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Become an Inventor
Become an Inventor
Activity
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Become an Inventor
Fourth Grade
History
In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.
Activity
Become an Inventor
Become an Inventor
Activity
Become an Inventor
In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.
Fourth Grade
History
Activity
Design a Sarcophagus
Design a Sarcophagus
Activity
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Design a Sarcophagus
Fourth Grade
Community and Culture
This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.
Activity
Design a Sarcophagus
Design a Sarcophagus
Activity
Design a Sarcophagus
This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.
Fourth Grade
Community and Culture
Activity
Women in History: Queen Isabella
Women in History: Queen Isabella
Worksheet
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Women in History: Queen Isabella
Fourth Grade
Reading
Did you know that Queen Isabella of Spain paid for Columbus' expedition to the New World? Read more about this interesting woman in history.
Worksheet
Women in History: Queen Isabella
Women in History: Queen Isabella
Worksheet
Women in History: Queen Isabella
Did you know that Queen Isabella of Spain paid for Columbus' expedition to the New World? Read more about this interesting woman in history.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Primary Source Analysis: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Primary Source Analysis: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Worksheet
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Primary Source Analysis: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Sixth Grade
History
Introduce students to the primary-source text of the Gettysburg Address—and the context in which was delivered—with this three-page social studies worksheet.
Worksheet
Primary Source Analysis: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Primary Source Analysis: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Worksheet
Primary Source Analysis: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Introduce students to the primary-source text of the Gettysburg Address—and the context in which was delivered—with this three-page social studies worksheet.
Sixth Grade
History
Worksheet
Newspaper Editing
Newspaper Editing
Activity
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Newspaper Editing
Writing
Show your teens the connection between making history and writing it by having them write, illustrate, and edit a newspaper from the past.
Activity
Newspaper Editing
Newspaper Editing
Activity
Newspaper Editing
Show your teens the connection between making history and writing it by having them write, illustrate, and edit a newspaper from the past.
Writing
Activity
Mud Bricks
Mud Bricks
Activity
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Mud Bricks
Pre-K
Earth and Space Science
Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.
Activity
Mud Bricks
Mud Bricks
Activity
Mud Bricks
Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.
Pre-K
Earth and Space Science
Activity
Who Is Mae Jemison?
Who Is Mae Jemison?
Lesson Plan
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Who Is Mae Jemison?
Second Grade
Reading
Mae Jemison was the first African American female astronaut to enter space! Use the Who Is Mae Jemison? lesson plan to get to know this prominent scientist and entrepreneur. Students will read about Mae and then answer questions about her.
Lesson Plan
Who Is Mae Jemison?
Who Is Mae Jemison?
Lesson Plan
Who Is Mae Jemison?
Mae Jemison was the first African American female astronaut to enter space! Use the Who Is Mae Jemison? lesson plan to get to know this prominent scientist and entrepreneur. Students will read about Mae and then answer questions about her.
Second Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Learning About Influentual Women Worldwide
Learning About Influentual Women Worldwide
Lesson Plan
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Learning About Influentual Women Worldwide
Reading
Rad (awesome, brave, radical, cool) women have been around since the beginning of time, but so often their stories are overlooked. Take your students on a journey through history with this lesson that uses the book Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz. The lesson exposes students to the stories of 40 rad women from around the world and throughout various time periods, who challenged and changed the world. Students will read the profiles of a few of the women before analyzing their journeys and accomplishments using graphic organizers.
Lesson Plan
Learning About Influentual Women Worldwide
Learning About Influentual Women Worldwide
Lesson Plan
Learning About Influentual Women Worldwide
Rad (awesome, brave, radical, cool) women have been around since the beginning of time, but so often their stories are overlooked. Take your students on a journey through history with this lesson that uses the book Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz. The lesson exposes students to the stories of 40 rad women from around the world and throughout various time periods, who challenged and changed the world. Students will read the profiles of a few of the women before analyzing their journeys and accomplishments using graphic organizers.
Reading
Lesson Plan
Significance of "Let Freedom Ring" in MLK, Jr.'s Speech
Significance of "Let Freedom Ring" in MLK, Jr.'s Speech
Lesson Plan
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Significance of "Let Freedom Ring" in MLK, Jr.'s Speech
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this lesson, Significance of "Let Freedom Ring" in MLK, Jr.'s Speech, students will be able to understand the allusion Martin Luther King, Jr. makes to the song "My Country 'Tis of Thee." Have students discuss allusions in this speech.
Lesson Plan
Significance of "Let Freedom Ring" in MLK, Jr.'s Speech
Significance of "Let Freedom Ring" in MLK, Jr.'s Speech
Lesson Plan
Significance of "Let Freedom Ring" in MLK, Jr.'s Speech
In this lesson, Significance of "Let Freedom Ring" in MLK, Jr.'s Speech, students will be able to understand the allusion Martin Luther King, Jr. makes to the song "My Country 'Tis of Thee." Have students discuss allusions in this speech.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Lesson Plan
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Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Fourth Grade
Reading
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her.
Lesson Plan
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Lesson Plan
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
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