1945)
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    Veterans Day Comprehension Questions

    These comprehension questions accompany "The Story of Veterans Day" lesson plan. Ask your students why we celebrate…

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    Reading Comprehension
    World War I (1914-1918)
    World War II (1939-1945)
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  • Individual Room Temperature Controls Puzzle & Reading Passage

    GAMES AND APPS

    Individual Room Temperature Controls Puzzle & Reading Passage

    This article depicts the story of Alice Parker, an African-American woman who invented a gas furnace for central heating…

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    Language Arts and Writing
    Social Studies and History
    Suffrage and Women's Rights
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  • TEACHING RESOURCE

    Of Plymouth Plantation Excerpt

    An excerpt from William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation. This resource will help students gain a better understanding…

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    Reading and Literature
    Language Arts and Writing
    Colonial America
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  • The Boy Who Drew Birds Teacher's Guide

    REFERENCE

    The Boy Who Drew Birds Teacher's Guide

    Introduce students to ornithology and American wildlife through the discussion questions and cross-curricular activities…

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    Literature
    Literary Biographies
    Reading and Literature
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  • LESSON PLANS

    It's a Storybook Life!

    Students use a web resource to explore oral histories as part of the broad tradition of storytelling.

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    Reading and Literature
    Literature
    Storytelling
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  • Black History Month Profile: Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron

    ACTIVITIES

    Black History Month Profile: Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron

    Help your students celebrate Black History Month with this profile of African American Baseball Hall of Famer - Hank…

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    Language Arts and Writing
    Baseball
    Civil Rights
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  • A Reader's Guide for My Ántonia

    WORKSHEETS

    A Reader's Guide for My Ántonia

    My Ántonia is a classic American novel about an immigrant woman's life as a pioneer in Nebraska. The questions in this…

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    U.S. States
    United States of America (USA)
    Immigration
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  • I Have Heard of a Land Teaching Guide

    BOOK GUIDES

    I Have Heard of a Land Teacher's Guide

    Use the resources in this literature guide to I Have Heard of a Land (by Joyce Carol Thomas and Floyd Cooper) to develop…

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    Social Studies and History
    African-American History
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  • BOOK GUIDES

    The Red Badge of Courage

    The 1895 book The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane tells the story of a young farm boy who becomes a Union soldier…

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  • BOOK GUIDES

    On the Road

    Use a teaching guide that includes background information on author Jack Kerouac as well as discussion questions and…

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    Reading and Literature
    Fiction
    Language Arts and Writing
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  • BOOK GUIDES

    The Grapes of Wrath Reading Guide

    Find questions, exercises, and assignments designed to guide students' reading of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath while…

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    Literature
    Banned Books and Censorship
    Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 2013
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