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The Meaning of America: Freedom and Individuality

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What are the strengths and weaknesses of American individualism and independence? Explore these principles through a close reading of Jack London's To Build a Fire, and engage in high-level discussion with your class by analyzing the...
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Mapping Your Identity: A Back-To-School Ice Breaker

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Identify the unique personal attributes of your class members. Begin by viewing the Visual Thesaurus and discussing displayed attributes associated with famous American leaders. Using these identity maps as models, pupils generate nouns...
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Freedom

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Welcome to America, the land of liberty and freedom. Examine the ways in which the terms liberty and freedom have been used in the United States. After researching and analyzing quotations from the past and present, students create an...
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What So Proudly We Hail

The Meaning of America: National Identity and Why It Matters

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Combining a close reading of a classic American text with the study of history can be a very powerful strategy, and this is most certainly the case with this resource using Edward Everett Hale's The Man without a Country. Consider themes...
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How Did Relations between Britain and the Colonies Change after the French and Indian War?

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
What does the French and Indian War have to do with the American Revolution? Following the war, Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 in an attempt to limit the colonists' western expansion. To understand how the proclamation, the...
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Indiana Applied Skills Assessment Sample

For Teachers 5th
In this Applied Skills Assessment worksheet, 5th graders complete a sample state assessment for Language Arts and Mathematics for 5th graders. They read a writing prompt and complete a writing activity that follows, answer various types...
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Anonymous Patriots: Songs of the Revolution

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Give your class a deeper understanding of the context and meaning behind early American song lyrics. By reading the lyrics to "Yankee Doodle" and  "Revolutionary Tea," high schoolers will practice analysis by examining the structure and...
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 1, Grade 3

For Students 3rd
This 3rd grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet includes 2 fictional selections and 2 non-fiction pieces, as well as multiple choice and free response questions.
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Public Education

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Your pupils may not know that school was not always required. Teach them a bit about the history of public education with a reading passage and related questions.
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Colonials & Revolutionaries: Background Historical & Cultural Information

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
The four major trends of the 18th century (The Enlightenment, the Great Awakening, British global ambitions, and economic disagreements) are the focus of a PowerPoint that places in context such influences as deism, mercantilism,...
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A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the power of images through political cartoons, particularly in light of the Danish caricatures of Muhammad that have incited violence around the world. They create their own original artwork to submit to an appropriate...
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United States Postal Service

For Students 6th - 8th
In this postal service worksheet, learners read a passage regarding the United States postal service and answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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Meaning of Quotations

For Students 5th - 6th
In this quotations learning exercise, learners read 5 famous quotations. From four possible choices, students select the best meaning for the quotation.
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The Catcher in the Rye Character Map

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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American Inventors

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this online interactive American inventors worksheet, students read a brief selection and respond to 10 fill in the blank and multiple choice questions.
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American Inventors

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive American inventors worksheet, students read a brief selection and respond to 10 fill in the blank and multiple choice questions.
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Indirect Questions

For Students 5th - 6th
For this indirect questions worksheet, students complete a ten question on-line interactive exercise. Students read a question and then rewrite it beginning with the words in parentheses to make it an indirect question.
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 1, Grade 4

For Students 4th
In this 4th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students read 2 fictional selections and respond to multiple choice and open-ended questions regarding the pieces. Students also read 2...
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American Literature Unit Two

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes nineteen lessons from the American Literature, A New Nation: 1750-1850 series, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response...
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New York State Language Arts Test Grade 4

For Students 4th
In this New York State language arts test worksheet, 4th graders answer multiple choice questions where they read passages and answer comprehension questions. Students complete 28 questions.
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Living and Working Now and Long Ago

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils visit an online museum and storybook to examine what life was like for African Americans during and after the Civil War.
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Individualism

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students demonstrate knowledge of the understanding of American individualism, specifically four areas: decision making, expressing opinions, competition, and obligation.
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"Reading" Political Cartoons"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize visual sterotyping in political cartoons and to analyze its use. They speculate as to why political cartoons are so effective. The teacher explains that cartoonists often make use of stereotypes as visual symbols or...
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Trustworthy Reputation

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the character trait of reputation. In this character education instructional activity, 7th graders focus on their personal reputation as they discuss positive character traits and reflect on character quotations...

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