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Scholastic

Scholastic: Teaching With Dear America: Colonial Period

For Students 3rd - 8th
Activities useful in presenting American colonial life. Find references to novels, a colonial home, and a diary entry activity.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Native American Cultures Across the United States

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore different aspects of the cultures of the First Americans in this lesson plan. Stereotypes are often associated with Native Americans through movies and in the context of the Thanksgiving holiday. Specific information and...
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NWT Literacy Council

Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Literacy Activities for Holidays [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
'Literacy Activities for Holidays' is an extensive collection (150 pages) of activities for celebrating the traditional holidays of Valentines Day, Halloween, Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving. Birthdays are also included.
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Ancestry

The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620

For Students 9th - 10th
Study guide with loads of information about the pilgrims. Details everything from the religious beliefs of the pilgrims to what the Mayflower looked like, to the dogs on the ship, furniture, clothing, descriptions of medical practices on...
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Handout
National First Ladies' Library

National First Ladies' Library: First Lady Biography: Michelle Obama

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough biography of Michelle Obama. Discover where Michelle Robinson was born, her family, her education, career, and life as wife to the President of the United States. Standards based lesson plans featuring passions of the First...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Primary Sources

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This is an interdisciplinary inquiry-based lesson that focuses on critical thinking. Students are introduced to the true story of the first Thanksgiving with the reading of a NCSS Notable Trade Book Thanksgiving: The True Story. Working...
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Library of Congress

Loc: The u.s. Constitution: Governing of the u.s.

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This unit includes four lessons using primary sources to examine continuity and change in the governing of the United States. Lessons one and two are focused on a study of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and provide access to primary...
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Other

Jean Craighead George's Website

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This website is about author Jean Craighead George. Offers information on her background, her books, she gives hints about becoming a writer. She also has a question and answer section where she answers questions that people most often...
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Other

Plimoth Plantation: Make It at Home

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As part of the comprehensive Plimoth Plantation site, this page gives directions on how to create games that the Wampanoag children and Pilgrim children might have played. Find pictures that show how to make these games.
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Website
The History Place

The History Place: Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides an extensive timeline of the life and work of Abraham Lincoln. Throughout the timeline there are photos that can be enlarged and many, many links to speeches, papers, letters of Lincoln's. The site is very easy to...

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