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\nBen Across the Curriculum: Elementary School\n

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\nBenjamin Franklin, statesman, inventor, President is the subject of a collection targeting young historians. The interdisciplinary lesson plans were originally designed to accompany the 2018 international traveling exhibition, “Benjamin...\n
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\nBen Franklin’s Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman’s Life\n

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\nCandace Fleming's award winning Ben Franklin's Almanac is the anchor text for a classroom guide that provides teachers with a cache of pre, during, and post-reading activities.\n
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\nAll About Almanacs\n

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\nUse almanacs to entice your learners to explore non-fiction texts in celebration of Read-An-Almanac Month!\n
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\nMake a Community Almanac\n

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\nStudents gather geographic information about their community. They work together to create a community almanac.\n
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\nAnimals in the Almanac\n

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\nStudents practice using a World Almanac by completing the provided worksheet on animals.\n
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\nLet's Make a World Series Almanac\n

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\nMiddle schoolers discuss the meaning of the word, almanac and then decide which statistics about the World Series they think should be included in the almanac, browsing some websites to get some idea of what statistics are available....\n
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\nUsing an Almanac\n

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\nStudents work cooperatively in order to identify specific situations in which an almanac is the best choice for locating information. They answer specific questions, record the page on which the answer was found, and the key words used...\n
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\nLibrary Skills Review\n

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\nMiddle schoolers review library skills by rotating through teacher-created learning stations covering various topics. They discuss plagiarism, work on Almanac practice as a team, complete practice using indexes, and an abstracts handout...\n
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\nReference Resources: Being a Good Detective\n

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\nStudents explore a variety of reference resources while seeking information. atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and online search engines as well as library card catalogs are utilized in this lesson.\n
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\nAfrican Americans in Astronomy and Astrophysics\n

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\nA two-part lesson focuses on the contributions to the fields of astronomy and astrophysics of two African Americans: Benjamin Banneker and Dr. George Carruthers. In part one, scholars learn about Benjamin Banneker by examining his...\n
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\nReference Materials\n

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\nStudents discuss reasons to use reference materials, identify correct reference material to use for specific information, find answers to specific questions by locating information in encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, almanac, glossary,...\n
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\nCelebrate Texas!\n

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\nStudents explore social studies by completing a U.S. history research project. In this Texas lesson, students utilize almanacs, encyclopedias and the Internet to research the history of Texas and create a presentation based on a specific...\n
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\nWORDS FRANKLY SPOKEN\n

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\nStudents visit appropriate websites to discover quotes from Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac. Working in pairs, they choose three quotes on which to elaborate and then write two original quotes.\n
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\nWhere in the World is Mr. Fultz?\n

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\nStudents use maps and other geographic resources to learn about their world while problem solving. They read clues each day and use classroom resources to narrow down where the prize is located.\n
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\nReference Materials\n

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\nAfter a class discussion where kids share how they find answers to their questions, learners explore the world of reference materials such as, an atlas, an almanac, and an encyclopedia. The Internet is also discussed as a way to access...\n
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\nThe State Of The States\n

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\nStudents engage in a study of the states as part of the United States while conducting research using a variety of resources. The focus of the study is the states that were part of the Union by 1890. Students create an almanac about...\n
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\nWhat's Your Reference\n

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\nIn this reference material worksheet, students choose the correct reference for each question given. Students discover the differences in the materials found in the dictionary, the almanac, the atlas, the newspaper, and the thesaurus.\n
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\nThe Parkingtons Are Coming\n

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\nStudents particpate in a simulation as hosts for a visiting family of aliens. They work in small groups deciding what 10 pages of information from an Almanac the aliens need before they arrive.\n
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\nThe World Almanac for Kids\n

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\nFifth graders identify and compare the features of The World Almanac for Kids in the print form and in the CD-ROM/ on-line form. They predict which format is the easiest to access and the most informative, then draw conclusions from...\n
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\nWeather Forecasting\n

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\nAccording to the Farmers' Almanac, the weather will be nice today. Class members examine how weather forecasting plays a part in their lives with a resource that provides information on the history of forecasting, from using cloud...\n
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\nCite Your Sites\n

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\nWhat information would you find in an almanac that you would not find in an atlas? What is the difference between a dictionary and a thesaurus? Using a Cite Your Sites worksheet on which they record their observations, groups participate...\n
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\nOlympic Shadow Boxes\n

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\nWhat a cool way to incorporate art and use reference materials. Learners use classroom reference materials such as almanacs, encyclopedias, and dictionaries to answer one of four questions, and then they use the information to create a...\n
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\nChilling Predictions\n

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\nStudents research and prepare an almanac on the Arctic. They examine the laws that attempt to provide jurisdiction over this area and consider how these laws be affected if geography of the Arctic continues to change due to global warming.\n
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\nReference Tools Vocabulary Challenge\n

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