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Chinese New Year: Lai-See Envelopes Lesson Plan
Students are introduced to the purpose behind the Chinese New Year celebration. As a class, they examine different traditions focusing on the Lai-See envelopes. After watching a PowerPoint presentation, they make their own envelopes...
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"We Remember" Eulogy Project
Eighth graders complete a culminating project on the Holocaust. In this eulogy instructional activity, 8th graders use information gathered from previous research and create a poster about the Holocaust. Students make a presentation...
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Digging Into the Past
Eleventh graders research their subjects using a variety of sources and they develop a project to share their learning with their peers.
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LOOKING DEEPER
Students study trauma, recognize episodes that can produce it, and behaviors it can elicit. They glean an example of a potentially traumatic event. They need to think who might be traumatized and why.
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The Land of Milk and Honey: Reasons for Migration
Fourth graders analyze migration patterns. In this colonial North Carolina instructional activity, 4th graders listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of immigrants from Switzerland who settled North...
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Read Works: Happy Birthday!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about celebrating Abraham Lincoln's birthday. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Liberation
The liberation of the Nazi camps was not a primary objective of the Allied military campaign. However, as they crossed Europe and saw the atrocities, the troops freed prisoners and gave them medical treatment. Understand more about the...
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Read Works: Always Remember
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the events of September 11th and the memorials established to commemorate this horrifying day in history. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension...
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Encyclopedia of Chicago: Congress of Industrial Organizations
A good summary of the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the reasons why John L. Lewis founded it. Read about the roadblocks unskilled and semi-skilled labor overcame to organize.
Digital History
Digital History: The March on Washington
In August 1963, more than 200,000 people marched from the Washington Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial for civil rights. Read about that day in this brief article.